I like Jon's...
We're like a circle jerk of neurotic opinionated fussiness.Sigh... But it is so Buffista. And I laughed when I read it.
There's more than one way to skin a cat. And I happen to know that's factually true.
Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Cass - Oct 11, 2003 10:07:51 am PDT #5548 of 10005
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
DCJensen - Oct 11, 2003 10:20:06 am PDT #5549 of 10005
All is well that ends in pizza.
Now, now, no nasty.
Oh, well,then. If it's good nasty, it's Buffista. Bad nasty? NSM.
Sean K - Oct 11, 2003 10:33:34 am PDT #5550 of 10005
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I like Jon's...
We're like a circle jerk of neurotic opinionated fussiness.
Cass, sweetie... that wasn't Jon, that was Hec.
Deena - Oct 11, 2003 10:42:00 am PDT #5551 of 10005
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
So, we're confused, grammatically feisty, font particular and think everything could be mathier. That seems appropriate.
(No, I won't use the serial comma in front of an and and Plei can't make me.)
Lysana - Oct 11, 2003 10:54:33 am PDT #5552 of 10005
Hellbound Equal-Opportunity Nookie Hog
Uh... why not just make it "Nilly, Could This Be Mathier?" I mean, the style guides I know would say that the sentence takes a comma instead of an em dash there.In general, that's true, but not always. It depends on how the speaker is saying it, and what the speaker was going to say. For instance, say the speaker was going to say "Nilly, [insert here that mathematical expression that includes pi, which I've already memfaulted]," but then realized it was getting so damned mathy, that the "could this be mathier?" question just burst out of him. In a case such as that, the em dash would be more apt than the comma.
But that's not easily told in context. Now, if it was "Hey, Nilly -- could this be mathier", my inner editor would be content. But I know I'm being a minority voice here.
Cass - Oct 11, 2003 11:32:18 am PDT #5553 of 10005
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I like Jon's...Ahem, I like Jon's title for Natter 17
We're like a circle jerk of neurotic opinionated fussiness.Hec said something funny.
Cass, sweetie... that wasn't Jon, that was Hec.Sean, aren't you just supposed to read my mind and figure out that I am just rapidly changing subjects with no segue? Oh? Not? I'm making more coffee then. And yes, my post was massively unclear.
So, we're confused, grammatically feisty, font particular and think everything could be mathier. That seems appropriate.Yes, and tangenty.
Though I would use the serial comma.
P.M. Marc - Oct 11, 2003 11:39:18 am PDT #5554 of 10005
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
No, I won't use the serial comma in front of an and and Plei can't make me
weeps and throws tantrum
Steph L. - Oct 11, 2003 11:46:04 am PDT #5555 of 10005
I look more rad than Lutheranism
But I know I'm being a minority voice here.
I think the phrase would be MUCH better with a comma.
Sean K - Oct 11, 2003 12:05:22 pm PDT #5556 of 10005
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Sean, aren't you just supposed to read my mind and figure out that I am just rapidly changing subjects with no segue?
::snerk::
I got up really early today. I always forget to mind read when I get up early.
Deena - Oct 11, 2003 12:15:09 pm PDT #5557 of 10005
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Oh dear. Not the weeping tantrum.
I may have to change my mind on that blasted comma. I'm visibly weakening in the face of Plei's distress.