# I pit WiredBadger's use of grammar nazis **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 27, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-wiredbadgers-use-of-grammar-nazis/629509 "2012-07-27T00:41:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-wiredbadgers-use-of-grammar-nazis/629509/61 "2012-07-28T20:15:07Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > An Intercourse Camp? and other holiday reminiscences, Reverend George Alan Rekers, Ph. D. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-wiredbadgers-use-of-grammar-nazis/629509/62 "2012-07-30T16:22:20Z")
> [@Johnny\_Angel](#): > > …But those are really a fringe element. Most of us are more like Grammar French Resistance. They all _say_ they were in the Resistance. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-wiredbadgers-use-of-grammar-nazis/629509/63 "2012-07-30T16:26:03Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > I have a new rule for myself and recommend it to others: do not respond to any posters with join date of the current month and if said poster does not use paragraphs, do not read either. This rule is helping a great deal with my blood pressure. Excellent advice. I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-wiredbadgers-use-of-grammar-nazis/629509/64 "2012-07-31T15:25:54Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > They all _say_ they were in the Resistance. I am Sviss! ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-wiredbadgers-use-of-grammar-nazis/629509/65 "2012-07-31T15:49:00Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > DOes anyone rmember the phrase that “grammar nazi” replaced: **“to break Prician’s head?”** I think I’ll set up my computer (and phone and iPad) to insert “Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there” whenever I type in the 2 word phrase ‘grammar nazi’. Or maybe I’ll just start using grammar pretorian. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-wiredbadgers-use-of-grammar-nazis/629509/66 "2012-07-31T16:36:48Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > I have a new rule for myself and recommend it to others: do not respond to any posters with join date of the current month and if said poster does not use paragraphs, do not read either. This rule is helping a great deal with my blood pressure. Yup - I’ve been doing that for quite a while as well. I’ve also extended it to anyone who can’t seem to find the shift key on their keyboard - but that’s just a personal peeve that I don’t expect others to adopt. ---
**Author:** ![Norse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-wiredbadgers-use-of-grammar-nazis/629509/67 "2012-11-29T18:20:40Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Obvious Troll is Obvious. Agree. Myself, I’d need to see some bona fide credentials before I even consider buying his claim that he’s a scientist. :dubious: FWIW, he doesn’t sound like any scientist I know. And I know quite a few, including a couple of the mad ones 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-wiredbadgers-use-of-grammar-nazis/629509/68 "2012-11-29T18:27:42Z")
Apparently not so obvious that you spotted this discrepancy in less than 5 months. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-wiredbadgers-use-of-grammar-nazis/629509/69 "2012-11-29T18:33:52Z")
Dammit, 2square4u, I killed this thread 5 months ago - now we have to put it down again. I can’t do anything right… ---
**Author:** ![Norse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-wiredbadgers-use-of-grammar-nazis/629509/70 "2012-11-29T19:02:12Z")
Damn, I’m sorry :smack: I came from the other zombie and didn’t realize what both that one and this were. Don’t mind me, I’ll just go and find a convenient hole to bury myself in :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-wiredbadgers-use-of-grammar-nazis/629509/71 "2012-11-29T22:02:03Z")
You know who else called all the people around him Nazis? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-wiredbadgers-use-of-grammar-nazis/629509/72 "2012-11-29T22:09:01Z")
Mr. Rogers? ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-wiredbadgers-use-of-grammar-nazis/629509/73 "2012-11-29T23:39:32Z")
A recent comic book had the following line (intended to be Elizabethan English): “Who doth thou seeketh?” I wrote them a polite letter, suggesting they learn how to write Elizabethan English rather than just blindly going along and adding “-eth” to the ends of words. I designated myself a “Grammar Fascist.” Is that an acceptable appellation? ---
**Author:** ![elninost0rm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@elninost0rm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elninost0rm)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-wiredbadgers-use-of-grammar-nazis/629509/74 "2012-11-30T14:04:08Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > I have a new rule for myself and recommend it to others: do not respond to any posters with join date of the current month and if said poster does not use paragraphs, do not read either. **This rule is helping a great deal with my blood pressure**. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-wiredbadgers-use-of-grammar-nazis/629509/75 "2012-11-30T14:49:38Z")
> [@elninost0rm](#): > > :dubious: What’s so confusing about that? Pet peeves rankle some people’s nerves more than others. If that’s the case, it’s best to just avoid anyone that might do so. It’s not that hard to understand. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-wiredbadgers-use-of-grammar-nazis/629509/76 "2012-11-30T18:20:37Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > DOes anyone rmember the phrase that “grammar nazi” replaced: **“to break Prician’s head?”** > > Of course not, since it hasn’t been used since 1832. But, from now on I’ll use it as updated it for the youngsters: “to make Prician’s head assplode!” I have never seen this phrase before. Looking it up lead me to [this book](http://books.google.com/books?id=qAVEAQAAIAAJ&pg), which I have just downloaded. Thank you, **Slithy Tove**. I anticipate many hours of glee. But I must know: how did you come across this phrase? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Dord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@The\_Dord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dord)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-wiredbadgers-use-of-grammar-nazis/629509/77 "2012-11-30T18:24:26Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Mr. Rogers? Walt Disney? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-wiredbadgers-use-of-grammar-nazis/629509/78 "2012-11-30T18:25:34Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > … Thank you, **Slithy Tove**. I anticipate many hours of glee. But I must know: how did you come across this phrase? Grammar nazis know all the oldest slang. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-wiredbadgers-use-of-grammar-nazis/629509/79 "2012-12-01T07:15:02Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > I have never seen this phrase before. Looking it up lead me to [this book](http://books.google.com/books?id=qAVEAQAAIAAJ&pg), which I have just downloaded. > > Thank you, **Slithy Tove** … Fantastic. Now I know why she looked at me with disdain when I told her, “You dance very well – that you do.” (viz. the chapter on “Awkward Vulgarities.”) ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-wiredbadgers-use-of-grammar-nazis/629509/80 "2012-12-05T01:40:25Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Thank you, **Slithy Tove**. I anticipate many hours of glee. But I must know: how did you come across this phrase? Because of the nature of neurological function, a useless education, while nowadays a thwart on success, is proof against imbecility in old age. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-wiredbadgers-use-of-grammar-nazis/629509.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-wiredbadgers-use-of-grammar-nazis/629509.md?page=5)