Crosses Captain Carrot and Hellestal off any possible dating list*. (or did you two not read my post?)
Yep. You both done good. So “good” that you have overlooked (several times) that this is a thread about personal preferences, not a thread on dialects, grammar and the evolution of language.
Tracy: So, how you doing over there, Theo Huxtable.
Toofer: I’m doing good.
Tracy: Nuh-uh. Superman does good; you’re doing well. You need to study your grammar, son.
I think they acknowledged the preference aspect. The argument is whether or not there is incorrect vs correct grammar. I looked up the definition of “dialect” and, indeed, it does list grammar as one of the factors in those that make up a dialect. I’m not going to argue it anymore as in the broad sense, they are correct. I still think there is good grammar and crap grammar and if you go to school in this country with a “dialect” that has you “not gettin no good grades” it’s quite possible that you’re flunking English!
Wow, you’re still not getting this! There is such a thing as crap grammar, and while that phrase that you cited may be acceptable in the dialect that you use at home (what’s with the scare quotes around ‘dialect’?), that does not mean that it is acceptable in the academic environment.
I absolutely “get it”. I’m not a dolt and I have a pretty good grasp of the English language and the written word. I conceded. You are correct sir, it’s not incorrect grammar, it’s just crap grammar. I think I said that. What is it you presume I don’t get?
Given all the dough they are rolling in and all the hot freaky monkey sex they are having, one might want to reconsider whether academia is the standard one wants to live up to
Well, there are a fair number of us who disagree with that ‘fact’.
We don’t believe that the sun rises in the east; instead we believe the earth revolves around the sun. From an idea published by Copernicus, around 1514.
Even on friends, that makes my skin crawl. Same with people who have thumbs where the distal flange is super-short, so they just have a wide, short, thumbnail. EEEW
I notice hands. I like pretty hands.
Always speaking (and worse, thinking) as if their perceptions of the world were universal fact, i.e. “the gym is boring” vs “I get bored at the gym.” My perpetual thanks to Cecil for turning me onto E-prime and thus letting me know I’m not the only one so annoyed. Maybe this one’s not so minor…
Unapologized for forgetfulness. I don’t mind if your memory sucks and leads you to make weird mistakes, my memory sucks and leads to me making weird mistakes too, but when the big picture finally clicks into place, just say “Oh, I guess I’ll have to try to resell the ticket. Sorry, I completely forgot your surgery was scheduled the day before Wrestlemania. I forget the darndest things sometimes.” Don’t just go “oh right, you had said something about the hospital” and then shrug as if retaining information is a completely alien concept and nothing a functional human being would ever be expected to do.
At the opposite end of the spectrum, what about these? I do need to cut them soon, but I don’t think they’re that bad. And for what it’s worth, it would squick me out to have fingernails that short, and I’ve never bitten them (I don’t really understand how the process works, actually). I’ve also started a new pattern of cutting them (with clippers): I cut the middle first down to the start of the white area, then I cut the sides diagonally down to the edge of the nail, giving flat nails on top with sloping sides. Also, it looks like I have proportionally much longer fingers than you.
A better way to cut them (I trim rather than bite my nails too) is to use clippers to take off a portion of the nail and then use and emmery board/file to make them smooth.
Yeah, I tried that once, and it took way too long. And actually, I was filing them the way I described earlier, so I realized I could just use the clippers to do the whole thing. Any difference in quality is outweighed by the fact that it’s at least five times faster.
I was a nail biter all of my life until about 6 months ago and the day I retired I decided to stop, and for some reason had no problem doing it. Now I have long nails, they look great, my partner and pets love them, and they’re driving me nuts. I keep scratching and cutting myself with them, they’re a pain in the ass to keep clean when I garden, they break frequently, the polish chips easily and other than looking good the only benefit that I can see is that they’re like little tools hanging off my fingertips that are good for opening flip tops and peeling labels off vegetables. If I still had to wear stockings to work I doubt that I could ever get them on without putting a run in them. Maybe you get used to them and they stop getting in the way after a while but so far I think that they’re over-rated.