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racx_00

Quote from: Louisiana Night on April 04, 2008, 11:05:19 AM
Well, Jason is Australian, you see. I think Australians have issues with "proper speech," overall (sounding "uppity")?
Aye, true. If you speak proper and all danty like, people are going to define you as a rich snob and hate you.

Quote from: Louisiana Night on April 04, 2008, 11:05:19 AM
Actually, it's a cultural offense to correct grammar in a lot of places (like my neck of the woods). :P
or... to use too proper of grammar, in many cases, actually.
Yes, it is. Although some people are too dumb to care whether their grammar is incorrect.

Quote from: Louisiana Night on April 04, 2008, 11:05:19 AM
Plural form of you for teh win! :P
Oh yeah! I second that!

Quote from: Louisiana Night on April 04, 2008, 11:11:36 AM
*was trying to AVOID a conversation on grammar XD

In this forum, they get as messy as religion/politics sometimes... ;P
I'm sleep deprived and in a mood. XD
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racx_00

Quote from: Louisiana Night on April 04, 2008, 11:15:04 AM
QuoteAlthough some people are too dumb to care whether their grammar is incorrect.

Point taken.
Mainly those ignorant people that believe they are top of the world. Kinda like you and me, but we aren't as ignorant...? XP
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Deloria

Quote from: Louisiana Night on April 04, 2008, 11:05:19 AM
Actually, it's a cultural offense to correct grammar in a lot of places (like my neck of the woods). :P
I meant no offence and beg your pardon if I have caused any to be taken. :)

Quote from: Louisiana Night on April 04, 2008, 11:05:19 AM
and you do catch on that half or more of grammar rules were caused by change (and "incorrect usage"), right? :P
Yes...hence my great respect for obsolete languages (especially inflected ones) and old grammar. :P I would also point out that English has already lost six glorious cases and numerous other grammar functions for whatever reasons (many languages have lost their cases, actually). :P Why make English even less aesthetically pretty, moreover, less logical? :P It can just make it more ambiguous, especially to people who don't learn it through practice. :P On the other hand, how much more do you want to simplify the language? Aside from the verb "to be" and the third person singular in many other verbs, one can barely conjugate it at all. :P I just don't understand why anyone would butcher it when the rules actually make some sense. :P

Quote from: racx_00 on April 04, 2008, 11:09:01 AM
The point is that he didn't say it like that, he said it like this...

Quote from: Louisiana Night on April 03, 2008, 10:31:13 AM
...or they were primarily between Fatali, Cat, Jason, and myself.
If he had have used between ourselves, no one would ahve known who the heck he was referring to... or did he mention our names somewhere else in that post? It's too early for me!
That's really irrelevant as we're talking about grammar and not context. :P "Myself" and "ourselves" are (for grammatical purposes) the same thing except that one is singular and the other plural. XD My issue is only with the reflexive pronoun (myself). :) Frankly no one would have said "ourselves", but rather "us". Thus the usage of "me" instead of "myself" makes more sense. Again, I truly mean no offence by this, but would rather clear up any ambiguity I may have caused with grammar jargon. :)
 
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Quote from: Louisiana Night on April 04, 2008, 11:11:36 AM
In this forum, they get as messy as religion/politics sometimes... ;P
If I actually took the time to really try and understand the grammar talk that goes on all the time, I'd have learned a whole lot on grammar already XD

But giving that I'm horrible at grammar and its rules and most of it looks way too advanced to me, it'd take me more time than I have to do so :P

But it's fun to watch you guys debate it, even if I don't understand exactly what is you're debating. XD

FataliOmega

I'm with Tess.

*takes a seat in the back and begins to munch on some chips*

I don't debate, I ramble with STYLE!

tessspoon


FataliOmega

I would have given you some, had you asked...

But that's OK, I'll go and heat up some spam. (Hurray for thread merging!)  ;D

I don't debate, I ramble with STYLE!

tessspoon

But stealing's more fun :P

Not spam, though. You can keep that.

Deloria

Quote from: Louisiana Night on April 04, 2008, 11:05:19 AM
Plural form of you for teh win! :P
You is already plural. :) The 2nd person informal/singular (thou, thee, thy) is no longer used. :P

-> Ye, you, your (I believe) for the formal/plural way of speaking, which is still kept, except that the Nominative is now "you" instead of "ye". :)
 
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Yonkey

I must have missed this during the recent spamming spree, but why is Fatali trying to be me again? XD
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tessspoon

Because Mango told him to try being someone of his own gender rather than Lori Ann Cole. :P

Yonkey

Oh right... so he picked me in order to get committed to the Asylum? XD
"A wish changes nothing. A decision changes everything."

tessspoon

If it works I'll be mad I didn't think of it first XD

FataliOmega

It isn't working. I'll need to step up my neil-impersonating.

QuoteOh right... so he picked me in order to get committed to the Asylum?

Consider it, a form of praise.  ::)

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tessspoon

Quote from: FataliOmega on April 06, 2008, 11:09:43 AM
It isn't working. I'll need to step up my neil-impersonating.
Gah!! This is way confusing :stars: XD XD

koko_99_2001

ERIK!! XD For shame! Now I'm getting confused :'(
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Yonkey

"A wish changes nothing. A decision changes everything."

FataliOmega

"Erik?" Do you mean me, because that's a heck of a way to spell "Neil."  8)

I don't debate, I ramble with STYLE!

Deloria

 
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racx_00

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Quote from: Deloria on April 04, 2008, 12:43:56 PM
That's really irrelevant as we're talking about grammar and not context. :P "Myself" and "ourselves" are (for grammatical purposes) the same thing except that one is singular and the other plural. XD My issue is only with the reflexive pronoun (myself). :) Frankly no one would have said "ourselves", but rather "us". Thus the usage of "me" instead of "myself" makes more sense. Again, I truly mean no offence by this, but would rather clear up any ambiguity I may have caused with grammar jargon. :)
Grammar, not context. Bugger, she got me. XD

Yes, it does make sense when you put it that way. Thank you!

Quote from: Deloria on April 05, 2008, 08:05:16 AM
Quote from: Louisiana Night on April 04, 2008, 11:05:19 AM
Plural form of you for teh win! :P
You is already plural. :) The 2nd person informal/singular (thou, thee, thy) is no longer used. :P

-> Ye, you, your (I believe) for the formal/plural way of speaking, which is still kept, except that the Nominative is now "you" instead of "ye". :)
Youse!
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Assistant Manager of the TSL Asylum XD