"Did they go to the zoo? Supposably."
FIRST THING that popped in my mind.
Zoe: My man would never fall for that. Wash: Most of my head wishes I had.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Aims - Sep 27, 2005 7:17:14 am PDT #4412 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Kat - Sep 27, 2005 7:37:01 am PDT #4413 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Supposably sounds like one of the soft mouthed characters from Fat Albert. It makes me crazy. And since I can be the tinpot dictator of my classroom, I tell kids to NOT say it, that it's a status marking error, same a double negative, that peoplewill make assumptions about their background and education if they do that.
Ahem.
see my big red button? it has supposably written right on it.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 27, 2005 7:38:15 am PDT #4414 of 10001
What is even happening?
Supposably sounds like one of the soft mouthed characters from Fat Albert. It makes me crazy. And since I can be the tinpot dictator of my classroom, I tell kids to NOT say it, that it's a status marking error, same a double negative, that peoplewill make assumptions about their background and education if they do that.
Good. You're completely right.
I wish I got the "zoo, supposably" reference, but it flew right over my head.
Kat - Sep 27, 2005 7:41:18 am PDT #4415 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Other grammar bete noires (picture the accents please) I think in my head and never articulate because so few people obey those rules: things like the misuse of hopefully.
But when there are status marking errors, and there are plenty, then I point those out because it's crazymaking for me to hear them and say nothing.
And what's great, my students do know them already and probably have since elementary school so they can fix them on their own without me explaining. It's just they so often don't.
Betsy HP - Sep 27, 2005 7:43:40 am PDT #4416 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
So, would sticking in "whoms" where they don't belong be a reverse status marking error in that people would assume you know what you're talking about?
sumi - Sep 27, 2005 7:45:31 am PDT #4417 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Isn't it really "betes noir"?
(I don't know. . . just extrapolating from something French. . . which I cannot remember.)
Dana - Sep 27, 2005 7:46:00 am PDT #4418 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I wish I got the "zoo, supposably" reference, but it flew right over my head.
Friends.
§ ita § - Sep 27, 2005 7:47:12 am PDT #4419 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Isn't it really "betes noir"?
Nope. Bêtes noirs. The adjective (noir, black) will need to agree with the noun (bêtes, beasts).
amych - Sep 27, 2005 7:49:49 am PDT #4420 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
noires
§ ita § - Sep 27, 2005 7:51:35 am PDT #4421 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oops.