tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033060688252002849.post6353820343668452946..comments2023-07-30T06:47:20.163-04:00Comments on complainaway: I haven't eaten rice in 25 dayscomplain awayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15194653128028608210noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033060688252002849.post-30123187290333702442007-10-22T16:34:00.000-04:002007-10-22T16:34:00.000-04:00Can't wait!Can't wait!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033060688252002849.post-57226371037261064622007-10-22T15:58:00.000-04:002007-10-22T15:58:00.000-04:00What, you couldn't find us in the phone book? :)Gl...What, you couldn't find us in the phone book? :)<BR/><BR/>Glad you like the blog, but please don't be too quick to joke about the friends & family event. We've been kicking around a few ideas, and you may have just unwittingly volunteered yourself for something "fun." Quotations marks are intended.complain awayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15194653128028608210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033060688252002849.post-55282831043677969262007-10-22T14:45:00.000-04:002007-10-22T14:45:00.000-04:00I'm only anonymous because I don't have my own blo...I'm only anonymous because I don't have my own blog! Don't think I deserve the "crappy" tag, though (LOL)! After all, you've shrouded yourself in anonymity too. <BR/><BR/>I am also enjoying the grammar discussions with you -- we do seem to share quite a few sensibilities, and I'm very glad I stumbled across your blog. If you ever decide to hold a "Friends of Rainybow and Sunnyshine" event, I'll be the first in line!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033060688252002849.post-26727202350976806692007-10-19T00:13:00.000-04:002007-10-19T00:13:00.000-04:00Yes, the whole hyphens thing is a bit puzzling. I ...Yes, the whole hyphens thing is a bit puzzling. I heard a whole radio show on it, the tone of which was more than a little doomsday (I was driving when it came on and pulled over, thinking that it might be too upsetting). When I looked into what constructions had become unhyphenated, they were all examples like "ice cream." <BR/><BR/>I consider myself quite grammatically aware, but I've not seen "ice cream" written as "ice-cream" more than a handful of times. I need more examples. <BR/><BR/>And I do love the grammar discussions. Why are you anonymous, crappy you?complain awayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15194653128028608210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033060688252002849.post-88489077709888968542007-10-18T16:47:00.000-04:002007-10-18T16:47:00.000-04:00If this makes you sad, then the news that the Oxfo...If this makes you sad, then the news that the Oxford English Dictionary has dropped hyphens from 16,000 words will likely make you depressed. I read the article on globeandmail.com, but can't send the link because they've locked it up now....<BR/><BR/>I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing that the English language evolves. But as always, some change is for the better, and some for the worse....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033060688252002849.post-53393817253944995722007-10-17T18:58:00.000-04:002007-10-17T18:58:00.000-04:00It makes me sad that the dictionaries are deeming ...It makes me sad that the dictionaries are deeming incorrect usages as acceptable simply because they're common. I'll bet money that the Académie française would never let that happen to French. Why are we OK with it in English? <BR/><BR/>And what's next, that "sister-in-laws" is acceptable along with "sisters-in-law?" No, wait, don't tell me. I don't want to know.complain awayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15194653128028608210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033060688252002849.post-30734022662968013592007-10-17T12:12:00.000-04:002007-10-17T12:12:00.000-04:00According to Merriam-Webster, both "bucketfuls" an...According to Merriam-Webster, both "bucketfuls" and "bucketsful" are acceptable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033060688252002849.post-35645749977753927412007-10-17T00:49:00.000-04:002007-10-17T00:49:00.000-04:00I read this story a day or two ago, and was shocke...I read this story a day or two ago, and was shocked. To die for want of a rice ball, shows unrefined brutality.<BR/><BR/>The other compelling aspect was the apparent loneliness in which these people died. Perhaps one of the most populated countries in the world, and living within a city, these people died cruelly and alone.<BR/><BR/>Not everyone is has Scarlett O'Hara in them, so for love of God, give the man a @#$% rice ball already! or at least a Lil' Kitty seaweed wrap.Emory Maynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09638931073856138565noreply@blogger.com