Comments on: Crippling Pedantry

By: BiB

BiB — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:02:32 +0000

…shouldn’t it be ‘more unbalanceder’?

By: Pandemonia

Pandemonia — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:00:40 +0000

And wouldn’t it be nice if patience = attractiveness. I’d be chased!

By: Pandemonia

Pandemonia — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:58:32 +0000

I suppose that’s true to an extent. My inherent desire is to reduce fallout. On the whole I think I do well in that respect. Challenge authority where faulty and show understanding – and gently correct ignorance.

Or just go spare.

@}#!

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:09:03 +0000

Well, actually Pandemonia I think you take lots of shit! It just seems that you only seem to lose your tight hold on the patience of a saint when faced with figures of authority…

Emma, I am shocked at such blatantly rubbish teaching standards! The language is bad enough, but to then detain you? Blimey.

By: Pandemonia

Pandemonia — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:11:23 +0000

To be fair I don’t think a teacher would’ve dared to detain me over something like that. I’m not the best user of the English language but you can tell when it sounds wrong.

This is coming from someone who dressed down a teacher for throwing a board rubber at someone at the back of the room. I don’t take any s**t.

By: Emma

Emma — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:57:57 +0000

I once had an R.E. teacher who corrected a pupil as follows:

“It’s not ‘I ain’t done nuffink’, it’s I ain’t done nuffin”

I muttered somethin along the lines of:

“actually it’s nothing with a ‘t’, ‘h’ and ‘g’, not to mention the double negative”

and got dentention for my troubles…ah, the modern education process at work people

By: Carlbob

Carlbob — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:38:45 +0000

Glad it’s not just me then. Illiterate morons indeed.

I practically need beta-blockers these days thanks to rogue apostrophes, particularly those that have made it through (apparently) multiple stages of proof-reading before being lovingly struck into signage etc etc.

GAHHH!