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Post by hamster on Sept 29, 2020 20:47:13 GMT -5
Well, no one has the answer. Tomorrow I will post what I think to be the correct answer. Can't do it tonight as I have to prepare for the debate. Pixie I think it is Columbus’s ship, but I didn’t look it up. No mention of “boat” here: “Of legal knowledge I acquired such a grip That they took me into the partnership. And that junior partnership, I ween, Was the only ship that I ever had seen. But that kind of ship so suited me, That now I am the Ruler of the Queen's Navee!” “Boat” just doesn’t fit. Not a bit. Said the Wit. H |
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Post by hamster on Sept 29, 2020 20:49:28 GMT -5
Fun fact: The Army has more vessels than the Navy and more aircraft than the Air Force — mostly helicopters. But we have the best chow halls and billeting. Aim high! H |
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Post by tom b on Sept 30, 2020 8:29:36 GMT -5
I think it is Columbus’s ship, but I didn’t look it up. No mention of “boat” here: “Of legal knowledge I acquired such a grip That they took me into the partnership. And that junior partnership, I ween, Was the only ship that I ever had seen. But that kind of ship so suited me, That now I am the Ruler of the Queen's Navee!” “Boat” just doesn’t fit. Not a bit. Said the Wit. And just to grind Pixie's gears a bit, I continue with the lyrics from the chorus of sisters, cousins, aunts, deckhands, etc: "But that kind of ship so suited he / that now he is the Ruler of the Queen's Navee." (saith Sir Joseph Porter, KCB) |
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Post by Pixie on Sept 30, 2020 12:47:43 GMT -5
Fun fact: The Army has more vessels than the Navy and more aircraft than the Air Force — mostly helicopters. But we have the best chow halls and billeting. Aim high! H And the best golf courses. Pixie |
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Post by Pixie on Sept 30, 2020 12:50:30 GMT -5
When a boat turns, it leans to the inside of the turn. When a ship turns, it leans to the outside of the turn. Pixie
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Post by hamster on Oct 26, 2020 15:52:16 GMT -5
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Post by lurkerbelow on Oct 26, 2020 16:27:41 GMT -5
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Post by Pixie on Oct 27, 2020 17:21:27 GMT -5
For some reason I am just now seeing this. Wish I hadn't. Remember this, the dictionary is not always correct. This is not a word. Pixie |
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Post by Pixie on Oct 27, 2020 17:23:18 GMT -5
And this just gets my blood boiling. Pixie |
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Post by hamster on Oct 27, 2020 18:34:44 GMT -5
For some reason I am just now seeing this. Wish I hadn't. Remember this, the dictionary is not always correct. This is not a word. Pixie Seriously: It’s often inadvisable for a can of worms to be opened by me, but I’d have thought that, “Remember this: the dictionary is not always correct,” or, “Remember this—the dictionary is not always correct,” would be better than using a comma, as was used by Pixie above. I also think that the “t” in “the” preceding “dictionary” may be capitalized. Pixie, would you address this, please? I always value your thought’s. TIA. Respectfully, Hamster |
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Post by 2rvrrun on Oct 27, 2020 21:24:50 GMT -5
Hey Dude or Dudette thanks for posting this. Can't wait to slip some of these in to my masterpieces. |
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Post by Pixie on Oct 27, 2020 22:04:48 GMT -5
Hey Dude or Dudette thanks for posting this. Can't wait to slip some of these in to my masterpieces. Yes, use of the colon would be OK, but I prefer to capitalize after the colon. Either way is OK, but I prefer the capitalization. Don't like dashes. I looked at it as an introductory phrase and used a comma. Please don't use any of these examples; they make my hackles rise. |
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Post by acttwo on Oct 30, 2020 11:53:00 GMT -5
Hey Dude or Dudette thanks for posting this. Can't wait to slip some of these in to my masterpieces. Yes, use of the colon would be OK, but I prefer to capitalize after the colon. Either way is OK, but I prefer the capitalization. Don't like dashes. I looked at it as an introductory phrase and used a comma. Please don't use any of these examples; they make my hackles rise. Hey! Do NOT mess with Pixie's hackles! Just wise advice, please? Smile! |
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Post by privateatty on Oct 30, 2020 19:59:32 GMT -5
Hey Dude or Dudette thanks for posting this. Can't wait to slip some of these in to my masterpieces. Yes, use of the colon would be OK, but I prefer to capitalize after the colon. Either way is OK, but I prefer the capitalization. Don't like dashes. I looked at it as an introductory phrase and used a comma. Please don't use any of these examples; they make my hackles rise. To properly decimate the list, one has to conversate.  |
