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John Byrne
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Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 132135
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Posted: 20 August 2014 at 5:13am | IP Logged | 1
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I was viewing, again, Weird Al's WORD CRIMES, over on YouTube, and scrolled down to the comments. A mistake. Almost at once, I found myself despairing of, and for, the human race.The song is an anthem for "grammar Nazis"? The first time I heard the word "Nazi" appended to something it was in the context of people who try to force their own views upon others, as in "Fashion Nazis," for instance. Now it's attached to people who want things done correctly.
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Doug Centers Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 February 2014 Location: United States Posts: 5438
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Posted: 20 August 2014 at 5:40am | IP Logged | 2
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That's just wrong! Using that word (name) to convey anythiing in a positive manner is an insult.
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Petter Myhr Ness Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 02 July 2009 Location: Norway Posts: 3813
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Posted: 20 August 2014 at 5:43am | IP Logged | 3
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That's because to some people, correct is just a matter of opinion. Like the Big Bang Theory is "just a theory".
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Koroush Ghazi Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 25 October 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 1640
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Posted: 20 August 2014 at 6:21am | IP Logged | 4
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Mistake 1: reading YouTube comments.
Mistake 2: trying to make sense of YouTube comments.
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John Byrne
Grumpy Old Guy
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Posted: 20 August 2014 at 6:41am | IP Logged | 5
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What's disturbing is the fervor with which some people cling to their "right" to be wrong!
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Paul Greer Byrne Robotics Security
Joined: 18 August 2004 Posts: 14186
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Posted: 20 August 2014 at 6:57am | IP Logged | 6
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It is the "you're not the boss of me" approach. I am free to be fat, drunk and stupid. Makes me sad.
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Greg Woronchak Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 04 September 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 1631
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Posted: 20 August 2014 at 7:00am | IP Logged | 7
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One of the funniest (and most clever) videos I've seen in a long time.
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Eric Ladd Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 August 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 4506
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Posted: 20 August 2014 at 7:02am | IP Logged | 8
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The gap between current generations and the "greatest generation" continues to widen.
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Steven Legge Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 28 July 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 866
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Posted: 20 August 2014 at 7:14am | IP Logged | 9
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The Youtube comment sections are notoruous as the verbal and intellectual toilet of the internet. Some of it is legitimate ignorance, some of it is done on purpose to stir the pot, because people are like that. Someone who has an English major will hop on and spout grammar nazi crap just to be ironic.
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Paul Anthony Llossas Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 19 August 2005 Posts: 1600
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Posted: 20 August 2014 at 7:24am | IP Logged | 10
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I've had to rein in my knee jerk reaction to advise people of proper grammatical usage. It always leads to accusations of arrogance and elitism. "You understood what I said," being the most used justification for improper grammar. At this point, all I do is continue writing as properly as I can and hope it leads by example.
The other thing that undermines the argument for proper grammar are those memes where an entire statement has words in which the letters are either transposed or have numbers in place of letters just to prove that (a) you're smart; or (b) that the brain allows you to understand the statement despite the errors. "See," they say. "What's the point of grammar if you can understand it anyway?"
>Urgh< ***
***Edited to minimize the effects of irony. :P
Edited by Paul Anthony Llossas on 20 August 2014 at 9:55am
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Roy Johnson Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 19 May 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 1323
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Posted: 20 August 2014 at 8:08am | IP Logged | 11
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I believe the standard usage is to imply a fervor similar to that of a totalitarian d!ck, like a Nazi, not that "Nazi" is related to "good". It's still stupid.
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Ronald Joseph Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 18 April 2011 Location: United States Posts: 1784
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Posted: 20 August 2014 at 8:09am | IP Logged | 12
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Erg.
@Uhm...it's Urgh.@
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