Linguistic pedantry

[act smiley]

It can be harsh in strength, but fair as in being applied equally.

[HighPeakFox]

On 10/11/2021 at 19:23, Milo said:

Something has been troubling me for a little while.

 

No-one came from miles around and said 'Who's he?'

 

Why is the 'Who's he' in quotation marks, and not the entire quote? 

 

If the entire sentence is a quote, shouldn't the question mark at the end be outside the quotation mark, or does that only apply if the entire sentence is a question?  

 

And what happened to the 'man'?

 

 

 

Didn't know where else to put this. 

 

 

Corrected for you  As for the man, the song never reveals that - I guess the singer's career does though.

[davieG]

10 hours ago, Oxfordfox83 said:

A hundred times this.

 

Firm but fair ☑️
Hard but fair ☑️
Harsh but fair is an oxymoron and I’m genuinely moved that it grates with someone else.

True but fair.

[Phil Bowman]

‘Go out on a whim’ is possibly my new favourite saying.

[HighPeakFox]

'Literally incomprehensible'

 

Sure.

[thursday_next]

I think 'cruel but fair' from the Piranha Brothers sketch on Monty Python's Flying Circus was where it all started. If you can have 'tough love' then 'cruel but fair' is not an oxymoron, just an intensifier.

 

56 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

'Literally incomprehensible'

 

Sure.

 

Isn't it wonderful to have a word like 'literally'. It's nearly always wrongly used but it's such an ornament to the language that one doesn't mind. 'Basically' has been stripped of all meaning as well, and I use it far more than I should because I think it's funny.

 

I used to have a friend who used the word 'majorly' and I had to threaten to kill him if he didn't stop  

[Col city fan]

😉

 

 

[FoxesDeb]

One of the funnier ones on here recently, 'explanation marks'. And no, the poster wasn't talking about the obvious culprit in the main forum, more's the pity. 

[HighPeakFox]

5 minutes ago, FoxesDeb said:

One of the funnier ones on here recently, 'explanation marks'. And no, the poster wasn't talking about the obvious culprit in the main forum, more's the pity. 

Which obvious culprit would that be then, Debs?

 

 

[FoxesDeb]

5 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

Which obvious culprit would that be then, Debs?

 

 

...I'm saying nothing!!!

[HighPeakFox]

6 minutes ago, FoxesDeb said:

...I'm saying nothing!!!

..... Very wise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nalis]

On 04/04/2022 at 21:51, thursday_next said:

I think 'cruel but fair' from the Piranha Brothers sketch on Monty Python's Flying Circus was where it all started. If you can have 'tough love' then 'cruel but fair' is not an oxymoron, just an intensifier.

 

 

Isn't it wonderful to have a word like 'literally'. It's nearly always wrongly used but it's such an ornament to the language that one doesn't mind. 'Basically' has been stripped of all meaning as well, and I use it far more than I should because I think it's funny.

 

I used to have a friend who used the word 'majorly' and I had to threaten to kill him if he didn't stop  

Basically I'm going to say the word basically followed by a lengthy explanation of what happened.

[davieG]

This is a playlist for people who love words (lexophiles, if you will), grammar geeks and anyone who appreciates a damn good sentence.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/playlists/the-wonderful-world-of-words

[davieG]

Words that time forgot.

 

[Parafox]

1 hour ago, davieG said:

Words that time forgot.

 

Fantastic. If only there was some way of bringing them back.

 

It's midnight and I'm now going bedward.

 

Tomorrow there might be a brabble with my wife at which I'll kench and then the rest of the day will be malagrugrous.

 

'Night

Edited 4 November 2022 by Parafox

[taupe]

I like twattle.

[davieG]

1 hour ago, taupe said:

I like twattle.

FoxesTwattle 

[Milo]

Heard someone say ‘irregardless’ the other day. 
 

Just checked, and fvck me sideways, it’s an actual word. 
 

Why? 
 

What’s the point of the ‘Irr’ at the beginning?

 

Annoyed me greatly. 

[MPH]

On 04/11/2022 at 04:44, davieG said:

FoxesTwattle 

 

 

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