# I'm out to bust spelling and grammar polices!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 6, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946 "2003-01-06T15:12:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/61 "2003-01-07T02:58:16Z")
And before anyone picks it up - Yes I _know_ I missed a whole word out of my previous post. ‘to’ ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/62 "2003-01-07T04:39:10Z")
In case you haven’t run into it yet, **Lobsang** , you’re the latest victim of what we call “Gaudere’s Law” – based on her observation that every post that sets out to discuss good language use or spelling will contain a language use or spelling error. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/63 "2003-01-07T04:53:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Themis00 \* > **I do see your logic here…about the cluelessness. > But, this isn’t my case. Sure, it’s a clue that tells you…“dumbass use another name”. But, I didn’t care.** Argle-bargle morble whoosh? Ffluger fribble golorful frooble. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/64 "2003-01-07T05:10:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Giraffe \* > \*\*Did I just read that **Themis00** wants to be judged on the _content_ of his/her posts? That’s like Emmanuel Lewis demanding to be judged based solely on his physical stature… \*\* “I have a dream that the SDMB little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the excuse of their spelling, but by the character of their content.” Humble apologies to Martin Luther King, Jr. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/65 "2003-01-07T05:15:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jackmann **ii** \* > \*\*The current status of this forum provides evidence supporting the following hypothesis: an unacceptably high proportion of posters whose usernames incorporate letters followed by numbers are nimrods. \*\* **Jackmann** , is that a lowercase Roman Numeral 2 at the end of your name? 😃 Oh, damn… Is that the mathematical constant **e** at the end of mine?!! ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/66 "2003-01-07T05:20:12Z")
> [@](#): > > There was a Themis, well… now we have a Themis00. LOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLLOLLLOOOLLL!!! ROOOOFLESS!!! U R SOOOOO KEWL, Themes!!! {{{{{{{{{{{{{YOU!!!}}}}}}}}}}}}}} L8R, CHICA!!! ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/67 "2003-01-07T19:28:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > \*\*worreet maing, waffle sork blenoigfmaln > > lapseen > > quokmerool \*\* Bork! Bork! Bork! ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/68 "2003-01-07T20:29:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kamandi \* > \*\*You’re the exception that proves the rule, ya nimrod! \*\* Actually, that expression is constantly misinterpreted, because it’s based on a nearly-defunct meaning of the word ‘proves’. Read it as ‘the [apparent] exception that _tests_ the rule’ but doesn’t break it to understand it’s true meaning. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/69 "2003-01-07T23:29:04Z")
Shane! Come back!! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/70 "2003-01-08T03:24:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Polycarp \* > \*\*In case you haven’t run into it yet, **Lobsang** , you’re the latest victim of what we call “Gaudere’s Law” – based on her observation that every post that sets out to discuss good language use or spelling will contain a language use or spelling error. 🙂 \*\* I am well aware of the “Gaudre’s Law” Rule. She sure is powerful. The post in question was copied into MS-Word in order to check its spelling/grammar. (a very rare thing for me to do) It failed to identify the missing ‘it’. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/71 "2003-01-08T03:40:04Z")
Or the correct spelling of Gaudere. teh intarnet si funney! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/72 "2003-01-08T03:48:04Z")
oh hell maplkjm spalm foorg lebnoiaurg spleem. flog glig blag mamb sperg who cares when they’re drunk, not me floob, moob woob reoxyboingonoonflaiksalab Who can spell DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid? Anyone who can spell that without having to check it is ok in my buk. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/73 "2003-01-08T06:52:38Z")
Groop I implore thee, my foonting turlingdrome. And hooptiously drangle me with crinkly bindlewurdles. Or I will rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon, see if I don’t! ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/74 "2003-01-08T07:02:40Z")
Jesus H, **Smeghead**. “Groop I implore thee my foonting turlingdrome **s,** And hootiously drangle me with crinkly **bindle werdles,** **For otherwise** I will rend thee in the gobberwarts with **M** y blurglecruncheon see if I don’t.” I you’re going to talk nonsense, at least talk _proper_ nonsense. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/75 "2003-01-08T07:03:53Z")
And Gaudere gets me too. hooptiously. ---
**Author:** ![BrightEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2acd7d/32.png) [@BrightEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrightEyes)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/76 "2003-01-08T08:18:37Z")
I think themis00 needs a **appletreat(s)** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/77 "2003-01-08T09:09:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Desmostylus \* > \*\*Jesus H, **Smeghead**. > > “Groop I implore thee my foonting turlingdrome **s,** > And hootiously drangle me with crinkly **bindle werdles,** > **For otherwise** I will rend thee in the gobberwarts with > **M** y blurglecruncheon see if I don’t.” > > I you’re going to talk nonsense, at least talk _proper_ nonsense. 😉 \*\* I didn’t have my copy handy. I had to rely on Google. Most humble apologies. ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/78 "2003-01-08T09:10:21Z")
ItShut up, **BrightEyes**. ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/79 "2003-01-08T10:13:11Z")
No need for you to apologise **Smeghead**. You correctly quoted from the book. I was pedantically pointing out differences between the book and the original radio script. This is the pit. I was hoping for a “f\*\*\* o\*\*” response and an ensuing debate about which version of the nonsense verse was “correct”. You proved to be the greater gentleman, **Smeghead**. I owe you my apologies instead. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-out-to-bust-spelling-and-grammar-polices/146946/80 "2003-01-08T19:49:57Z")
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