Nah! No worries. It makes for good conversation. What are you reading, Jesse?
Book: I am a Shepherd. Folks like a man of God. Mal: No, they don't. Men of God make everyone feel guilty and judged.
'Safe'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Megan E. - Mar 24, 2004 9:47:28 am PST #1847 of 10002
Susan W. - Mar 24, 2004 10:30:43 am PST #1848 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I personally believe that English is a living language that is always evolving and changing, so the pronunciation from 100 years ago is not the same pronunciation used today.
I agree. But I turn into a total prescriptivist whenever I see someone write "Here, here!" instead of "Hear, hear!" or "free reign" rather than "free rein."
Who wants to be totally consistent, after all?
Skyzy - Mar 24, 2004 10:36:33 am PST #1849 of 10002
I agree. But I turn into a total prescriptivist whenever I see someone write "Here, here!" instead of "Hear, hear!" or "free reign" rather than "free rein."
True, that. But, spelling is a completely different subject than pronunciation....
ETA not saying that spelling and pronunciation are different subjects, because they really are, but they don't really belong together because they follow such different rules. And I am becoming confused once more.
Strix - Mar 24, 2004 10:42:36 am PST #1850 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
mmmmm.....you said "Illuminati".....
(signed, complete and total "Illuminatus Trilogy" freak over her)
I have that book. Well, it's on a friend's bookshelf right now, but I read that book so many times in college. I tried to read it on acid once, in the mistaken assumption that I would get clued in to some scret code or something, but instead I just read the same page about 15 times.
Signed, Can Only Not Read on Acid or In Cars.
deborah grabien - Mar 24, 2004 11:07:44 am PST #1851 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Signed, Can Only Not Read on Acid or In Cars.
I think we may have been separated at birth on this one.
Jesse - Mar 24, 2004 1:31:23 pm PST #1852 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
What are you reading, Jesse?
I am currently looking forward to a stack of vacation reading, including two Pelecanos and I forget what else. Also probably cheesy magazines.
dcp - Mar 24, 2004 2:19:22 pm PST #1853 of 10002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I'm with Skyzy on The DaVinci Code. It had some interesting ideas but was ruined by bad structure, bad dialogue, and a major plot twist that was far too predictable.
Skyzy - Mar 24, 2004 2:51:58 pm PST #1854 of 10002
They're planning to make a movie out of The Da Vinci Code
§ ita § - Mar 24, 2004 3:49:08 pm PST #1855 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The Da Vinci Code irritated me muchly. So much so that I didn't care if any of the ideas had anything to back them up.
Skyzy - Mar 24, 2004 3:54:47 pm PST #1856 of 10002
The Da Vinci Code irritated me muchly. So much so that I didn't care if any of the ideas had anything to back them up.
I especially was irritated with the historical inaccuracies. Part of the bad thing about being an almost history major is that anything that isn't accurate, I notice.