Oh, geez, Barb, I was just thinking I wanted something for dessert, but I have neither a scone nor Devon cream, and now that's all I want!
Umm... whoops?
Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.
'Time Bomb'
Spike's Bitches 42: Which question do you want me to answer first?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Barb - Sep 16, 2008 3:38:58 pm PDT #5764 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
JenP - Sep 16, 2008 3:40:04 pm PDT #5765 of 10001
I found a donut. SO not the same.
vw bug - Sep 16, 2008 3:44:20 pm PDT #5766 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Hang in there, Toddson!
Oy, Barb!
So, I have a totally informal survey. Who here distinguishes "proper usage" of who/whom?
Here's why I ask. So, in my history of the English language class last week, the prof said that "back in our grandparents time," they distinguished between who and whom, but no one does that anymore. And I thought, "Huh. I do. Maybe not always correctly, but I try." And then I thought, "I bet a lot of Buffistas do too."
Dana - Sep 16, 2008 3:46:57 pm PDT #5767 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
One's a subject, one's an object. Of course we distinguish between them.
meara - Sep 16, 2008 3:49:31 pm PDT #5768 of 10001
NOBODY does that any more? And he's an English prof?? Is he cynical and depressed about it, or does he truly believe that? Because I think there are plenty of ranty grammar nuts out there (and Buffistas quite well represented among them!) who try to keep the "whom" going.
...of course, there are many people out there who try to keep "whom" going and get it WRONG, but maybe let's not get into that.
Toddson, that sounds AWFUL!! Jeez. Stabbity splorch indeed! Especially the someone else getting training, and the "where the hell is the stuff I need" and...gawd. I would be all "quit, and see where they end up!" except, no. Get an awesome new better job, and THEN see where they end up without you. Eeesh.
Barb - Sep 16, 2008 3:53:09 pm PDT #5769 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
I found a donut. SO not the same.
I have very ripe bananas. I think I'm going to experiment in the next day or so with making a tropical sort of scone.
Or maybe I'll just make banana bread. With chocolate chips. Or maybe caramel chips.
I'll stop now.
JenP - Sep 16, 2008 3:54:23 pm PDT #5770 of 10001
So, in my history of the English language class last week, the prof said that "back in our grandparents time," they distinguished between who and whom, but no one does that anymore.
Tell your prof that he or she is full of shit. Only not in those words. You're telling me that your prof doesn't bother to distinguish between the two, and then spreads that wrongness to students? For shame, vw's prof. For shame.
Ginger - Sep 16, 2008 3:55:05 pm PDT #5771 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Who here distinguishes "proper usage" of who/whom?
Me. Every single time.
Todd, I have so been there. Sometimes it seems an entire workplace conspires to demean and abuse the most productive workers. That's why I freelance.
Have a drink.
JenP - Sep 16, 2008 3:56:24 pm PDT #5772 of 10001
Cereal:
Barb is taunter who taunts, is what!
Laura - Sep 16, 2008 3:57:53 pm PDT #5773 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
{{Todd}} They are so completely undeserving. I hope you are able to wind down and relax some this evening. And find a more worthy job.
Open house at the 11th grade level was really sparse, but that was good for actually getting to speak with the teachers. I don't know what happened with 8th grade; I fear we missed it. Ooops.