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Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork

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JenP - Sep 07, 2011 5:52:41 pm PDT #24693 of 30001

Grammar people, riddle me this:

Is it just plain wrong to use the superlative instead of the comparative when you only have two items? I'm looking for a reputable cite, but I'm a little impatient.

I have only two nephews. Today I posted something about the oldest one rather than the older one. Wrong like a wrong thing to hardliners and softliners alike, or is there wiggle room?

My eldest sister delivered an FB smackdown, and now my middle sister is chiming in trying to smackdown her smackdown, which is hilarious. My eldest is highly competitive about ev-er-y-thing. Por ejemplo, it genuinely bothered her yesterday when I was right about something stupid and she was wrong (how many teaspoons in a tablespoon. Seriously). Her quote, after looking it up online, "You're right. I hate you."

My middle sister hates that shit, and is probably annoyed and stewing slightly. Me? I could care less, though I do find it a bit @@ that eldest felt the need to point out a grammatical error on a post about how much I was LOOKING FORWARD TO HER SON'S WEDDING. I mean, come ON.

-t - Sep 07, 2011 5:53:38 pm PDT #24694 of 30001

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Suzi, my sister never had fleas in Boulder because of the altitude, or that was her belief as to why. As soon as she moved away all her pets immediately got infested, so there was something it.

Ginger - Sep 07, 2011 5:56:05 pm PDT #24695 of 30001

"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

It is wrong to use the superlative when you only have two items. It is more wrong to nitpick conversational writing.

JenP - Sep 07, 2011 5:57:16 pm PDT #24696 of 30001

Ah, thank you, Ginger. And, I know, right? Seriously, sis!!

Strix - Sep 07, 2011 5:59:01 pm PDT #24697 of 30001

A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

I was just going to say what Ginger did; two things, older. More than 2, oldest. Sorry!

Point up to Ginger's post re: nitpicking. What she said.

But...esp. when that conversation is a reply to a wedding invite. That's wrongest, er...wrong like a wrong thing.

Polter-Cow - Sep 07, 2011 5:59:10 pm PDT #24698 of 30001

What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I could care less

Couldn't.

runs away

JenP - Sep 07, 2011 6:00:43 pm PDT #24699 of 30001

Yeah, yeah, P-C. It's late, dude. Cut me a break. Let me change it to: I don't care.

Stephanie - Sep 07, 2011 6:05:26 pm PDT #24700 of 30001

Trust my rage

I have no idea what the real reason is for the lack of fleas but I have always thought it was the dryness of the climate. But I dont really know

Jessica - Sep 07, 2011 6:09:30 pm PDT #24701 of 30001

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Let me change it to: I don't care.

Or, you know, the rules of grammar and logic do not apply to idiomatic phrases. That's what makes them idiomatic.

(Which is to say, "could care less" is a perfectly cromulent saying.)

javachik - Sep 07, 2011 6:09:59 pm PDT #24702 of 30001

Our wings are not tired.

I think there's something to that, -t. From what I understand they're also not a problem in Albuquerque? Don't know if that's altidude or roasted chile peppers though.

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