Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Your Word is: Chrysanthemum
Yesterday's blog featured not only a homophone blooper (there for they're...was I drunk?) that has since been corrected, but also a sentence that didn't really make sense. I'm sort of a stickler for spelling, so I feel like it's only fair that I call myself out on it as well.
I'll admit that I sometimes edit the comments section for spelling and/or punctuation. I wrote a letter to the editor of The New Hampshire, instructing them to change the name of the recurring "Definately Not Satire" column to "Definitely Not Satire" so as to avoid having a bold-faced typo in every edition of their paper. It's only a matter of time before I talk to the teller at Citizen's Bank about the sign that reads "Need a low-interest loan? Ask me how?". Just because a sentence contains the word "ask" doesn't mean it's a question. That's all I can think when I'm waiting to make a deposit.
I suppose it's no different than any other pet peeve, though I feel like it's generally in everybody's best interest to use correct spelling and grammar. Jack, Hufton, and I worked with a 400-pound guy named Tom whose pet peeve was when people didn't clear the remaining time on the microwave when they were done, though I suppose that's neither here nor there. Anyway, whether it's right or wrong, I tend to use people's spelling and grammar as a general indicator of their level of intelligence. On a recent string of group emails in which Fernald and I were involved, one of the people referred to a basketball team getting "nocked out of the tournament" and then discussed another event happening "occationally". You'd think those errors would stop after you got your Master's degree.
As always, Murphy's Law will apply, and you will be sure to find outrageous amounts of typos and grammatical errors throughout this entry. Feel free to let me know about them.
For those of you familiar with the music of Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives, you might be interested to know that they've just come out with a new album. Samples of all the new songs are available here, while you can find samples of their first album here.
Here's a fun little personality test that I found to be surprisingly accurate. You don't have to answer questions about your favorite color, just Draw a Pig. Feel free to share yours...Here's my masterpiece (you can see a clearer version if you "Search Piggies" for "Brian" -- mine is time-stamped 4/25/05 7:25:35 PM"):
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I'll admit that I sometimes edit the comments section for spelling and/or punctuation. I wrote a letter to the editor of The New Hampshire, instructing them to change the name of the recurring "Definately Not Satire" column to "Definitely Not Satire" so as to avoid having a bold-faced typo in every edition of their paper. It's only a matter of time before I talk to the teller at Citizen's Bank about the sign that reads "Need a low-interest loan? Ask me how?". Just because a sentence contains the word "ask" doesn't mean it's a question. That's all I can think when I'm waiting to make a deposit.
I suppose it's no different than any other pet peeve, though I feel like it's generally in everybody's best interest to use correct spelling and grammar. Jack, Hufton, and I worked with a 400-pound guy named Tom whose pet peeve was when people didn't clear the remaining time on the microwave when they were done, though I suppose that's neither here nor there. Anyway, whether it's right or wrong, I tend to use people's spelling and grammar as a general indicator of their level of intelligence. On a recent string of group emails in which Fernald and I were involved, one of the people referred to a basketball team getting "nocked out of the tournament" and then discussed another event happening "occationally". You'd think those errors would stop after you got your Master's degree.
As always, Murphy's Law will apply, and you will be sure to find outrageous amounts of typos and grammatical errors throughout this entry. Feel free to let me know about them.
For those of you familiar with the music of Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives, you might be interested to know that they've just come out with a new album. Samples of all the new songs are available here, while you can find samples of their first album here.
Here's a fun little personality test that I found to be surprisingly accurate. You don't have to answer questions about your favorite color, just Draw a Pig. Feel free to share yours...Here's my masterpiece (you can see a clearer version if you "Search Piggies" for "Brian" -- mine is time-stamped 4/25/05 7:25:35 PM"):
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