We are Legion.Originally Posted by jfm
We are Legion.
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Where odd audio errata, ephemeralities, and nonsense occasionally collide with actual music for serious contemplation. Trouble is - I'm not saying what is which.
Today's Google: "zeugma vs. syllepsis." It blew my nose and then it blew my mind.
I have an entire book of those things. It's interesting for five minutes and then it gets overwhelming.
If you are pissed at a dog for keeping you awake with its barking, it's not because you disagree with what it's saying. -- Rikki
"You'll find me DOWNTOWN, gracefully face-down just wishin' I could feel alright"
sudo open the pod bay doors, HAL.
From the "Stonehenge in danger of being crushed by a dwarf" department:
Dear writer of JC Penney press release, "parachute-laden gifts" dropped from a blimp will fall much faster and be more dangerous to your potential patrons than "gift-laden parachutes" would have been.
http://blogs.metropulse.com/the_dail...penney-to.html
From The CS Monitor's "Are you smarter than an atheist? A religious quiz"
The correct answer (not listed) is "yes." The other possible answer to the question posed would be "no."3. Do you happen to know which of these is the king of gods in ancient Greek mythology?
- Zeus
- Mars
- Apollo
- Don't know
Then there's the whole "smarter than" vs. "more knowledgeable on a specific topic than" issue.
sudo open the pod bay doors, HAL.
I can squeeze a third gripe into the example above for the use of "happen to" as a filler where chance isn't a factor. I know the answer as a result of a specific course of study, the result of my parents' decision to raise me in a Western country. My favorite abuse is, "He happens to be black." Both parents were blond, blue-eyed Swedes? How was he blessed with this random surplus of melanin? Either sentence can be improved and clarified by the removal of "happen[s] to."
sudo open the pod bay doors, HAL.
he be black?
Sorry, meant to post that in the Captain Ebonics Asshole thread.
sudo open the pod bay doors, HAL.
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