# Oh dopers! Why are you so pedantic? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 31, 2012, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dopers-why-are-you-so-pedantic/629930 "2012-07-31T05:49:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dopers-why-are-you-so-pedantic/629930/41 "2012-07-31T20:00:18Z")
Moving from IMHO to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dopers-why-are-you-so-pedantic/629930/42 "2012-07-31T23:52:36Z")
> [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](#): > > I’m not sure what the appeal of SDMB – or Cecil’s _œuvre_ – is to people who aren’t pedantic. No, no, that answer’s taking the question seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dopers-why-are-you-so-pedantic/629930/43 "2012-08-01T00:11:58Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Moving from IMHO to MPSIMS. Mundane Pedantic Stuff I Must Share? ---
**Author:** ![Imago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dopers-why-are-you-so-pedantic/629930/44 "2012-08-01T01:47:21Z")
Pedantry is fun. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dopers-why-are-you-so-pedantic/629930/45 "2012-08-01T02:18:42Z")
U pedant bro? ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dopers-why-are-you-so-pedantic/629930/46 "2012-08-01T02:43:53Z")
Don’t pedant me, bro. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dopers-why-are-you-so-pedantic/629930/47 "2012-08-01T09:40:33Z")
QUOTE=Freddy the Pig;15332893]The most bizarre variation on this theme was the 1980 Chevy Chase movie, “Oh! Heavenly Dog”. I could never figure out why the exclamation point came after the Oh. [/QUOTE] I think it indicates mild surprise. > [@Sunspace](#): > > Isn’t this a matter for your local style guide, though? > > 😃 I’m not sure I have one. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dopers-why-are-you-so-pedantic/629930/48 "2012-08-01T10:03:53Z")
Pedantic? We? ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dopers-why-are-you-so-pedantic/629930/49 "2012-08-01T10:24:42Z")
> [@Lord\_Mondegreen](#): > > Pedantic? We? Yes, My Lord! ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dopers-why-are-you-so-pedantic/629930/50 "2012-08-01T15:52:53Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I think it indicates mild surprise. But, wouldn’t the more natural and logical place to indicate surprise be after “heavenly dog”? “Oh, what a heavenly dog!” not “Oh! What a heavenly dog.” Seriously, this has been bugging me for 32 years. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dopers-why-are-you-so-pedantic/629930/51 "2012-08-01T16:36:23Z")
Oh! Heavenly Dog, I didn’t expect to see you here. I was expecting Ceiling Cat. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dopers-why-are-you-so-pedantic/629930/52 "2012-08-01T16:44:16Z")
Dearest Dopers, I humbly request that you do the needful and kindly inform me as to why you are all so pedantic, sah. ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dopers-why-are-you-so-pedantic/629930/53 "2012-08-01T21:09:56Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > Dearest Dopers, I humbly request that you do the needful and kindly inform me as to why you are all so pedantic, sah. Thanking you in anticipation… ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dopers-why-are-you-so-pedantic/629930/54 "2012-08-01T22:11:46Z")
Shouldn’t this thread be in the forum entitled “About This Message Board”? Getting everything right is its own reward. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dopers-why-are-you-so-pedantic/629930/55 "2012-08-02T04:09:17Z")
It’s part of the user registration agreement, and I quote: “Dopers must be pedants.” Didn’t you read the whole thing? Well, what’s done is done. And after the first couple of “penalties” things get a _little_ easier… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Stendhal\_Syndrome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Stendhal\_Syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stendhal_Syndrome)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dopers-why-are-you-so-pedantic/629930/56 "2012-08-02T05:30:32Z")
Pedantic antics… ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dopers-why-are-you-so-pedantic/629930/57 "2012-08-05T00:30:52Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > No, _gotta_. [Pedants truly can’t help themselves.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15314953&postcount=84) Jesus fucking Christ. The extent to which **Auto** and myself are similar frightens me sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dopers-why-are-you-so-pedantic/629930/58 "2012-08-05T00:33:29Z")
Edit:Whoops. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dopers-why-are-you-so-pedantic/629930/59 "2012-08-05T01:32:29Z")
For the same reason water is wet. [Why is water wet? | Notes and Queries | guardian.co.uk](http://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-1725,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dopers-why-are-you-so-pedantic/629930/60 "2012-08-05T01:57:10Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > You’ve reminded my of Jon Lajoie’s friend in [Everyday Normal Guy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PsnxDQvQpw) (see around 3:20). > > Shouldn’t it be Doctor Whom? > > My vote is because pedantry is fun! 😃 That’s it: I’m calling him Doctor Him from now on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dopers-why-are-you-so-pedantic/629930.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dopers-why-are-you-so-pedantic/629930.md?page=4)