Weird English Things

#26
#26
Godfatha said:
I prefer the Oxford comma because its removal can create a bit of confusion.

Ex. I went to see Aerosmith, Alice in Chains and Guns and Roses.
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but why would "Alice in Chains and Guns and Roses" make sense if you hadn't seen Aerosmith?

unless you are talking about someone not knowing that Guns and Roses was a thing and multiple ands sounds dumb.
 
#27
#27
pismonque said:
By and large, I think that grammar and usage rules are good guidelines but clear and effective communication always trumps strict adherence to rules. So if proper grammar diminishes your clarity or dulls your zing, the greater sin is in not going rogue.

Also, you shouldn't ask, "Is such-and-such a word?" If it gets your point across it's a word, for you anyway. Make one up if it helps, or string words together into a German-style compound word, or both, or whatever. If goatfappery gets your point across the best, then its use is proper.

Most importantly, if you don't know where and when to disregard what I just said, then you should just forget you ever read it.
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i am officially adding goatfappery to my lexicon. thank you.
 
#29
#29
LouderVol said:
but why would "Alice in Chains and Guns and Roses" make sense if you hadn't seen Aerosmith?

unless you are talking about someone not knowing that Guns and Roses was a thing and multiple ands sounds dumb.
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Just a quick example that I could think of. I was always taught to use the comma, and the reasons for doing so make sense. I'll take English classes taught 30+ years ago over English classes taught today.
 
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#30
#30
LouderVol said:
but why would "Alice in Chains and Guns and Roses" make sense if you hadn't seen Aerosmith?

unless you are talking about someone not knowing that Guns and Roses was a thing and multiple ands sounds dumb.
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The rules shouldn't be absolute. Add the comma if it helps make sense. Or better yet, just reorder the list: I went to see Guns and Roses, Alice In Chains and Aerosmith.
 
#35
#35
Today's pearl of wisdom: Careful what you say about contractions when your woman is 9 months pregnant.
 
#40
#40
LouderVol said:
Our language is pretty effed up. Anybody else have some words/rules that you don't like?

1.useful, why isn't it "usefull"
2. their, there, and they're
3. oxford commas while we are at it
4. won, one
5. compound words that don't make any sense if you remove parts from them: remember, recall etc. seriously whats a "member" that we should be "reing"
6. spelling or words changing with the tense "lay, lie" "ate, eat"
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I before E really pisses me off. 😁
 
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#43
#43
Godfatha said:
Speaking of language. WTH is the "nee" crap when it comes to maiden names?
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Just means born. French based, think nativity. So first name-last name-nee whatever name just means first name-married name-maiden(born) name.

Helps people track/understand the woman's lineage. You might not know whom a childhood friend married, but you would know it was she if you had the maiden name given.
 
#44
#44
Smallvol#1 said:
Just means born. French based, think nativity. So first name-last name-nee whatever name just means first name-married name-maiden(born) name.

Helps people track/understand the woman's lineage. You might not know whom a childhood friend married, but you would know it was she if you had the maiden name given.
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But what if she wasn't born French?
 
#48
#48
Weezer said:
And you consider yourself a Southerner? Everyone knows the South has its own version of the English language.
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When we travel overseas I tell people I'm trilingual. They'll always want to know the three languages I speak.

My answer:
English
American
Southern

Breaks a lot of ice:).

Hope you're doing well today 💕🙏.
 
#49
#49
It bothers me that bus is spelled with one s because that makes the plural buses, which should be pronounced like abuses without the a. Why can't we double the last consonant in that situation like we do with past tense (stop becomes stopped instead of stoped, which would sound stopèd :))?
 
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#50
#50
Quaint88 said:
It bothers me that bus is spelled with one s because that makes the plural buses, which should be pronounced like abuses without the a. Why can't we double the last consonant in that situation like we do with past tense (stop becomes stopped instead of stoped)?
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A couple of busses😙😘 gotta love the English language.

Secondary plural of bus can be busses though, preferred is buses.
 
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