One can argue that splitting the infinitive was never specifically wrong in English
And one does. Daily. But do they listen???!!!!?!
Dawn: I thought you were adequate. Giles: And the accolades keep pouring in. I'd best take my leave before my head swells any larger. Good night.
'First Date'
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.
amych - Sep 16, 2008 5:08:41 pm PDT #5790 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
vw bug - Sep 16, 2008 5:08:52 pm PDT #5791 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Ok...so, 8 months, 12 days, 10 hours, and 50 minutes till I graduate. You will all be so thrilled, I know.
In the meantime, another schoolish thought.
Is Adeline of Ann Radcliffe's The Romance of the Forest like the original Mary Sue, or what?
Vortex - Sep 16, 2008 6:02:08 pm PDT #5792 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
That's why I freelance.
Have a drink.
somehow, I took a glance at that and my mind translated it into "that's why I drink"
DCJensen - Sep 16, 2008 6:02:55 pm PDT #5793 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Plus, I thought we Buffistae were supposed to move in together on the second visit.
Worked out well for me...
ChiKat - Sep 16, 2008 6:43:01 pm PDT #5794 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?
Of course, I'm also a descriptivist rebel who merrily splits infinitives and ends sentences with prepositions and spits in the face of the Latinate rules shoved willy-nilly onto a Germanic language by stick in the mud twerps with some sort of mental hard-on for a dead tongue.
This is so very much me.
And, I'm assuming that vw's prof was speaking as a linguist who is reporting on trends rather than a grammarian who is dictating rules. And, sounds as if he's a descriptivist linguist to boot.
Open house went okay. I had 1 parent show for my 1st period class (7th grade). My other 7th grade was much better represented. My 8th grade classes were okay, too. But my two 6th grade classes were insane. I didn't have enough chairs!
It's nice hearing reports that their kids love my class and it's one of their favorites. Yay!
And, afterwards, the art teacher, band teacher and I went out for adult beverages. Nice reward.
Ginger - Sep 16, 2008 6:48:44 pm PDT #5795 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
somehow, I took a glance at that and my mind translated it into "that's why I drink"
You're not wrong.
Cass - Sep 16, 2008 8:52:01 pm PDT #5796 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
You're not wrong.
Nope.
and although most Buffistas I know use it, the majority of educated people I know don't
I like how this splits "Buffistas" and "educated" when I know that's not precisely how it was meant to be read.
Fay - Sep 16, 2008 8:56:52 pm PDT #5797 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
I'm also a descriptivist rebel who merrily splits infinitives and ends sentences with prepositions and spits in the face of the Latinate rules shoved willy-nilly onto a Germanic language by stick in the mud twerps with some sort of mental hard-on for a dead tongue.
Not that I have strong opinions on the matter.
As goes Plei, so goes my nation.
(gasp! Not.)
Meanwhile, I need re-motivating wrt the whole weightloss thing. I've been plateauing since the start of the summer, and just lately I've become a bit reckless and gladiatorial in my food choices (read - have brazenly eaten fish and chips, bread, custard tarts and cheeseburgers. Albeit not at one sitting.) I need to stop the rot, before I regain the weight - I want to go down another dress-size by Christmas, and it's doable, but I need to jumpstart my motivation, get my fat arse back to the gym and make better food choices.
Help me, Obi Wan KaBuffistas! You're my only hope!
P.M. Marc - Sep 16, 2008 9:14:01 pm PDT #5798 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Fay, having gone back on the wagon with the Sugar Monster, I've determined that cold turkey for a few days makes it MUCH easier to regain control.
Pix - Sep 16, 2008 9:29:54 pm PDT #5799 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Dear Brain,
You are massively sleep-deprived and have a brutal day ahead of you tomorrow. This is why we went to bed an hour ago. WTF, dude? You've been half asleep all day; why wake up now? Cut this shit out or we're both going to be screwed tomorrow.
Fondly,
Body