The Brits had it right this time.
Wesley: And how does your kind define love? Demon: Same as all bodies. Same as everywheres. Love is sacrifice.
'The Girl in Question'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[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.
§ ita § - May 16, 2011 6:29:54 am PDT #21413 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Typo Boy - May 16, 2011 6:34:12 am PDT #21414 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
ITA with ita. Non-quoted punctuation belongs outside the quotes.
Shir - May 16, 2011 6:41:09 am PDT #21415 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
What the Brits said.
In good news: seems like a quieter day. Also? Fucked up situation at work might not be as fucked as I thought it'll be.
ION: I'll graduate soon (3 papers and one test to go; I can finish it by August). WTF do I do next?
...
OK, I know what I'll do next. I just don't the specifics yet. Which is confusing.
It's the time for crazy offers, folks. I wasn't ready for the year and this degree to end so soon!
Steph L. - May 16, 2011 6:52:00 am PDT #21416 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
(they say Logical Punctuation, I say TRAVESTY.
Truer words have never been spoken. Though they have no doubt been punctuated improperly when quoted.
Vortex - May 16, 2011 7:04:11 am PDT #21417 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I knew I could count on you, Teppy!
§ ita § - May 16, 2011 7:19:23 am PDT #21418 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
TO BE WRONG.
Steph L. - May 16, 2011 7:21:38 am PDT #21419 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
If loving punctuation within quotation marks is wrong, I don't want to be right.
§ ita § - May 16, 2011 7:25:55 am PDT #21420 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You can have some punctuation within quotation marks. You just can't have it all. Otherwise, what does a quote even mean? That's not what they said, why is it in quote marks? It's a mockery of verbatimness.
Ginger - May 16, 2011 7:26:42 am PDT #21421 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I am particularly appalled by the notion that usage on the Web could be used as the foundation of any grammar argument. That's a slippery slope to having "r" be an acceptable spelling for the third-person plural of to be.
DavidS - May 16, 2011 7:28:17 am PDT #21422 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
If loving punctuation within quotation marks is wrong, I don't want to be right.
Yes, well it's clear that you don't want to be right.
I don't see why it's a travesty. It's just what people are used to. The British way always made more sense to me.