# Irregular Adverbs **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 21, 2008, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregular-adverbs/468877 "2008-10-21T12:36:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregular-adverbs/468877/1 "2008-10-21T12:36:31Z")
I am stubborn; You are obstinate, They are pig-headed. I am ornery; You are obtuse; The moderators are oblique. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregular-adverbs/468877/2 "2008-10-21T13:48:46Z")
There are no adverbs in your post. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregular-adverbs/468877/3 "2008-10-21T15:51:40Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > There are no adverbs in your post. Perhaps we could **delicately** point that out. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregular-adverbs/468877/4 "2008-10-21T15:55:41Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > There are no adverbs in your post. That’s what’s so irregular. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregular-adverbs/468877/5 "2008-10-21T16:04:17Z")
I have a brain-fart; you screw up; she is a sub-literate moron I am a stickler for accuracy; you are a pedant; he is an elitist grammar snob ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregular-adverbs/468877/6 "2008-10-21T16:57:06Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > There are no adverbs in your post. Really? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregular-adverbs/468877/7 "2008-10-21T18:18:12Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > There are no adverbs in your post. I think that makes it _ironic_. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregular-adverbs/468877/8 "2008-10-21T18:20:56Z")
> [@](#): > > There are no adverbs in your post. They’re pop-up adverbs. You don’t see them because you’re a paid member. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregular-adverbs/468877/9 "2008-10-21T18:32:11Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > They’re pop-up adverbs. You don’t see them because you’re a paid member. 😃 That was a good one. … Seriously though, what the eff is up with the OP? ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregular-adverbs/468877/10 "2008-10-21T18:34:55Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > 😃 > > That was a good one. > > … > > Seriously though, what the eff is up with the OP? I doubt that we’ll ever find out. …perhaps obliquely. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregular-adverbs/468877/11 "2008-10-21T18:37:16Z")
Hittin’ the bong, are we? ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregular-adverbs/468877/12 "2008-10-21T18:39:49Z")
They’re [adverbial phrases](http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/adverbs.htm). Edit: Wait, maybe I’m wrong, do adverbial phrases work with forms of “to be”? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregular-adverbs/468877/13 "2008-10-21T18:42:55Z")
I am **Auto’s** total confusion. ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregular-adverbs/468877/14 "2008-10-21T18:44:30Z")
What! ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregular-adverbs/468877/15 "2008-10-22T11:56:16Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > 😃 > > Seriously though, what the eff is up with the OP? It’s a joke/game. The point is to highlight the way we have different labels for the same actions, depending on who is doing them. Some examples [here](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/place-nireland/A744257). Also: I am a maverick You are not a team player He/she is disloyal to the party He/she defrauds the company You pad your expenses I make sure I’m fairly compensated They torture the innocent You have a robust interrogation process We strike a balance between liberty and security … any others? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregular-adverbs/468877/16 "2008-10-22T12:42:52Z")
It still has nothing to do with adverbs, irregular or otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregular-adverbs/468877/17 "2008-10-22T13:13:17Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > It still has nothing to do with adverbs, irregular or otherwise. …which is of course the main point, and one which has been made insufficiently clear up until now. The OP doubtless meant to type “irregular verbs”. Not to suggest that these are verbs (heaven forfend) but because that is how this construction is usually labelled, as witness this 1980 [Yes Minister](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080306/quotes)quote: > [@Yes Minister](#): > > That’s one of those irregular verbs, isn’t it? I give confidential security briefings. You leak. He has been charged under section 2a of the Official Secrets Act. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregular-adverbs/468877/18 "2008-10-23T09:15:33Z")
The irregular adverbs quote was from a _Readers Digest_ end of article quip from the `50s. I asked a question in ATMB. “Could the ‘Thread Closer’ please post a reason for the closure, in a last post?” My mistake was in answering a question in this thread with a specific example. I should of left it as a general question. The thread was closed. I further compounded my mistake by admitting I found it amusing. (Helpful Hint: Never laugh at a psychiatrist. Or a moderator.) I pitted. Thread closed. I pitted again, in this thinly veiled Abby Normal thingy. I’ve been Mod Warned before. One was spot on, my boo boo. I still say, If you’ve also been Mod Warned twice in the same thread let me know, we’ll form a club. But I digerss, It was a simple question: Could the ‘Thread Closer’ please post a reason for the closure, in a last post? A simple Yes or No question. Yes, we will make it policy. No, we will ban you for asking such an impertinent question. . ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregular-adverbs/468877/19 "2008-10-23T09:22:55Z")
Oh, I almost forgot. ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregular-adverbs/468877/20 "2008-10-23T12:16:22Z")
> [@Will\_Repair](#): > > The irregular adverbs quote was from a _Readers Digest_ end of article quip from the `50s. > > I asked a question in ATMB. > “Could the ‘Thread Closer’ please post a reason for the closure, in a last post?” > > My mistake was in answering a question in this thread with a specific example. > I should of left it as a general question. > > The thread was closed. > > I further compounded my mistake by admitting I found it amusing. > (Helpful Hint: Never laugh at a psychiatrist. Or a moderator.) > > I pitted. Thread closed. > > I pitted again, in this thinly veiled Abby Normal thingy. > > I’ve been Mod Warned before. One was spot on, my boo boo. > > I still say, If you’ve also been Mod Warned twice in the same thread > let me know, we’ll form a club. > > But I digerss, > It was a simple question: > Could the ‘Thread Closer’ please post a reason for the closure, in a last post? > > A simple Yes or No question. > Yes, we will make it policy. > No, we will ban you for asking such an impertinent question. > > . Your poem stinks. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregular-adverbs/468877.md?page=2)