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Calling all Pedants
Yael Smith Started conversation Jun 12, 2006
I'm a confessed pedants and have decided to create a safe enviornment for the rest of the species.
So come on, in your hordes, tell me what ticks you.
I'll start:
A sign in London, a few years back, saying "Are you Illiterate?"
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kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 Posted Jun 12, 2006
"I'm a confessed pedants and have decided..."
Oh, the irony 
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aka Bel - A87832164 Posted Jun 12, 2006
Kelli, that's what I thought, too, it's really funny
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The Groob Posted Jun 12, 2006
I started a pedants' thread ages ago!!!
My 
?
One exclamation mark will suffice.
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Alfster Posted Jun 12, 2006
Not replied for some hours...maybe she has been taken by The Pedants' Society for such a mistake and is going to be hung.
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aka Bel - A87832164 Posted Jun 12, 2006
Alfster, I really wonder what you dream about when you're asleep 
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Magwitch - My name is Mags and I am funky. Posted Jun 12, 2006
Alfster, that surely should be hanged?
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aka Bel - A87832164 Posted Jun 12, 2006
To be pedantic: no.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hang
'hanged' is the 'modern' version 
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Magwitch - My name is Mags and I am funky. Posted Jun 12, 2006
Oh, ok then, Bel. My bad
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aka Bel - A87832164 Posted Jun 12, 2006
Ignore me mags, I'm half asleep, didn't see
3. past tense and past participle hanged
You were right , that'll teach me
Goodnight 
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Trin Tragula Posted Jun 12, 2006
Aw, B'El, you can't correct it yourself - you've got to wait for a horde of pedants to turn up and get all huffy about it 
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Brown Eyed Girl Posted Jun 12, 2006
I get pedantic about some things. One of my favouirite quotes is
"Your throws of ecstacy send me into throes of amusement."
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A Super Furry Animal Posted Jun 12, 2006
Can I just point out that "pedant" isn't a proper noun and therefore shouldn't be capitalised?
Thank you.
RF
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Trin Tragula Posted Jun 12, 2006
Ahem ... it's a title, therefore initial capitals are appropriate.
Where do you think you are? France?
(See - that's proper pedant huffing, that is
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A Super Furry Animal Posted Jun 12, 2006
I agree with you 101%.*
It must be either "Calling All Pedants" or "Calling all pedants". "Calling all Pedants" is entirely inappropriate.
RF
* copyright T.** Blair. Mathematics clearly wasn't his strong subject at skule.
** "T". For "Tony". An abbreviation of his given, or Christian name. Obviously it should be "A. Blair".
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swl Posted Jun 12, 2006
I'll leave this one to the Prince of Pedants.
Step forward RF .........
http://www.lpsg.org/the-healthy-penis/23481-how-often-should-one-masturbate-3.html
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TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office Posted Jun 12, 2006
Some interesting smileys on that page ...
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Calling all Pedants
- 1: Yael Smith (Jun 12, 2006)
- 2: Elentari (Jun 12, 2006)
- 3: kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 (Jun 12, 2006)
- 4: aka Bel - A87832164 (Jun 12, 2006)
- 5: swl (Jun 12, 2006)
- 6: The Groob (Jun 12, 2006)
- 7: Alfster (Jun 12, 2006)
- 8: aka Bel - A87832164 (Jun 12, 2006)
- 9: Magwitch - My name is Mags and I am funky. (Jun 12, 2006)
- 10: aka Bel - A87832164 (Jun 12, 2006)
- 11: Magwitch - My name is Mags and I am funky. (Jun 12, 2006)
- 12: aka Bel - A87832164 (Jun 12, 2006)
- 13: Trin Tragula (Jun 12, 2006)
- 14: Brown Eyed Girl (Jun 12, 2006)
- 15: A Super Furry Animal (Jun 12, 2006)
- 16: Trin Tragula (Jun 12, 2006)
- 17: A Super Furry Animal (Jun 12, 2006)
- 18: Trin Tragula (Jun 12, 2006)
- 19: swl (Jun 12, 2006)
- 20: TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office (Jun 12, 2006)
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