Moving from IMHO to MPSIMS.
No, no, that answer’s taking the question seriously.
Mundane Pedantic Stuff I Must Share?
Pedantry is fun.
U pedant bro?
Don’t pedant me, bro.
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.
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I think it indicates mild surprise.
I’m not sure I have one.
Pedantic? We?
Yes, My Lord!
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.
Oh! Heavenly Dog, I didn’t expect to see you here. I was expecting Ceiling Cat.
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…
Shouldn’t this thread be in the forum entitled “About This Message Board”?
Getting everything right is its own reward.
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…
Pedantic antics…
Jesus fucking Christ. The extent to which Auto and myself are similar frightens me sometimes.
Edit:Whoops.
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That’s it: I’m calling him Doctor Him from now on.