Comments on: Recovering from Vancouver

By: Grammar Nazi

Grammar Nazi — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:54:11 +0000

biting my tongue.

By: Bo

Bo — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:37:04 +0000

Are Gods arnt THAT primitive. Seriously…

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:45:21 +0000

Huzzah for getting laid. That’s a productive application of energy….

By: Grammar Nazi

Grammar Nazi — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:27:07 +0000

MARKY: Point taken, and I will make an apology to you. I read many news articles, and I too find misspelled (and misused) words every day. I am guessing my true anger should be directed at the writers and editors of these articles, not the Great Pat Rothfuss Fanbase. It is not my intention to instill fear into the would-be-posters, or to ridicule the ones who do post. I will redirect my efforts into getting laid.

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:46:48 +0000

Yeah. We should all play nice here. There's a big difference between making a typo (which we all do on occation) and willful brutality to the language. Let's not get too obsessive on here. Partly because.... well... it's my house and I get to have a certain amount of say so. And partly because I'd prefer people to feel comfortable posting without fear of ridicule. And partly because, personally, I don't have time to proof every blog five times and get somone to edit it for me. That means I will make mistakes, and I don't want to feel twitchy about posting on my own blog. I do my best, but if I occationally type "it's" where I meant "its" well, it's not the end of the world. Shit happens. If it totally ruins someone's day, well... then tomorrow they'll have a whole new day to start over with....

By: marky

marky — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:13:21 +0000

@grammar Nazi. I don't know why, but I like ya! I understand your anger at the way the English language is being brutalised nowadays. Although, venting your anger at someone who misspelled one word whilst high on Absinth (don’t ask), is kind of anal. I'm on the BBC website every day, and almost every day there's a misspelled word. I just put it down to bad proof reading, rather than the brutalisation of our language. If some journalists from the BBC can get it wrong, then I feel I’m in good company. I’m in the construction Business. A profession that doesn’t need a fantastic grasp of the English language. A few well chosen grunts and some scratching at private parts constitute a civilised conversation.Also remember, that some people who might have problems with their reading/writing, will read your comment and be afraid to post.If I’ve misspelled anything again, feel free to post a comment on my blog to berate me. After all, it would be short sighted of me not to take on board any criticism and learn from it. Even if it is done in such a snooty manner.Your pal, who will check all his spelling from now on. Marky

By: Whitney

Whitney — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:53:49 +0000

Your hair pretty much is absolutely amazing in that picture, not gonna lie to you…

By: rebeccafrog

rebeccafrog — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:33:35 +0000

Laura and Kelly also came down with “con crud,” though I think a slightly different strain than yours. Thus far, I seem to have been spared…

By: Grammar Nazi

Grammar Nazi — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:54:45 +0000

I am totally a grammar nazi! I make no apologies. (I DO need to get laid too, but that’s beside the point.)In this world of text messaging and ebonics, our language is going to go to shite if we let it.@ MARKY: I still read your entire post.

By: Sedulo

Sedulo — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:48:08 +0000

Blame Canada!