Grammar rant that seems apropos today

[Oeditpus Rex]

One has a hangover. (One word.)

One is hung over. (Two words.)



Thus endeth the lesson.

[RevolutionaryActs]

1. I have a hungover.

:rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. Do you want to go to the office?

[RevolutionaryActs]

BWHA!

:rofl:

[Haole Girl]

2. But, technically, shouldn't one use "an" before an "h"?

;-)

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. Only if the 'h' is silent

"A history."

"An honor."

[Haole Girl]

9. Oh yeah

I knew that! :hi:

[bridgit]

3. you mean...one has a hang-over...

and one does not :7

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. Acceptable

But archaic.

[bridgit]

26. well ty prof. grammar nazi...

:rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

31. Harumph!

That's Grammar Überhauptsturmbannfüerher. :spank:

[bridgit]

36. vous? Über-anything? stop already!! i'll try the veal; i'll tip my waitress, but...

you're killing me here!! :rofl:

[Rabrrrrrr]

33. Nazi is always capitalized.

:eyes:



:hi: :rofl:

[bridgit]

37. pft, so's "prof." for that matter...

:eyes: :woohoo: :hi: :bounce:

[Rabrrrrrr]

38. Not to mention that "ty" is not a viable word in that context,

and "grammar", since it's being used a proper name, would likely also need to be capitalized.

I did not claim to be a completist in pointing out your errors - only that I was pointing out one of them.

You now have errors in grammar AND logic.


:P

[bridgit]

39. g.w. bush...

so tell me where i'm wrong :shrug: search every post i've ever made, goat-head (not you, just goat-head & do it), i'll wait; i am wondrously remiss in that category & quite nearly cognizantly so...by design however ill-concieved = --------->me :dunce:

"logic", in the du lounge :spray: :rofl: stop already!! now you're (you are) killing me :rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

47. Only if used in a title

"That damned Prof. Arschlocher gave me a 'D' on the test."

"The professor gave me a hickey after the test."

[bridgit]

51. oh take it from me, my 'prof.' wanted to do a damn sight more than that...

but even as smart as he thought he was, he just didn't understand 'the game', on top of which he was married, and everyone knew it...but *I* got an A anyway :P :hi:

[cwydro]

4. Ah well

felt like shit in any case.

[Little Wing]

5. There aren't enough words to express my level of hung

:P

[Haole Girl]

6. ...

:spray:

[Call Me Wesley]

11. I'm really, really glad it's

Hungarian. Really.

[Oeditpus Rex]

14. Please note use of dash:

"Do you want... do you want to come back to my place — bouncy, bouncy?"



Although, I suppose it could be, "Do you want... do you want to come back to my place? Bouncy, bouncy!"



Language is hard. :cry:

[Call Me Wesley]

25. If youze speaking ze German,

youze can say languitch is hardy harr harr! And since we knows eachothers nows, can I say 'you' to you?

[Kerrytravelers]

12. Professor Oeditpus Rex

P.S. I love that pic of the Professor Penguin. I teach and collect penguins, so you know I had to steal it for my personal collection!

[deucemagnet]

20. So, what exactly can you teach a penguin?

:evilgrin:

[Kerrytravelers]

23. Seen Happy Feet yet? All my former students.

:rofl:

[cwydro]

13. Allow me to rant back (gently)

Apropos is a word that I believe means "with reference to" or "in reference to". For example, "We were discussing hangovers, apropos of all the drunks in the lounge." I think that it has been used as "appropriate" so many times, that it can be used for this as well, but that was not its original meaning.:hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

17. Noted and logged

[kedrys]

18. "A propos" in French means "about" or "in regards to"

So, a propos de votre message...about your post...um...

I must still be hung over. :P

[Call Me Wesley]

22. A proposito à propos,

Hung over Hungarians with a hangover are called ... awwww, forget it. I was just increasing my post count. :P

[Deja Q]

15. I am over hung.

Does that answer your question? :shrug:

[cwydro]

16. No wonder your boxers are smiling...

:evilgrin:

Apropos your other thread....

[Oeditpus Rex]

19. Brag, brag, brag

:eyes:

[Left Is Write]

21. May I ask what precipitated this rant?

[Oeditpus Rex]

24. A spate of incidents of 'hungover'

Dunno if they're by the same people who go to the gym to "workout," though. :shrug:

[cwydro]

41. Kark!

I was too "hungover" to "workout" today. I did run though.

[Rabrrrrrr]

27. Give me a break - I just spent four hours burying the cat.

I can't remember whether I'm hungover or hanged over.

[Oeditpus Rex]

32. Four hours

to bury a cat?! :shrug:




Wait for it...

[Rabrrrrrr]

34. Yeeessssss.....

it wouldn't keep still.







:rofl:

[cwydro]

43. ~snort~

this thread is keeping me away from my African watering hole...damn it:rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

49. 'Good morning, Mrs. Cutout'

[Rabrrrrrr]

53. If there's any more stock footage of women clapping, I'll clear the courtroom!

[Oeditpus Rex]

54. Don't call me Morris in court!

[BikeWriter]

28. WTF does this have to do with porpoises?

[Ikonoklast]

29. Why on Earth do you have a problem with my Grammar?

She is the sweetest little old lady, and always makes cookies for me.

[Dangerously Amused]

30. SOMEone has a hang up.

[Oeditpus Rex]

35. Ahem...

You mean a "hang-up"?




:hide:

[bridgit]

40. thank you!!

:hi:

[leftofthedial]

42. but when I sit on that plastic chair in the basement

I hang over.


and when I worship the porcelain goddess while hung over, I hang over.

[Dangerously Amused]

44. You meant to say, "Grammar rant WHICH seems apropros today."

Hah!

[Tony Soprano]

46. HAHAHAHAHA!

.:evilgrin:

[Oeditpus Rex]

50. Mmmm... no

If the context had been, "I'm going to stage a grammar rant, which seems apropos today," you'd be correct.



Of course, I've since learned "apropos" was not the proper word in that sense. :blush:

[Tony Soprano]

45. I be overhung...

...in the alky-hall sort of way.

[Redstone]

48. 1) Something done daily is done every day. (TWO WORDS!)

2) Because it's done daily (or even just frequently), it's an everyday (ONE WORD!) thing.

Redstone

[Oeditpus Rex]

52. Grammar Überhauptsturmbannfüerhers such as I

stubbornly maintain that "everyday" requires a hyphen, but we're quickly losing to the Society of People Who Don't Want to Reach For the Hyphen Key.

[cwydro]

55. This thread is still cracking me up

Lead on Grammar Prof!