Hi Everyone!

[lurker]

spam. what's your favorite flavor?

come back when you speak english better. no, on second thought, don't come back.

[max129]

lurker said:

spam. what's your favorite flavor?

come back when you speak english better. no, on second thought, don't come back.

@Lurker, at the risk of being put on Santa's naughty list ...

"English" is a proper noun

As for spammers and dirtbags on the forum, Semper Vigilis - keep shutting them down.

[lurker]

"English" is a proper noun

[danhue]

LOL. This is a rule of the Internet. Don't correct someone's grammar or spelling because you are going to make a mistake yourself.

[Bucolic]

This is suitable to cover one’s grammatical faux pas. Print it out wallet sized.

[MaxWyatt]

Though I am guilty of it at times, bad grammar is a big pet peeve of mine.

[Bucolic]

Me too. That and mis-pronouncing “nuclear.” To me, that is worse than the sound of fingernails on the blackboard.

[MaxWyatt]

"new queue lure". The next in-line lure for phishing.

[YankeeTarheel]

"English" can also describe spin on a billiard ball...and that's AFAIK, lowercase.

My personal bugaboo? When people pronounce "height" as "highth" instead of "hite". There's no "th" at the end of height, unlike length and width.
Also when they say "I-Ran" and "I-Rack" instead of "Ear-ran" and "Ear-rack".

(then there's the Brits who can't say "jaguar" correctly--"Jag-you-are" instead of "Jag-ware")

[SubRosa]

There They're Their now.

SR

[Bacchus]

Me too. That and mis-pronouncing “nuclear.” To me, that is worse than the sound of fingernails on the blackboard.

Realty ranks up there with nuclear for me. It grates.

[Bacchus]

lurker said:

spam. what's your favorite flavor?

come back when you speak english better. no, on second thought, don't come back.

@Lurker, at the risk of being put on Santa's naughty list ...

"English" is a proper noun

As for spammers and dirtbags on the forum, Semper Vigilis - keep shutting them down.

Yeah, we've been through that with Lurker. Last time we gave him a hard time about it, he posted everything in all caps for at least a week. Please don't rile him up!

[lurker]

i am, per marlene, a "cranky bastard". i have no time for this civility bullcrap. deal with it.

[hondo2K0]

"English" can also describe spin on a billiard ball...and that's AFAIK, lowercase.

My personal bugaboo? When people pronounce "height" as "highth" instead of "hite". There's no "th" at the end of height, unlike length and width.
Also when they say "I-Ran" and "I-Rack" instead of "Ear-ran" and "Ear-rack".

(then there's the Brits who can't say "jaguar" correctly--"Jag-you-are" instead of "Jag-ware")

It is Iran and Irak not Earran and Earrack short K.

[Maccabee]

"English" can also describe spin on a billiard ball...and that's AFAIK, lowercase.

My personal bugaboo? When people pronounce "height" as "highth" instead of "hite". There's no "th" at the end of height, unlike length and width.
Also when they say "I-Ran" and "I-Rack" instead of "Ear-ran" and "Ear-rack".

(then there's the Brits who can't say "jaguar" correctly--"Jag-you-are" instead of "Jag-ware")

It is Iran and Irak not Earran and Earrack short K.

They are pronounced with either “ee” or “eh”, not “eye”.

And it’s “rock” not “rack”.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pro ... glish/iraq

[lurker]

"oh sweet jesus" said the atheist.

[shinzen]

I do like the fact that Lurker has inherited this thread by default since we nuked the spammer from orbit.... Gives me a warm fuzzy.

[YankeeTarheel]

"English" can also describe spin on a billiard ball...and that's AFAIK, lowercase.

My personal bugaboo? When people pronounce "height" as "highth" instead of "hite". There's no "th" at the end of height, unlike length and width.
Also when they say "I-Ran" and "I-Rack" instead of "Ear-ran" and "Ear-rack".

(then there's the Brits who can't say "jaguar" correctly--"Jag-you-are" instead of "Jag-ware")

It is Iran and Irak not Earran and Earrack short K.

They are pronounced with either “ee” or “eh”, not “eye”.

And it’s “rock” not “rack”.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pro ... glish/iraq

Thanks for the minor correction--I concede that!

[YankeeTarheel]

Glad we've abandoned the trite, shallow issues of the day and are addressing something deep and serious!

[Bacchus]

Glad we've abandoned the trite, shallow issues of the day and are addressing something deep and serious!