You get my vote when you promise me 20 acres and a pony.
Anya: It's lovely! I wish it was mine! Oh like you weren't all thinking the same thing. Giles: I'm fairly certain I wasn't.
'The Killer In Me'
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.
Gris - Sep 27, 2005 8:25:23 am PDT #4432 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Betsy HP - Sep 27, 2005 8:47:44 am PDT #4433 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
If shrift is slounging with a drink in her hand, I shall be afraid to nap for fear of missing something.
Kat - Sep 27, 2005 9:14:53 am PDT #4434 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
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
It's not a reverse status marking error. It's still a status marking error. There's no indication of what that status is. It's more about the aquisition of standard academic English, or maybe what Mirna Shaughnessy would call transactional English-- the sort of langauge of public transactions (education, civic, professional etc).
According to Edgar Schuster, there are a small number of status marking errors that span both ends of the spectrum, including using "Anyways", "Irregardless" all the way double comparisons (i.e., "I like math more better now") and double negatives.
Ah... grammar....
Betsy HP - Sep 27, 2005 9:17:16 am PDT #4435 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
In British English, apparently there are several status marking indicators shared by the lower and upper-classes -- because the upper classes hire from the lower classes when they pick nannies.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 27, 2005 9:19:36 am PDT #4436 of 10001
What is even happening?
Irregardless
Also hate. I've pretty much given up on that one too, though.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 27, 2005 9:23:38 am PDT #4437 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
The one that gets me is liberry. From people who work at one in a University.
Grrr.
Jars - Sep 27, 2005 9:27:35 am PDT #4438 of 10001
See, I've been know to use 'supposably' and 'liberry' for fun. Feel free to beat me now. I do try not to around children and stupid people though.
Ginger - Sep 27, 2005 9:30:28 am PDT #4439 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Strenth for strength.
Mute point.
Less when it should be fewer.
And, in remembrance of what thread we're in, people whole mispronounce "Minear."
Nutty - Sep 27, 2005 9:33:07 am PDT #4440 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
In English language news, I ran across a spelling error yesterday that had been picked up verbatim from a previous book. Which book had picked that spelling error up from a different previous book. I checked four books, and the spelling error was in all of them. So at least it was consistent, but I am pretty sure there is no ship called the USS Kearsage.
That's four different copyeditors, four accuracy reviewers, four proofreaders, the author four times, and at least three editors who are not fans of maritime history.
ChiKat - Sep 27, 2005 10:20:55 am PDT #4441 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
See, I've been know to use 'supposably' and 'liberry' for fun
Me, too, Jars. Also: sammich, punkin, nakin (for napkin because that's how my little bro pronounced it when he was wee) and bikit (for biscuit, same reason as nakin).