tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post3101231244728301451..comments2024-02-25T20:07:56.114-06:00Comments on Mr. Verb: Giving vandalism a bad nameMr. Verbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-59783529872085523562007-07-17T07:32:00.000-05:002007-07-17T07:32:00.000-05:00The comments on this blog always crack me up. With...The comments on this blog always crack me up. <BR/><BR/>Without snowclones, we have only eggcorns!Mr. Verbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-61195000317379627082007-07-16T22:03:00.000-05:002007-07-16T22:03:00.000-05:00More existential tail chasing:if X = nothing, then...More existential tail chasing:<BR/><BR/>if X = nothing, then 'without nothing, we have nothing', or is should it be something? (double neg thing)<BR/><BR/>What about 'without X, we have punctuation'?? Maybe 'without language, we have punctuation' (like that's all there is, there really isn't anything other than punctuation, really)<BR/><BR/>Or, how much fun can we have with uber punctuation in the phrase: <BR/>a) "Without!" Punctuation, we have nothing. (maybe they talk to the punctuation instead of the hand)<BR/>b) Without punctuation we have: Nothing! (with an elliptical 'the' before the p-word?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-65635636846320515212007-07-16T21:17:00.000-05:002007-07-16T21:17:00.000-05:00Hmmmm, an existential crisis for the young blogger...Hmmmm, an existential crisis for the young blogger? <BR/><BR/>The original quote (assuming that's what I looked at and I think it was) DID have a comma. Folks like her tend to be punctuation happy, as you'd expect.Mr. Verbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-44533376435338822042007-07-16T21:14:00.000-05:002007-07-16T21:14:00.000-05:00The first thing *I* thought of when I heard Mr. Ve...The first thing *I* thought of when I heard Mr. Verb talk about "without punctuation, we have nothing" was "I wonder if there's a comma in there?" I mean, you could write "without punctuation we have nothing" and it really wouldn't be that bad, now would it? But then... that would mean... well, never mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-17099246665844876032007-07-16T21:02:00.000-05:002007-07-16T21:02:00.000-05:00I suppose nobody told her that many languages made...I suppose nobody told her that many languages made it without punctuation ... OR spaces OR capital letters. Many of those still don't have spacing or capital letters.GAChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11756535843412579846noreply@blogger.com