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[Carlos del Vaca]

Ding ding ding! I was wondering if someone would get it right right off the bat. Are you a sabermetrician?

I am!  I'm a big stats-lovin' baseball fan dork (with the unfortunate lot in life to be a fan of the Washington Nationals).  Tell your dad he's awesome.

[Nabubrush]

I am!  I'm a big stats-lovin' baseball fan dork (with the unfortunate lot in life to be a fan of the Washington Nationals).  Tell your dad he's awesome.

Ha ha, I got it first. So . . . I'll just go, then, shall I?

[RMJ12345]

I'm a big stats-lovin' baseball fan dork (with the unfortunate lot in life to be a fan of the Washington Nationals).

You know, it's funny, I've lived in Virginia for 3 years but I've still only seen the Nats once. I'm trying to con my boyfriend (who's not a fan) into going to see a game with me when we're up in DC for a concert next month, but so far, no dice.

[CortJstr]

You know, it's funny, I've lived in Virginia for 3 years but I've still only seen the Nats once. I'm trying to con my boyfriend (who's not a fan) into going to see a game with me when we're up in DC for a concert next month, but so far, no dice.

There are like 5 of us in the DC area. Why did you not mention your proximity before?

[RMJ12345]

There are like 5 of us in the DC area. Why did you not mention your proximity before?

Well, I have only been posting for about a week. Where do you all live? I'm not in the DC area exactly, I'm in Southwestern VA, about 3 hours away.

[wombat]

There are like 5 of us in the DC area. Why did you not mention your proximity before?

Because we're too scary?

[CortJstr]

Well, I have only been posting for about a week. Where do you all live? I'm not in the DC area exactly, I'm in Southwestern VA, about 3 hours away.

I'm in Arlington, Carlos is in Centerville, Wombat's in Silver Spring, and Bobby is around somewhere in Fairfax county.

Not that she's around any more but Hobot lives in Richmond but goes to school elsewhere.

[Nabubrush]

OK, am I nuts for having this bother me?

Why do people pluralize with apostrophe + S? Can I execute those people with impunity?

Also, as an adjunct, is it OK for me to arbitrarily decide that even acronyms cannot be pluralized in such a fashion? I'm a descriptivist, and I have decided that I am just going to do my best to institue this method of pluralizing, and hope that it catches on. It will help that I belittle people when they do this.

[jaydub]

OK, am I nuts for having this bother me?

Why do people pluralize with apostrophe + S? Can I execute those people with impunity?

One of my daughter's preschool teachers has a bumper sticker on her car reading "Real American's Buy American".  Every single-dingle-day I see that atrocity and have to marshal my politeness resources before dropping her off.  Fortunately, I have no expectations of grammar education at the school.  If they can get her to share, take turns, and poop in the potty I'll consider the venture a success.  So far it's 2/3, with 5 months to go.

[slink]

Why do people pluralize with apostrophe + S? Can I execute those people with impunity?

Why do people spell pluralise with a z?
But no, seriously, I think it comes down to the fact that so many damn people can't write properly. Who decided for instance, that it was alright to say that something 'made me wow'? What the fuck is that?

[CortJstr]

Also, as an adjunct, is it OK for me to arbitrarily decide that even acronyms cannot be pluralized in such a fashion? I'm a descriptivist, and I have decided that I am just going to do my best to institue this method of pluralizing, and hope that it catches on. It will help that I belittle people when they do this.

I got into this habit because of Word. At work if I write RFs then Word will change it to Rfs. Granted, I could hit Ctrl+z to undo the autocorrection each time but I'm a lazy man so I go with RF's

[pmcd9]

I have a question for Rumjay.  Where is the link to this webcomic you speak of. And we're gonna need to see those rude titties because as Lil Falls explained, we ain't gonna like it unless you are hot.

[linnea]

Why do people spell pluralise with a z?
But no, seriously, I think it comes down to the fact that so many damn people can't write properly. Who decided for instance, that it was alright to say that something 'made me wow'? What the fuck is that?

Oh, you crazy Brits and your s instead of z, and your extra u thrown in randomly for color...

[slink]

Oh, you crazy Brits and your s instead of z, and your extra u thrown in randomly for color...

Exactly, it's all just to make it more interesting.

I actually spent a few years writing everything in Americanised spelling, then had to revert when I started typesetting and proofreading for publications. There was an... uncomfortable transition, shall we say.

[Nabubrush]

. . . Americanised . . .

Well c'mon, you can't think it's ok to use an 's' in that word!