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aimeesworld

A new fantastic point of view

Jul 10, 2009 18:25

I am sitting here with a glass of beer and celebrating a week well done. Better overall grades than I have ever had (straight A minuses) and a research supervisor who, despite everything I have done (or not done, in this case), does not want to throw me off a cliff. My introduction apparently "shows promise" so I no longer have to read every single ( Read more... )

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bobbinsgalore July 10 2009, 09:10:06 UTC

I am fond of the hyphen, because I need one to write my name. Apart from that I feel your pain. Misuse of ellipsis also makes me angry. In my third year of college the principal of my old primary school wrote a letter home to parents (including mine) which contained an ellipsis with 27 dots. The fact I remember this six years later speaks volumes about my nerdery.

annemjw July 10 2009, 12:01:00 UTC

The fact that you counted them at the time helps too :D

aimeesworld July 17 2009, 00:47:17 UTC

Oh, ellipses. They are so so so overused. It kind of makes me want to die.

annemjw July 10 2009, 12:00:40 UTC

I write about characters in novels as though they are not only real people but that they are still alive today and we hang out regularly I don't feel you should be ashamed of this in any way, my dear :)

On the plus side: 4 slice toaster!

I really have to read Finnikin, it is blog-requirements or something.

Also, it makes me incredibly angry when people use more than three dots This! So irrational, so DESERVING OF MY RAGE.

I refuse to do crosswords with you because we always get distracted and never finish the crossword! I HERMIONE AT YOU.

What are your thoughts on interrobangs?

annemjw July 10 2009, 12:03:36 UTC

Also, you have a tag about exclamation points. A tag with multiple entries associated.

You're my favourite.

aimeesworld July 17 2009, 01:41:17 UTC

I am very much in favour of the four slice toaster. It fills my life with joy.

Hahaha, I kind of want to write a fic about Hermione doing crosswords.

I am generally opposed to the interrobang because I don't think it's a valid form of punctuation.

cazzicles July 10 2009, 22:56:34 UTC

Before we moved, an Italian restaurant opened up on the corner near our house with a sign that read, "Pizza, Pasta, Seafood and more..............".

I felt ashamed by how much this upset and angered me, but I am glad to hear that I'm not alone. It's one thing for an individual to make a grammatical error in personal writings, but someone would have to have authorised that. It's not even a mistake that adds something to the message. I REFUSE TO GIVE MY BUSINESS TO POOR GRAMMATICAL FIENDS!

aimeesworld July 17 2009, 01:41:36 UTC

Oh, God. That makes me want to cry. I would never buy food there.

brokenwings07 July 10 2009, 23:27:18 UTC

Yay for awesome marks! My favourite is the semi-colon, I learned how to use it last year woot woot. I hate elipses though.

aimeesworld July 17 2009, 01:42:13 UTC

Ew, semi-colons.

devilcactus July 11 2009, 13:17:05 UTC

The EllipSIS.

Further, the semicolon is not the bastard cousin of the comma: it is the comma's angry older brother, wielding a gun.

aimeesworld July 17 2009, 01:43:25 UTC

Mmm, yes. Another thing I do not like about grammar. PLURALS.

I see your point and I like it I think. I still don't like semi-colons though.

devilcactus July 17 2009, 02:55:09 UTC

Humourous note: the colon in my previous comment should probably be a semicolon.

Ellipsis would make an ok girl's name, I think. But then again, I think "Chlamydia" would be an ok girl's name (if, you know, it was a species of flower and not an STI).

aimeesworld July 17 2009, 03:14:17 UTC

My sister once played Chlamydia in stage challenge. Onslow was an ... unusual school.