Who knew Phil Was a Rabid Fucking Grammar Nazi. I get an email from him about my use of “Then instead of the correct Than.” in a recent post. He said I have done this three times and he quietly edited the offending “then” and this time I was to change it or I was fired and disgraced. So being chastised when I called him last night and I told him he was being a dick, he still made me change the offended “then.” What a delicate gearhead! Below is one of the memes he sent me to vocalize his displeasure…
19 thoughts on “Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Then Than Than”
That meme cat just went in my arsenal.
My garage may be a disaster but I run a tight ship when it comes to the blog mister.
As it should be. Bravo, Phil and hold the line!
Bwahahahahaha funny shit all the way around.
I think we’re all tough enough not to get bent feelers over the occasional slight. I have a pretty good eye for proofreading, but every now and then some typo will slip past me. What is a continuing point of disgust is the so-called professional media is damn near illiterate anymore. Depending on “spellchecker” is a fool’s crutch. “Effect–affect” and using “decimate” when they mean “devastate” are but a couple of pissoffs. I will often use deliberate slang or misspellings in snark, and a lot of the age of “texting” is amusing for that. I often take as a role model that grand master of snark, Mark Twain.
Carry on, one and all!
I agree with you Greg. College folks and the media would do well to study a 1966 english book. That might “learn” them something.
And after all, every one of us screw up occasionally.
But I go Full Gonzo over people that can’t figure out lose/loose!
II loose my feeble mind – i see alot of it out there (ALOT is another peeve..)
Who put the beer in your Cheerios?
Well, Bless Your Heart!
My particular bugbear is sentence structure with redundant phrasing.
I’m afraid I’m a bit of a Grammar Nazi myself. I’m usually pretty sparing with the whip, but it bothers me. Language is how we communicate ideas, and that’s important, even critical. Every effort should be made to get it right.
My fear is that, if you let too many “than/thens” ,or, “there/their/they’res” slide by, before long you’re referring to abortion as,”women’s.health”, and castration and double mastectomies as, “gender-affirming care”.
Who/Whom ever would have thought that this site was full of wannabe
DICK-TADERS
Dick-Taders, Penis Potatoes, it’s all fun and games until someone gets dropped in the oil.
Sometimes you just have to grab her ponytail…
Misuse of “To-Two-Too” bugs the piss out of me as well. I learned grammar in SECOND FUCKING GRADE! Of course, this was back when they were more concerned with teaching proper English than teaching proper pronouns…
I had one give me a ration years ago over the difference between “bring” and “take”.
Think about it.
Gubmint employee?
Well, that’s sort of the distinction at the root of “Molon Labe”.
That meme cat just went in my arsenal.
My garage may be a disaster but I run a tight ship when it comes to the blog mister.
As it should be. Bravo, Phil and hold the line!
Bwahahahahaha funny shit all the way around.
I think we’re all tough enough not to get bent feelers over the occasional slight. I have a pretty good eye for proofreading, but every now and then some typo will slip past me. What is a continuing point of disgust is the so-called professional media is damn near illiterate anymore. Depending on “spellchecker” is a fool’s crutch. “Effect–affect” and using “decimate” when they mean “devastate” are but a couple of pissoffs. I will often use deliberate slang or misspellings in snark, and a lot of the age of “texting” is amusing for that. I often take as a role model that grand master of snark, Mark Twain.
Carry on, one and all!
I agree with you Greg. College folks and the media would do well to study a 1966 english book. That might “learn” them something.
Or get a set of these….https://www.christianbook.com/page/homeschool/language-arts/phonics-and-reading/mcguffey-readers?utm_source=bing&kw=mcguffey%20readers&mt=e&dv=c&event=PPCSRC&p=1020037&cb_src=bing&cb_typ=search&cb_cmp=70217457&cb_adg=515567000&cb_kyw=mcguffey%20readers&msclkid=53d5334ce083173fe4c750362f07c807&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Homeschool&utm_term=mcguffey%20readers&utm_content=homeschool-general
And after all, every one of us screw up occasionally.
But I go Full Gonzo over people that can’t figure out lose/loose!
II loose my feeble mind – i see alot of it out there (ALOT is another peeve..)
Who put the beer in your Cheerios?
Well, Bless Your Heart!
My particular bugbear is sentence structure with redundant phrasing.
I’m afraid I’m a bit of a Grammar Nazi myself. I’m usually pretty sparing with the whip, but it bothers me. Language is how we communicate ideas, and that’s important, even critical. Every effort should be made to get it right.
My fear is that, if you let too many “than/thens” ,or, “there/their/they’res” slide by, before long you’re referring to abortion as,”women’s.health”, and castration and double mastectomies as, “gender-affirming care”.
Who/Whom ever would have thought that this site was full of wannabe
DICK-TADERS
Dick-Taders, Penis Potatoes, it’s all fun and games until someone gets dropped in the oil.
Sometimes you just have to grab her ponytail…
Misuse of “To-Two-Too” bugs the piss out of me as well. I learned grammar in SECOND FUCKING GRADE! Of course, this was back when they were more concerned with teaching proper English than teaching proper pronouns…
I had one give me a ration years ago over the difference between “bring” and “take”.
Think about it.
Gubmint employee?
Well, that’s sort of the distinction at the root of “Molon Labe”.