Thread: Ron, should they change the rules for English?

Originally Posted by VladTepes

I thought Ron would be all over this like a rash on Charlie Sheens privates.

I guess he'd remind you that it was "Charlie Sheen's private's"!

Originally Posted by ADMIRAL

About as useful as their survey to find out if tea tasted better with milk added before or after pouring from the pot. They obviously have too much time on their hands.

That would be Twinings' research into the correct procedure for adding milk. As we know adding boiling water to milk scalds the milk and changes the flavour!

Originally Posted by Chucaro

Where you use the Ozitralian or the Spanglish coma

I think you mean the Orstraalyan comma!

Originally Posted by 85 county

Originally Posted by p38arover

I am one who always uses the Oxford Comma. Without it, some lists don't make sense.

yer right

what the heck is an oxford Comma. i know what an Ox is ( good eating) i know what a ford is, ( not a LR) and i haven't seen a comma on the roads for years.

No idea what an "oxford Comma" is - an "oxford" would be a place where bovines cross some sort of water course. The vehicle was a "Commer" and an "Oxford Comma" is the "," used immediately before "and" (but you already knew that).

Originally Posted by 85 county

im stumped?? how do you sagest that i can make the world a better place with an Oxford comma. or are you sagesting that i have not done enough in this regard already? all those copes of 52gram lead castings i tossed about were not enough?

What's "sagest"?

1. Is it some form of extra potent minty herb or some other type of foliage?
2. The most stoic wise man of all stoic wise men?

I got lost at the bgining sinse I thoght that ron only did speling I didnt now he also did punktuation as well

Originally Posted by miky

I got lost at the bgining sinse I thoght that ron only did speling I didnt now he also did punktuation as well

No he is the roving English ninja.

he does:

• spelling
• grammar
• syntax
• and I believe morphology

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

I guess he'd remind you that it was "Charlie Sheen's private's"! That would be Twinings' research into the correct procedure for adding milk. As we know adding boiling water to milk scalds the milk and changes the flavour! I think you mean the Orstraalyan comma!No idea what an "oxford Comma" is - an "oxford" would be a place where bovines cross some sort of water course. The vehicle was a "Commer" and an "Oxford Comma" is the "," used immediately before "and" (but you already knew that).What's "sagest"?

1. Is it some form of extra potent minty herb or some other type of foliage?
2. The most stoic wise man of all stoic wise men?

Maybe it's a grumpy person, or someone who's skin isn't firm, making them grumpy

Baz.

Originally Posted by Redback

Maybe it's a grumpy person, or someone who's skin isn't firm, making them grumpy

Baz.

Possibly, but I think that would be saggiest. You know like on Sesame Street:
Saggy, Saggier, and Saggiest

My first thought was a really, really well seasoned bird.