Calling All Grammar Nazi's

[Dngrsone]

Oh, don't get all pedantic on us now!

 

[EarlyMon]

Perish the thought.

 

[almath]

 

[Stuntman]

I like the new nickname! Syntax Warriors! [emoji106]

How about "Syntax Samurai"?

 

[EarlyMon]

How about "Syntax Samurai"?

Exactly.

Samurai have an incisive way of communicating.

 

[Dngrsone]

Sorry, not willing to fall on my pen in the event I inadvertently fat-fingered a response and didn't catch it before someone else did.

 

[EarlyMon]

Of course I know that you're aware that you're passing up a great straight line.

 

[Kaat72]

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[Dngrsone]

Oh, what a wide array of wonderful worlds wrought by the word-wright when the writer writes the right words the right ways.

 

[Kaat72]

The programmer's wife tells him: 'run to the store and pick up a loaf of bread. And if they have eggs, get a dozen.'
The programmer comes home with 12 loaves of bread.

 

[Unforgiven]

 

[almath]

 

[Stuntman]

Unforgiven: It reminds me of Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First" routine.

 

[Unforgiven]

I'm still trying to wrap my head around #10

 

[lunatic59]

With all those buffalo, you're bound to step in it eventually.

 

[today]

I'm still trying to wrap my head around #10

I think you meant "Im still trying to WARP my head around hashtag 10

 

[EarlyMon]

I visited the museum's dinosaur exhibit. They had pterodactyls and raptors but sadly no octothorps.

I asked a programmer if he'd heard Beethoven's Symphony #5. Naturally, he couldn't hear the entire question.

I think you meant "Im still trying to WARP my head around hashtag 10

I agree. I want to do bad things to people who call that a hashtag.

 

[Dngrsone]

I visited the museum's dinosaur exhibit. They had pterodactyls and raptors but sadly no octothorps.

I asked a programmer if he'd heard Beethoven's Symphony #5. Naturally, he couldn't hear the entire question.


I agree. I want to do bad things to people who call that a hashtag.

Ouch.

 

[EarlyMon]

Ouch.

Well, hash is a popular name for it in the UK. Using it to create a tag leads to the term hashtag so that's reasonable linguistically even though hashtagging is overdone.

Now I'm having to correct new programmers from saying that they hashtagged a line to comment it out.

No.

Never learn the tricks of the trade, learn the trade.

Btw -

The following contains the f bomb. Under no circumstances should you open the spoiler and watch the embedded YouTube.

It's offensive and not safe for work.

NSFW

Spoiler: You were warned

 

[almath]

 

[almath]

 

[zuben el genub]

http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/15-obsolete-words-we-should-still-be-using

 

[zuben el genub]

http://lifehacker.com/this-video-debunks-10-popular-misconceptions-about-engl-1703224767

 

[kct1975]

What common phrases are derived from obsolete technologies?

http://www.quora.com/What-common-phrases-are-derived-from-obsolete-technologies

 

[Stuntman]

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i before e,
Except after c,
Or when sounded as "a,"
As in neighbour and weigh.