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	luthe 2005-09-29 05:07 pm UTC (link)
	I think this calls for: "GRAMMAR IS SERIOUS BUSINESS!" Oh, look, I found the Shift key and the Caps-Lock key. Beyond that, I think Misslynn is winning the "Dumb Twat" award (offense to twats, I like them very much). (Reply to this)(Thread)

	coyotegirl 2005-09-30 06:54 am UTC (link)
	Will this do as a stopgap measure? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	emlan 2005-09-29 05:14 pm UTC (link)
	"i don't think you much better. and you're not clever." "humm?" "what part of that didn't you understand?" Ahahahahahahahhaha. (Reply to this)

	ingrid 2005-09-29 05:16 pm UTC (link)
	I love how she defends her missing word as proper construction. i don't think you much better. Which leads to ... the "are" is implied. BWAHAHAHAHAHASNORKCOFFAHAHAHA! Bitch, please. Then again, I'm so using that the next time I miss a word. It was implied, yo dummo. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	azhidahaki 2005-09-30 02:18 pm UTC (link)
	I must have missed that lecture during my English classes... shakes head (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ladybirdsleeps 2005-09-29 05:21 pm UTC (link)
	I'm always amused by grammar-snob communities. They're full of so much stupidity. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	annabelle_lee 2005-09-30 05:11 am UTC (link)
	Yeah. Seeing them wank is almost like shooting fish in a barrel, though. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	spleen 2005-09-29 05:23 pm UTC (link)
	Oi. And since I was there, what's this about? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	loopywafflehead 2005-09-29 06:10 pm UTC (link)
	The only thing I could find was this thread, which doesn't seem to be very dramatic. I did find out though, that IAWTC ("I agree with this comment") can also mean "I always want the cock", so my time definitely wasn't wasted. (Sorry for the repost, JF chopped off most of my comment.) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	chopperbetty 2005-09-29 07:28 pm UTC (link)
	I just found this farther up in that thread. Man, that iampunha just doesn't shut up! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	spleen 2005-09-30 06:13 am UTC (link)
	It's very quiet, passive-aggressive drama, from the looks of it. And upthread... wow. It's almost-wank of the most tl;dr, magniloquent sort. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	xero_sky 2005-09-29 05:32 pm UTC (link)
	neither you nor your cohort are going to goad me into capitalization Yeah, uh, fight the power, sister. Capital letters are such a burden. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	kadath 2005-09-29 05:43 pm UTC (link)
	Since her tragic pinky accident of '01, she can't reach the shift keys. Stop picking on the disabled! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	xero_sky 2005-09-29 05:52 pm UTC (link)
	She has toes, doesn't she? Quit coddling her! She'll never get anywhere in life if she keeps using her horrifying injuries as an excuse for laziness! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	dwib 2005-09-29 06:40 pm UTC (link)
	OMG! My brother had a tragic pinky accident in '96! Stop dredging up unpleasant memories! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jat_sapphire 2005-09-30 01:04 am UTC (link)
	I think you win, though, as your icon has apparently suffered progressive amputation a la the Tin Man of Oz. (Alas, I can't find the HTML codes I need to make that accent. Oh the humanity! And in a grammar-wank post!) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ealusaid 2005-09-30 04:29 am UTC (link)
	Disabled, my ass! I've been typing eight-fingered from childhood! Uphill both ways! And I liked it! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	issendai 2005-09-29 06:14 pm UTC (link)
	What is it with the spates of random fighting-the-power-by-refusing-to-follow-minor-rules that are breaking out these days? Are eyebrow-piercing and tongue-splitting and fall-down-your-ass pants not providing enough scope for modern youth to express their individuality? Geez, people, dye your hair swamp-green and learn how to use the frickin' shift key. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	miss_padfoot 2005-09-30 07:04 am UTC (link)
	...We're not all like that, I promise. >. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	soleta 2005-09-29 06:47 pm UTC (link)
	I'm so bad about capitalizing when it's not a personal pronoun (see the 'I'), but fuck, I'll admit, it's just my personal laziness. it's not like this is my personal rebellion against the man. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tangentialone 2005-09-29 06:03 pm UTC (link)
	second, accept that i have been online for over 10 years. be grateful i am out of my teenybopper netspeak phase. They should be thankful she's not doing something even more obnoxious! Ingrates! (Reply to this)

	capn_triangle 2005-09-29 06:57 pm UTC (link)
	"Versus", not "verses". Ha-HA! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	loopywafflehead 2005-09-29 07:00 pm UTC (link)
	Ouch! Don't ask me how that happened. My English is pastede on yay? blushes (Reply to this)(Parent)

