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Fxh ([info]fxh) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2003-11-21 19:49:00


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Current mood: annoyed

Wait... Who's the idiot again?
Some funny grammar!wank from [info]mock_the_stupid.

Someone posts about a moronic customer who doesn't seem to understand the concept of taxes. Edit: Entry deleted.

[info]grammarpunk chooses to pick on the poster's inability to spell the word "ridiculous." Except that he's not exactly the best speller in the world himself.



[info]noelleleith points out: That's "consistently."

Don't care if it's a typo. If you're going to mock someone for incorrect spelling, don't use incorrect spelling.


[info]grammarpunk replies: Typos are excusable errors, regardless of context. Yes, it may make one unintentionally hypocritical, but it does not make one stupid. Heck, I would have forgiven "rediculous" comlpetely if it had only happened once.

Also, if you are going to mock someone for a typo, make sure your sentences have subjects ("Don't care if it's a typo").

[ Emphasis Mine ]

And when someone kindly tells him to try going to one of the grammar communities instead to gripe about grammatical errors, [info]grammarpunk says:

I now all about the grammar communities. The thing is, I point out and/or correct poor grammar and spelling wherever I may happen upon it. I don't seek them out, but I don't have to; there are more than enough that come to me of their own accord.

[info]godhatesmorons reads this and points out the obvious mistake: "I now all about the grammar communities."

But good ol' [info]grammarpunk is still oblivious:

Yup. In fact, I'm going to go look at one right know.

The whole thread is absolutely hilarious. :D



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[info]shoiryu
2003-11-22 02:58 am UTC (link)
Dammit! It's been deleted! ;-;

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[info]fxh
2003-11-22 03:54 am UTC (link)
*sobs* And it was such a beautiful wank, too! I should have copied/pasted more of the grammarpunk's wankalicious rantings about how everyone should spell correctly except for him, because his spelling is too perfect for the spell-checker. D'ohh!

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[info]nevadafighter
2003-11-22 08:09 am UTC (link)
Ah, yes. The one who reamed me for pointing out that one should not use "someone" in conjunction with "their."

Apparently because a few sources now say that it's acceptable, he can beat people over the head with his dick about it.

No, I'm not bitter. ;-P

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[info]fxh
2003-11-22 03:49 pm UTC (link)
Bwuahahah! But didn't you know? All his mistakes are acceptable because he's perfect!

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[info]oxydosic
2003-11-22 04:11 pm UTC (link)
I personally find it annoying when someone posts on there just to correct someone's spelling or grammar. It just seems a bit anal retentive.

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[info]quinctia
2003-11-22 05:38 pm UTC (link)
The "rediculous" misspelling does get to me. How the hell do you put an e in there? Isn't it pronoucnced rih-dih-cue-luss? It just irks me! (But I can be calm about it. I really can. Especially considering it's one of my bf's favorite words and he keeps spelling it like that... *head explodes*)

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[info]moonjaguar
2003-11-22 08:33 pm UTC (link)
Some people in some regions pronounce it "reediculous" so I imagine that's where the e comes in that common misspelling.

Sigh... I always miss the fun.

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[info]eljuno
2003-11-23 04:00 pm UTC (link)
Huh. I've always pronounced it "reh-dic-u-lus", so when I'm mentally souding it out...well...

And I've known for a while that it's wrong if you spell it with an "e"...sort of. It's one of those spellings that's paired off in my brain with the correct one, and it's a crap shoot which one my brain will spit out.

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