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Re: Prescriptive grammar
« Reply #105 on: August 29, 2013, 11:35:14 pm »
I want to know who made the first misinterpretation of captioned photos, go back in time, and drop an education beatdown on their ignorant ass.  Memes (were) a neat part of the increasing interconnection of Internet users through the mid 2000's.  They obviously still exist, but talking about them is endlessly complicated by this glitch.
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Re: Prescriptive grammar
« Reply #106 on: August 30, 2013, 12:26:33 pm »
Quote from: jaydub on August 29, 2013, 11:35:14 pm
I want to know who made the first misinterpretation of captioned photos, go back in time, and drop an education beatdown on their ignorant ass.

You'd be all, "know your meme, motherfucker."
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Re: Prescriptive grammar
« Reply #107 on: August 31, 2013, 01:57:10 pm »
Survey: "On" like "Dawn" or like "Con" ?
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Re: Prescriptive grammar
« Reply #108 on: August 31, 2013, 02:32:45 pm »
Do you know that there is a complication to your question, which is that in many dialects of American English, the vowel in "Dawn" and "Con" - to make it more confusing, "Dawn" and "Don" - are the same? Or are you perfectly well aware of that and trying to mess with those people's minds?
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Re: Prescriptive grammar
« Reply #109 on: August 31, 2013, 03:04:31 pm »
Where I'm from Dawn and Don are not the same and On is not like either one of them. On is the same as own.
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Re: Prescriptive grammar
« Reply #110 on: August 31, 2013, 03:22:24 pm »
none of the above. all three vowels are slightly different:

Con (Don) is a flat "ah" sound (tonge forward, mouth wide)
On is a rounder "aw" sound (lips and mouth relaxed, tongue floating)
Dawn is a very tall, almost purely "ww" sound with an "ah" underneath (jaw low, lips far apart, corners of mouth close together, tongue back)

Own is completely different, a dipthongy tightening starting with a flat "oh" and ending with a tight "ww" - but i'm not from texas.

do those position descriptions make sense?
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Re: Prescriptive grammar
« Reply #111 on: August 31, 2013, 08:32:24 pm »
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Re: Prescriptive grammar
« Reply #112 on: November 02, 2013, 05:24:14 pm »
http://xkcd.com/1285/

This has become a point of contention among some of my spaceface friends. I'm a single spacer all day long and after looking at the MLA and APA recommendations, it is conclusive that the rule is single space after a period. The Bedford Handbook (MLA) we used in Rhetoric class itself uses only one space after every period. APA calls for a double space only in drafts to make editing easier. Double spacing is only for papers you intend to correct later or college students trying to tease out a paper's length to meet minimum requirements. Double spacers are trying to tear us apart with their hollow vanity. Monospacers are bringing us all closer together.
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Re: Prescriptive grammar
« Reply #113 on: November 02, 2013, 08:25:10 pm »
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Re: Prescriptive grammar
« Reply #114 on: November 04, 2013, 06:29:03 pm »
Quote from: pmcd9 on November 02, 2013, 08:25:10 pm
Marvin Gaye said it, I believe it, that settles it!

If there was a church that based all their services around the music of Marvin Gaye, I would totally go to that church.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_Noo6dxBaE
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Re: Prescriptive grammar
« Reply #115 on: November 04, 2013, 08:50:20 pm »
Quote from: Arachno-capitalist on November 02, 2013, 05:24:14 pm
APA calls for a double space only in drafts to make editing easier. Double spacing is only for papers you intend to correct later or college students trying to tease out a paper's length to meet minimum requirements. Double spacers are trying to tear us apart with their hollow vanity.
I double space by habit, but if I want to switch to single space, a Find/Replace with "  " to " " does the trick nicely.
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Re: Prescriptive grammar
« Reply #116 on: November 04, 2013, 10:16:36 pm »
Quote from: Carlos del Vaca on November 04, 2013, 06:29:03 pm
If there was a church that based all their services around the music of Marvin Gaye, I would totally go to that church.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_Noo6dxBaE

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Re: Prescriptive grammar
« Reply #117 on: November 04, 2013, 10:21:41 pm »
Quote from: Carlos del Vaca on November 04, 2013, 06:29:03 pm
If there was a church that based all their services around the music of Marvin Gaye, I would totally go to that church.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_Noo6dxBaE

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Re: Prescriptive grammar
« Reply #118 on: November 19, 2013, 08:44:40 pm »
Quote from: miles on July 09, 2013, 05:37:50 am
I mean they spell 'yeah' y-a. To me they are two words that mean the same thing. They are treating ya as an alternate spelling of yeah. Don't ask why this bothers me.

I identified why this bothers me. If I text someone a question like 'would you like me to bring some beer to go with the nachos?' and they reply 'Fuck ya!' I don't know if they are replying emphatically in the affirmative or telling me to fuck off.
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Re: Prescriptive grammar
« Reply #119 on: November 19, 2013, 08:59:52 pm »
And if anyone questions whether anyone would actually say or write 'fuck ya' in place of 'fuck you' I offer this as a source: http://rapgenius.com/66278
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