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 Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 4:58 pm
Vitamin.X Twilight_Shadow paka-chan One of my friends joined the Grammar Nazis. He told me they banned soemone for not knowing how to spell a word. I don't really remember what it was, but I still found it pretty ridiculous. *someone. :O! *Bans!* XD! Kidding. I just saw it a perfect time to do something like that. whee And, it's "Here, Here." As far as I know. o.o; Actually, it's "Hear, Hear." Due to the context it's normally in, that is. It's usually used in places that make -me- think it's "Hear, Hear." "Here, Here" sounds like: Where are you, Lou? crying
HERE, HERE!It makes one wonder if it both ways aren't accepted? Or maybe it's one of those Canadian/American things, where each country spells it a different way so now both are accepted. 3nodding
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:42 am
--or American/British. <.<
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High-functioning Businesswoman
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Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 8:36 pm
Like gray and grey. I don't know which one is American and which is British, but at any rate, I always use the first one (thanks to Microsoft Word ><). So if you ever see a post by me that has "gray something or other," and it's not the American one, please don't beat me up sweatdrop
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:27 am
Yeah, it can be used in both ways...
"Here, here!" > 'Come here, come here.' > 'Gather around!'
"Hear, hear!" > 'Hear me, hear me.' > 'Listen up.'
So, it could be used both ways.
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Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 11:58 pm
FushigiNaButterfly Like gray and grey. I don't know which one is American and which is British, but at any rate, I always use the first one (thanks to Microsoft Word ><). So if you ever see a post by me that has "gray something or other," and it's not the American one, please don't beat me up sweatdrop I think gray is the American spelling, for whatever that's worth.
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Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 10:12 am
It is. I hate the american spelling for certain words. Like grey (gray), judgement (judgment), theatre (theater)... *tries to think of others*
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Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 2:08 pm
For some reason, I've always really like the words like "realisation" that use "s" instead of "z". And colour or saviour, with the "u"s. whee
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 4:25 pm
*shudder* I can't stand the 's's, or the 'u's. ><;
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 2:34 pm
I know this is kind of old, but it caught my eye: Quote: they even have a post against silly little sayings like "lol" or "brb" or "seeya". Which, when you think about it, while not technically part of the english language, everyone understands. So what's the harm of using them? The boyfriend, as we discussed this, brought up the fact that there's no harm to it, that it's even beneficial, because language has to be flexible or it won't adapt. And thanks to the internet, lol and brb has taken on a cross-cultural/cross-language meaning that's a whole new level of "ooooo." (But then there's the debate about the pros and cons of a internationally common language versus individual dialects and the preservation of history and...but I hush now.) ...and besides. Like grey and gray. There's so many cultural and regional little picky bits there's just no point. These them there Grammer Nazis do sound like a frightenin' bunch, however.
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 5:07 pm
Kaidona *shudder* I can't stand the 's's, or the 'u's. ><; But... but... the s's and u's are cute! Although, admittedly, I'm a little odd.... xd
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 8:26 pm
There were other british things that seem to drive me up the walls. Though at the moment, I can't remember what they were. x.x
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 9:22 pm
What about "humor" and "humour"? That's really annoying, too. Especially when you have a teacher who always wants the words spelled one specific way. Like, one year I had a teacher who always wanted gray, humor, color, etc..... But sometimes, you just forget and then you would loose marks! stressed crying
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 10:19 pm
I had a literature professor this last semester who lived in England for quite a while, so I don't think he would've noticed at all. xd
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Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 3:29 am
Rose McCann I had a literature professor this last semester who lived in England for quite a while, so I don't think he would've noticed at all. xd That's always nice. 3nodding I have a Writing teacher this semester who, if she's in a bad mood when she corrects your work, will get you for stuff like that.
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Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 9:39 am
Another example is dialog and dialogue. I tend to throw things together.
I'll say: Dialogue and the er's that become re's.
Other times I'll just say the er's, but mess around with the word gray/grey. At the moment, I'm leaning towards the 'a' version because it seems to make more sense in my mind. Then again, few things make sense to me... xp
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