Huh. I have no problem with "problematic" and "problematically".
So much for logic.
(edited because typos are particularly confusing in a discussion about spelling)
I'm just waiting to see if I pass out. Long story.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
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-t - Mar 01, 2007 7:05:41 am PST #8137 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Topic!Cindy - Mar 01, 2007 7:06:24 am PST #8138 of 10001
What is even happening?
See, this is what I'm saying. It's English. You can't pay the rules too much mind. It'll make you crazy.
-t - Mar 01, 2007 7:11:35 am PST #8139 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
But "publically" is just not what I learned. So. Guess I should go vote.
Topic!Cindy - Mar 01, 2007 7:18:11 am PST #8140 of 10001
What is even happening?
-t, you know I'm just goofing off, right?
-t - Mar 01, 2007 7:21:07 am PST #8141 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yes, Cindy. It's just making me a little thinky, not in a bad way.
Though the evidence is mounting that I am, in fact, what is wrong with the world.
Topic!Cindy - Mar 01, 2007 7:22:06 am PST #8142 of 10001
What is even happening?
There's strength in numbers, -t. You wrong ones are way ahead in my LJ.
Miracleman - Mar 01, 2007 7:23:34 am PST #8143 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
You ladies are looking for logic in English. That's illogical.
Makes you wonder how Vulcans would learn English.
Spock: "So, Captain...it's "'i' before 'e', except after 'c', and in words that sound like 'ay' as in 'neighbor' and 'weigh'."
Kirk: "You've got it, Spock."
Spock: "What about 'weird'?"
Kirk: "You just remember that ''i' before 'e'' doesn't apply because 'weird' is weird."
Spock: "...all right. Now is it 'publicly' or 'publically'?"
Kirk: "Yes."
Spock: (head explodes)
Bones: "He's fucked, Jim."
Jessica - Mar 01, 2007 7:25:34 am PST #8144 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
When I was about 8 or so, I would misread the word "pubic" as "public." So I'd be confused about references to "public hair," as I figured that public hair was the least public that hair could be.
There's a parking lot in Bethesda, MD whose sign read "Pub ic Parking" the entire time I was growing up. It was repaired a few years ago, but everyone (in my family anyway, because we're stubborn like that) still calls it Pubic Parking.
Topic!Cindy - Mar 01, 2007 7:26:20 am PST #8145 of 10001
What is even happening?
Dammit, Jim. I'm a doctor, not an English teacher.
Daisy Jane - Mar 01, 2007 7:28:33 am PST #8146 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
My theory is, if you can sing it to the tune of "The Lee's of Virginia" from
1776
it's lly. So...
Basical-ly
Practical-ly
Publical-ly
Serious-ly
Well crap.