	marlo 2005-09-29 07:02 pm UTC (link)
	This rather small, but I do so enjoy fights about spelling and grammar. I think you mean "This is rather small," right? How's THAT for meta, huh? ;P (Reply to this)(Thread)

	loopywafflehead 2005-09-29 07:04 pm UTC (link)
	The icon is aimed at me. Seriously, that's the third error I've made in this post. I don't know what to blame for my appalling language skills tonight. cries (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	apoplexia 2005-09-29 09:23 pm UTC (link)
	Don't feel bad. I'm sure there's a jurisimprudence law explaining why posting about (or commenting on) grammar/orthography wank invariably leads to typos one would not normally make. makes sure to hit spellcheck (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	loopywafflehead 2005-09-29 09:42 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you, I feel better now. :) I read my post several times, out loud, before posting. I even left it alone for a while, came back and re-read it. It looked fine, it really did! I'm blaming this on lack of chocolate. And possibly sleep. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	guilty_as_sin 2005-09-30 02:22 am UTC (link)
	But the verb was implied! sporfles (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kroki_refur 2005-09-29 07:05 pm UTC (link)
	What? Why on Earth does she think people wouldn't care about capitalisation in a community called grammarpolice? Because they're all so laid-back about matters of linguistic prescriptivism? Some people just have it coming. (Reply to this)

	janegraddell 2005-09-29 08:59 pm UTC (link)
	It occurs to me that with all the letters she had to type to defend her lack of capitalization, Misslynn could have used the same amount of physical energy to hit the shift key about sixty billion times. Just sayin'. (Reply to this)

	mathilde 2005-09-29 11:01 pm UTC (link)
	I hate all of them. Why? E.E. Cummings did capitalize, albeit nonstandardly. Most specifically, he capitalized his own name (though not, usually, "I".) The "e.e. cummings" in single-space font was a typographic conceit on the part of the publisher of some of his books. I'll go clean up now. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	adora_spintriae 2005-09-30 10:57 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, but see, he was good, and used decent grammar in other places. 99% of the fuckhats on the web are just lazy, poor typists, and/or illiterate. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mathilde 2005-09-30 11:10 am UTC (link)
	Well, obviously being too lazy to hit the shift key on teh intarweb is the same as being a ground-breaking poet. Der. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sorchar 2005-09-29 11:26 pm UTC (link)
	Iampunha was almost my brother-in-law. Seriously. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	jetamors 2005-09-30 02:25 am UTC (link)
	Hey, I vaguely remember that. Was she on SDMB too? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sorchar 2005-09-30 03:24 am UTC (link)
	headdesks Never mind, I see what you mean, "she" being my sister. And yes, she was. Don't know if she still is. (Reply to this)(Parent)

(Anonymous)
2005-10-01 11:47 pm UTC (link)

Why do people get so pissy about defending their non-capslocked posts? It takes a hell of a lot less energy to actually use the shift key and it makes you look a lot less arsey if you just say "Sorry. Maybe I should type with capital letters on the Grammar Police community."

'misslynn' just has to get the last word in. "Whine whine... stylistic choice... why does this matter... I'm using vaguely correct grammar... fuck you all!" And what the hell does "The verb is implied!!!" mean? Why can't she just admit she made a typo?

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	loopywafflehead 2005-10-05 08:04 pm UTC (link)
	Heh, I'm not sure what "the verb is implied" means, but it's become one of my favourite sayings. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	slackerbitch 2005-10-02 03:52 pm UTC (link)
	Late to this, but I have to say - the low-level passive-aggressiveness of iampunha's, in tucking little corrective capitals into every reply he posted to misslynn? Made me soooo happy. Yum. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	loopywafflehead 2005-10-05 08:05 pm UTC (link)
	Your icon made me squee! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	slackerbitch 2005-10-05 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	Hooray! Yummy Zaphod love for all! I share with you the Zaphod dancing icon of joy. Zaphod/me OTP. But you can borrow him, too. (Neither icon's by me - both are gankable - found 'em on LJ - credit's in the keywords - mmmmmmmzaphod.) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	loopywafflehead 2005-10-06 02:05 pm UTC (link)
	Eee! Dancing Zaphod is awesome! Right now he's swinging his hips to "Confide in Me" by Kylie Minogue. Thanks for allowing me to borrow him, but you two make a lovely couple and I'd hate to break up this lovely OTP. :) Thanks for the icons, too. I've taken them and have given credit! (Reply to this)(Parent)