*blinks*

[azurelunatic]

Am I too fanatical about grammar to be bothered when someone's usericon says, "Voice of a angel"?

Comments

[stronae.livejournal.com]

I'd presume it really meant 'Voice of a Nagel'. :)

[azurelunatic]

But -- it was not a Prince Planet usericon!!

Re: *blinks*

[wolfieboy.livejournal.com]

Am I too fanatical that I think you phrased the question wrong? :)

Re: *blinks*

[azurelunatic]

The question mark was not in the quoted string; we're a programmer and abide by different rules.

But that's exactly right, that it's incorrect for English as written by someone majoring in writing.

Re: *blinks*

[wibbble]

Well... it's incorrect for American. It's correct for /English/.

Over here we do the sane thing with quoting - you quote the /quote/, not the extra punctuation you've added.

Re: *blinks*

[azurelunatic]

Ahh. Thank you for clearing that up.

Re: *blinks*

[azurelunatic]

But, in English, are quotes in single quotes or double quotes?

Re: *blinks*

[wibbble]

Double quotes.

Re: *blinks*

[wibbble]

'phrased the question wrong?' sounds painful to me.

Is that correct? I know that if I were writing that, I would've said 'phrased the question incorrectly'.

PEDANT FIGHT!!!

[azurelunatic]

Oooooh oooh Pedant fight!

Re: PEDANT FIGHT!!!

[wibbble]

*laughs*

Not really. I was more enquiring, rather than correcting. What wolfieboy said 'felt' wrong, but my knowledge of English grammar is far from outstanding, and I frequently make mistakes myself. If it is wrong, I certainly couldn't tell you /why/ it's wrong.

Re: PEDANT FIGHT!!!

[azurelunatic]

It felt a little off to me, but I couldn't pin down why; it may be a UK vs. US language quirk. I was raised semi-immersed in one, with books from the other (James Herriot rocks) and thus am entirely in tune with neither.

[n3m3sis42.livejournal.com]

It bothers me, too.

[azurelunatic]

Yay!

[ruisseau.livejournal.com]

hurts, please make it stop... ;)

[azurelunatic]

Damn.

Looking at the funky script, it seems to actually be "Voice of U", with "angel" written on the guy.

But still.

BEHOLD PAIN!!!

[ruisseau.livejournal.com]

flashes...too...fast

ahhh! epilepsy! *eyes turn black like in that episode of the Simpsons where they go to Tokyo* (yeah I know you don't watch tv, but other ppl might get it :D) *twitch* *twitch*

[azurelunatic]

I watch some TV sometimes.

I've heard about ... was it Pokémon? doing that originally until they tweaked the frequency.

[ruisseau.livejournal.com]

I think the cartoon that did it was Pokemon. The Simpsons went to Tokyo and turned on the TV and there was the program (supposedly, although it bore no resemblance to Pokemon) that caused seizures. Each member of the family fell victim, except Homer, who just did it because the others were.

[iroshi.livejournal.com]

It actually says 'an angel'. Bad script. Good grammar. I made it stop with the 'an' showing, to check it. The curlique from the a scrolls into the downsweep from the n.

[azurelunatic]

Really, *really* bad script.