# I swiftly herewith consign to the pit, the ignorant clowns who misconstrue "its"

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 11, 2012, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-swiftly-herewith-consign-to-the-pit-the-ignorant-clowns-who-misconstrue-its/627871 "2012-07-11T05:44:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-swiftly-herewith-consign-to-the-pit-the-ignorant-clowns-who-misconstrue-its/627871/381 "2012-08-01T17:28:38Z")

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> [@jsgoddess](#):
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> But I just cut and pasted what you’ve said. I’m reading what you’ve said and what you’ve said is changing. Can you see that?

But that’s not ALL I’ve said. I thought I explained myself pretty well already. There seem to be alot of people in this thread who hear what they want instead of what’s written (again, not referring to you). Oh well. It’s a really silly argument to be involved in on the internet.

In the real world, when you’re writing or editing or teaching or whatnot, you follow certain rules and you don’t get into detailed philosophical nitpicking arguments about where they came from or whether they are valid or whatever. It’s understood that language is a balance between following rules and changing them, otherwise it couldn’t work. That’s how things get done. Maybe sometimes you get into those kinds of conversations, but you certainly don’t attack people over it. Too much attacking here, and not enough discussion. I guess it’s the pit though and I shouldn’t be surprised.

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**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-swiftly-herewith-consign-to-the-pit-the-ignorant-clowns-who-misconstrue-its/627871/382 "2012-08-01T18:38:16Z")

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[This was such an inefficient use of my time.](http://i.imgur.com/0m7gJ.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-swiftly-herewith-consign-to-the-pit-the-ignorant-clowns-who-misconstrue-its/627871/383 "2012-08-01T21:51:38Z")

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I saw this \*\*\*tattooed \*\*\* on someone’s arm last night.

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> It’s get better

:smack:

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**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-swiftly-herewith-consign-to-the-pit-the-ignorant-clowns-who-misconstrue-its/627871/384 "2012-08-01T23:39:50Z")

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It’s Get Better has got to be the strangest name I have ever heard. I hope the dude/dudett just goes by IG or something 🙂

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**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-swiftly-herewith-consign-to-the-pit-the-ignorant-clowns-who-misconstrue-its/627871/385 "2012-08-02T13:02:52Z")

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> [@Inner\_Stickler](#):
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> . . . dictionaries do not make up words out of whole cloth, they record words already in use.

> [@lance\_strongarm](#):
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> Do you believe it’s even possible for a word to be “wrong?”

[**Dord**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dord).

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**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-swiftly-herewith-consign-to-the-pit-the-ignorant-clowns-who-misconstrue-its/627871/386 "2012-08-02T22:18:24Z")

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> [@tattoo](#):
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> It’s get better

You know, this could be a reference to a particular subculture.

There are better ways to “get” particularly revered post numbers than posting “です”.

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