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Post by 2rvrrun on Oct 31, 2020 0:13:53 GMT -5
Yes, use of the colon would be OK, but I prefer to capitalize after the colon. Either way is OK, but I prefer the capitalization. Don't like dashes. I looked at it as an introductory phrase and used a comma. Please don't use any of these examples; they make my hackles rise. Hey! Do NOT mess with Pixie's hackles! Just wise advice, please? Smile! Hackles, smackles, that great cat herder would not mess with me if I had bayou here to help justify an evolving language. Are we to be the jailer or shall it hold fast the key to the shackles? Then again, it is almost Halloween and we STILL have COVID. We do seem to have stalled. |
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Post by Pixie on Oct 31, 2020 15:16:28 GMT -5
Hey! Do NOT mess with Pixie 's hackles! Just wise advice, please? Smile! Hackles, smackles, that great cat herder would not mess with me if I had bayou here to help justify an evolving language. Are we to be the jailer or shall it hold fast the key to the shackles? Then again, it is almost Halloween and we STILL have COVID. We do seem to have stalled. It's one thing to have an evolving language; 1 quite another to have frankenwords mistakenly developed by the uneducated and unwashed masses and shoved down our throats by scribes who have an agenda. There are some who believe the American English language is locked in by Webster's Unabridged Second International Edition published in 1934. I am of that persuasion. Only words descriptive of new technology, such as jet engine, microwave, internet, ball point pen, 2 etc. should be added. If a dictionary doesn't weigh 30 pounds and is supported by its own dedicated stand, I won't open it. Bayou? He does well to speak that Cajun language that has barely evolved from swamp talk. ______ 1 I wonder how Justice Hugo Black would take to that evolving language business?
2 Never have I used a ball point pen. And never shall I. I use a fountain pen that is filled from an inkwell when I need to write cursive. Mostly I just type.
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Post by 2rvrrun on Oct 31, 2020 17:20:47 GMT -5
Hackles, smackles, that great cat herder would not mess with me if I had bayou here to help justify an evolving language. Are we to be the jailer or shall it hold fast the key to the shackles? Then again, it is almost Halloween and we STILL have COVID. We do seem to have stalled. It's one thing to have an evolving language; 1 quite another to have frankenwords mistakenly developed by the uneducated and unwashed masses and shoved down our throats by scribes who have an agenda. There are some who believe the American English language is locked in by Webster's Unabridged Second International Edition published in 1934. I am of that persuasion. Only words descriptive of new technology, such as jet engine, microwave, internet, ball point pen, 2 etc. should be added. If a dictionary doesn't weigh 30 pounds and is supported by its own dedicated stand, I won't open it. Bayou? He does well to speak that Cajun language that has barely evolved from swamp talk. ______ 1 I wonder how Justice Hugo Black would take to that evolving language business?
2 Never have I used a ball point pen. And never shall I. I use a fountain pen that is filled from an inkwell when I need to write cursive. Mostly I just type.
OMG, I guess that means LOL is out of the question. & Justice Hugo Black is dead. NOW MS. AMY, a Louisana gal is moving in. Et Twah! BAYOU, please correct my cajun there. AWESOME pix, Happy Halloween all! |
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Post by tom b on Nov 2, 2020 9:59:48 GMT -5
For some reason I am just now seeing this. Wish I hadn't. Remember this, the dictionary is not always correct. This is not a word. Pixie Let it be clearly known that I am firmly in the "irregardless is not a word" camp. That being said, however, a lexicographer employed by Merriam-Webster, Kory Stamper, wrote a great book about the craft of creating dictionaries. Its title is Word by Word. She includes a good discussion of the history of the word "irregardless" and traces it to, I believe, the 1600's.
Hamster, are you referring to the Hindenburg disaster or the episode of "Scrubs" where the janitor is cleaning the parking lot of all the pumpkin guts? It's an especially fitting reference this time of year.
Respectfully, Tom B
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Post by hamster on Nov 2, 2020 11:14:23 GMT -5
Hi Tom. I only saw “Scrubs” once or twice. I was quoting Herbert Morrison. Best, Hamster
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Post by jibtrimmer on Nov 6, 2020 16:07:59 GMT -5
So Hamster is a forum legend...wow. And I knew him when.
Has anyone raised the frequent convolutions of phrases similar to, "The effects of this cannot be understated?"
More often than not it seems to come out wrong, making no sense, even in major publications. Usually, using "overstated" would seem to fix it, but care must be taken, along with careful editing.
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