Ellen Jovin’s passion is linguistics. So she set up a table, to talk about grammar with strangers. Steve Hartman has her story on the road. h/t Wendy Bell Radio
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Mom was an English teacher, so I think most of my grammar skills are ingrained in me rather than actually having to think about it. I also think grammar has become another “lost art” just like cursive.
A “fun” video would be to have her set up that table in the Hood!
I never take grammar for granite.
Word Crimes. Always fun to hear.
https://youtu.be/8Gv0H-vPoDc?si=cqzYnGFisDroXBFk
Government monopoly day prisons that masquerade as schools have created multiple generations of folks with atrocious English skills. Abolishing them 9nce and for all, and getting Government 100% OUT of the business of education (including STEALING for parents) is the only solution that will ever address our educational issues.
start flushing bastardized crap like marketize, productize, actionable
instead of removing, the assholes now “de-content”
This may qualify.
…people talking on radios tend to be very brief and nit careful about sentence construction, and sometimes this can sound a bit odd.
For today’s example, just to give a little background, I work in a food plant that ,among other things, uses beef flavoring for things that are meant to be beef flavored. This is not really MY problem but I monitor the Production frequencies for emergency and non-emergency reasons, and was doing so today.
Suddenly, there was a call out!
“Abu, did Tracey have the beef flavor?”
I did not hear an answer on frequency.
But I thought of several I COULD have made myself.
I chose to keep my peace in this case, lest the NEXT conversation I have be with HR…
https://youtu.be/0W-ASA7s0Nk?si=JCVOXG5gypMb0SPx
“This is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put.”
Churchill
Grammar:
The difference between “feeling you’re nuts”
And “feeling your nuts.”
Helping your uncle Jack off a horse.
real world example: …we didn’t never not…
Down the street the soldiers came marching up.
stop this bus & help my brother Jack off
Hi Jack and hijack is another one.
The word “ask” is a verb, not a noun, dammit. I would also like to ask her when the word “so” replaced the word “well” as a kickstarter for a sentence. I’m from the age of “well.” It seems like one day, everybody decided to start everything with “so”, and I missed that boat.
…let a lawyer explain grammar from this antique construct known as a “Phone Book”…
https://youtu.be/5yuL6PcgSgM?si=lJFB9mevrkKTcUMX
Their ought to be a law about idiots using bad grammar. They’re poor use of language shouldn’t be tolerated even in there own homes. Wear do they get off doing something that wheres my patients so much? What are they, a bunch of mental patience?
When you examine something closely, you are not pouring over it. You are poring over it.
I’m done now.
Thirdtwin-
For years, my laptop and my phone changed Pore to Pour and We’re Were, among others. I had to shut every “handy” tool on my devices because of that annoyance, only for it to turn back on after ‘upgrades’. Ugh.
Wait. Is it ‘upgrades.’ or ‘upgrades’. LOL
Edit: I patched up my phone with a different keyboard app and it has stopped messing with me.
Where is Claudia? 😁
@ 0940: “well, all right” – buddy holly
Well, All Right was one of Buddy Holly’s classic underrated songs that didn’t get as much airplay as most of his other songs did. it’s one of my favorite Buddy Holly songs.
@ 1054: excellent cover from blind faith, long ago
stop, help my brother jack off this bus
stop helping my brother jack off the bus
@ 1013: consider the “brains” & “training” of who/whatever determines your textual needs…they don’t “do” context?
more from 1144: in the software world & in other “worlds” people who don’t know shit are being paid to determine & provide what you “need”
SNS – you mention radio chatter is abreviated to keep it short.
Then there is texting!
IDK, but OMG TBH, ICYMI, IMO texting has bastardized the English language!
WBU?
TTYL
My American Grammar died when I was 5. So I didn’t get to talk to her a whole lot.
She beats the usual slutty media whores.
irregardless…..WTF?
Harry
Saturday, 15 February 2025, 12:18 at 12:18 pm
“SNS – you mention radio chatter is abreviated to keep it short.”
…yes, but youd be surprised how many folks have long conversations on them, forget they are party lines, and also dont realize they dont duplex so they try to interrupt someone else while theyre transmitting in vain…
…there’s a story about a wing commander in the PTO in WWII who was very big on radio discipline, and quite officious with anyone who didnt practice it to his satisfaction.
The story says he was on a routine patrol on June 19th, 1944, when he suddenly spotted an enemy plane.
And another.
And many, MANY others.
It was the start of the Battle of the Phillipine Sea, to come to be known later as the “Marianas Turkey Shoot”.
Overwhelmed by what he was seeing, he excitedly called back, “Enemy! Enemy approaching! Large attack on the way!”
The carrier frantically radioed back “What bearing? what type? How many? Where away?”, but all they could get back was “There must be a million of ’em…a million of ’em!”
…after things were sorted out and the battle turned the American’s way, he was later heard to say “Theyre falling like autumn leaves”, which is poetic but also not particuarly helpful.
Anyone can lose their cool under pressure on the radio, but things like Im talking about are unforced errors.
Alas, in this particular case, I have no idea if the lady in question is actually beef flavored or not. My admittedly limited experience with the flavors of female humans does not extend to one having the flavor of beef, and Im not about to start sampling random co-workers this late in the day to find out. The fact that the responent did not reply on the radio means I will forever have this gap in my knowledge that he could have easily filled. Alas.
…still, its an intriguing notion, and perhaps one that soap and/or feminine hygine products may wish to explore in future in their never-ending quest for scents to assist women in intoxicating the senses of men…
Because I immediately stopped diagramming sentences as soon as I left elementary school (and was no longer forced to by the only teacher in the district, perhaps the entire state, who still taught it), I got one grammar question too many wrong on the Foreign Service Exam and failed to pass the English Language proficiency section. I aced all of the other sections (and the non-grammar English section), so my overall score was more than adequate, but the State Department policy at that time was that failing the English Language section was an automatic disqualifier.
It was recommended that I practice diagramming sentences for a few months and take the exam again. Because of the Federal hiring freeze of the late 80s, the exam was not given again for several years. By then, I had effectively aged out.
Oh well. At least I avoided having to listen to Hillary or see her face every day on the office wall.
I once saw a sign on the back of a truck that was from a company that sold vegetables to restaurants.
Pre-Prepared Vegetables. A bit redundant, I thought, considering that paring vegetables is what you usually (not always) do with them. Pre-paring is what is done prior to paring them. Like you gather them, wash them, put them on a cutting board, find your paring knife or scraper.
A better sign would have been: Pared Vegetables.
Eats, Shoots, and Leaves vs Eats Shoots and Leaves. Comma placement can change the entire meaning of a sentence.
“I could care less.”
AAuugghh! Like nails on a chalkboard. Whadda ya mean you COULD care less? How much less? So how much do you care? Ya grammar moron!! The expression is, “I couldn’t care less.” Like none at all. Like you don’t G-A-S!
I think cussing is shorthand for getting through to people who don’t understand grammar…
I can’t stand when I see this on storefronts.
OPEN ON SUNDAY’S
If you notice an apostrophe missing from your door or window, that was probably me.
Decimate, bad but, not as bad as most believe it to be.
I hate homophones, my Apple spell check is the worst, doesn’t quite get the their, there, and they’re.
Others too, that’s the one that pops up the most.
Suppose I made a mistake, go ahead MJA, steal the apostrophe.
“Decimate, bad but, not as bad as most believe it to be.”
Yeah, I think most use it like it means devastate or destroy, instead of 10% reduction.
“Nothing is better than …”
Guess I’ll stick with nothing.