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.
We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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.
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
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.
Barb - Sep 16, 2008 3:58:24 pm PDT #5774 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
If'n I could shove fresh scones or banana bread through the interpipes, Jen, I surely would.
vw bug - Sep 16, 2008 4:00:13 pm PDT #5775 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
He's not full of shit, actually. He's pretty progressive on language change. He used who/whom as an example of word-shortening as the natural evolution of language. I just happen to think it was a bad example. Though, when I pressed the issue, I was the *only* person in the class that raised my hand as knowing/using the difference.
But then again, no one today knew who William F. Buckley, Jr. was--and even worse, they didn't know what the National Review was.
What is our world coming to?
brenda m - Sep 16, 2008 4:00:22 pm PDT #5776 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
NOBODY does that any more? And he's an English prof??
Seriously, WTF? Maybe not a lot of people know it well, but that's seriously bizarre.
javachik - Sep 16, 2008 4:09:38 pm PDT #5777 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
But then again, no one today knew who William F. Buckley, Jr. was--and even worse, they didn't know what the National Review was.
They need Family Ties dvds, stat.
lisah - Sep 16, 2008 4:10:59 pm PDT #5778 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Seriously, WTF? Maybe not a lot of people know it well, but that's seriously bizarre.
Yeah, I call bullshit on this professor.
Gadget_Girl - Sep 16, 2008 4:11:01 pm PDT #5779 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
but no one does that anymore.
I do, too.
Barb, I'm showing up on your door step and letting you cook. Scones or banana bread sounds amazing.
JenP - Sep 16, 2008 4:14:52 pm PDT #5780 of 10001
Sorry, vw, I didn't intend to impugn his entire being with my comment about this one issue. I should have been more specific and less vulgar. I do agree that on that particular issue, however, he's way off - the rest of your classmates notwithstanding.
I know you would, Barb. If only MM and the transporter... ah, well.