Getting so politically correct!
Posted 06/05/2010 - 18:16
Link
aminstar wrote:
I dreaded mentioning it just in case it earned me another week of ban, or may be even longer who knows.
Only a week? The mods are going soft.I dreaded mentioning it just in case it earned me another week of ban, or may be even longer who knows.
No less than the fate of Abelard is what I would have prescribed.
Just joking, old chap.
G
Keywords: Charming, polite, and generally agreeable.
Posted 06/05/2010 - 18:27
Link
George Lazarette wrote:
No less than the fate of Abelard is what I would have prescribed.
Just joking, old chap.
G
Easy on that dear George, the last thing we need is encouraging our mods on bans, could become addictive and in turn make them trigger happy. .aminstar wrote:
I dreaded mentioning it just in case it earned me another week of ban, or may be even longer who knows.
Only a week? The mods are going soft.I dreaded mentioning it just in case it earned me another week of ban, or may be even longer who knows.
No less than the fate of Abelard is what I would have prescribed.
Just joking, old chap.
G
And also, your words carry a lot of weight around here and our mods could end up feeling obliged, forgetting that it was just mentioned as a joke
Amin Photo Gallery
Posted 06/05/2010 - 18:39
Link
SteveF wrote:
This has gone a long way OT, but entertainingly so. I read Latin for my degree in the 70s and studied Greek prior to that too. Hard and fast rules or views on language don't really hold good now, such is the speed of linguistic change. It's a fascinating area.
By the way, did the OP and the moderators resolve their apparent differences?
Good question. I hope so.
This has gone a long way OT, but entertainingly so. I read Latin for my degree in the 70s and studied Greek prior to that too. Hard and fast rules or views on language don't really hold good now, such is the speed of linguistic change. It's a fascinating area.
By the way, did the OP and the moderators resolve their apparent differences?
Posted 06/05/2010 - 18:47
Link
aminstar wrote:
Easy on that dear George, the last thing we need is encouraging our mods on bans, could become addictive and in turn make them trigger happy. .
And also, your words carry a lot of weight around here and our mods could end up feeling obliged, forgetting that it was just mentioned as a joke
Don't mistake lots of posts for having influence. The mods are very even-handed in my experience.Easy on that dear George, the last thing we need is encouraging our mods on bans, could become addictive and in turn make them trigger happy. .
And also, your words carry a lot of weight around here and our mods could end up feeling obliged, forgetting that it was just mentioned as a joke
Anyway, I am sure you have nothing to fear as long as you avoid a certain topic!
G
Keywords: Charming, polite, and generally agreeable.
Posted 06/05/2010 - 18:58
Link
George Lazarette wrote:
Anyway, I am sure you have nothing to fear as long as you avoid a certain topic!
G
Oh I know that. Smoke has been a taboo subject for me, if that's the topic you mean , Particularly the coloured ones.Anyway, I am sure you have nothing to fear as long as you avoid a certain topic!
G
I have been to rehab and I have conquered my addiction, at least that's what they told me when I was let out.
Amin Photo Gallery
Posted 06/05/2010 - 22:51
Link
Er - crumbs. One throwaway comment and all this happens. Sorry team.
John - I did Latin, but not Greek. Paradoxically, the only time I enjoyed history was when I had to translate it. I was a Hannibal fan and thoroughly enjoyed it When he gave the Romans a kicking.
Davidtrout I am with you 100% on apostrophe abuse.
John - I did Latin, but not Greek. Paradoxically, the only time I enjoyed history was when I had to translate it. I was a Hannibal fan and thoroughly enjoyed it When he gave the Romans a kicking.
Davidtrout I am with you 100% on apostrophe abuse.
Posted 07/05/2010 - 06:18
Link
The best case of apostophe abuse was a van I saw that said:
Stans Steel's
Shame I was driving, otherwise I'd have taken a shot
Matt
Stans Steel's
Shame I was driving, otherwise I'd have taken a shot
Matt
http://www.mattmatic.co.uk
(For gallery, tips and links)
(For gallery, tips and links)
Posted 07/05/2010 - 07:24
Link
Surely that would have been worse without the apostrophe.
Our drive was blocked by a van back along. Final straw - it was labelled "Fred Bloggs - Electrician's".
Our drive was blocked by a van back along. Final straw - it was labelled "Fred Bloggs - Electrician's".
Posted 07/05/2010 - 07:32
Link
There is a road sign near me which reads, 'new school children crossing' whatever that means.
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Posted 07/05/2010 - 10:11
Link
Sorry about the fuzzy image, grabbed with a P&S out of the car window. This is in South Carolina.
K.
K.
Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
Posted 07/05/2010 - 10:21
Link
gartmore wrote:
There is a road sign near me which reads, 'new school children crossing' whatever that means.
There is one in Fishguard which reads There is a road sign near me which reads, 'new school children crossing' whatever that means.
Slow Children
Crossing
If you can't say something nice about Pentax, you won't say anything at all.
Apparently.
Apparently.
Posted 07/05/2010 - 10:28
Link
Quote:
Surely that would have been worse without the apostrophe.
Doubly worse in my book Surely that would have been worse without the apostrophe.
Missing one where it should have had one, and inserting one where it shouldn't have been.
Perhap's we shoul'd jus't add 'em in any'old how
...my, this is certainly going off topic!!
Matt
http://www.mattmatic.co.uk
(For gallery, tips and links)
(For gallery, tips and links)
Posted 07/05/2010 - 10:32
Link
Theres' one on a favourite section of road in the Victorian Alp's, which say's -
Lookout
A Head
Strangely, there's never been a cranium to be seen...
PS - Now did you spot the 4 deliberate mistakes
Lookout
A Head
Strangely, there's never been a cranium to be seen...
PS - Now did you spot the 4 deliberate mistakes
Posted 07/05/2010 - 11:12
Link
For an amusing take on the subject of Language, its origins and usage I can recommend a podcast by Stephen Fry. Titled "Language".
Available on iTunes for free.
Cheers,
/Ian. (Pretty much illiterate in both English and Swedish).
Available on iTunes for free.
Cheers,
/Ian. (Pretty much illiterate in both English and Swedish).
K10D & Super A user.
Add Comment
To leave a comment - Log in to Pentax User or create a new account.
647 posts
17 years
Warwickshire
By the way, did the OP and the moderators resolve their apparent differences?