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Re: Grammar Nazi

Postby Kevnlis » Thursday Mar 27, 2008 3:03 pm

I think we have all done stuff like that Boonie. We do occasionally end up posting after a few and our brains are probably not at their best.

I remember I once subbed the word 'lager' for 'ale'. Made the post very confusing :oops: :roll:
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Re: Grammar Nazi

Postby Boonie » Thursday Mar 27, 2008 6:44 pm

Kevnlis wrote:I think we have all done stuff like that Boonie. We do occasionally end up posting after a few and our brains are probably not at their best.

I remember I once subbed the word 'lager' for 'ale'. Made the post very confusing :oops: :roll:


:lol: :lol: :lol:

Been there....Unfortunately that post was rushed, not beer induced.

Chris wrote:Most of the posts following a few beers tend to have the majority of the errors in them. I wonder why...? :D


:lol: :lol: :lol: .....Well Chris what happens is we have a few beers and then...oh hang on, is that a rhetorical question :?: :wink: ....geez I hope the grammar nazi's think that the reply is correct :wink:

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Re: Grammar Nazi

Postby KEG » Thursday Mar 27, 2008 8:41 pm

the plural of "nazi" does not need an apostrophe :lol: :lol: ;)
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Re: Grammar Nazi

Postby Boonie » Thursday Mar 27, 2008 10:08 pm

KEG wrote:the plural of "nazi" does not need an apostrophe :lol: :lol: ;)


:lol: ...thanks KEG......bastard :lol:

Put it in word doc and hit f7 for both nazi's and nazis and it tells me both are correct. :shock:
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Re: Grammar Nazi

Postby Kevnlis » Thursday Mar 27, 2008 10:30 pm

Boonie wrote:
KEG wrote:the plural of "nazi" does not need an apostrophe :lol: :lol: ;)


:lol: ...thanks KEG......bastard :lol:

Put it in word doc and hit f7 for both nazi's and nazis and it tells me both are correct. :shock:


Funny my dictionary tells me they are both wrong... :lol:

Though both CAN be right... :|
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Re: Grammar Nazi

Postby warra48 » Friday Mar 28, 2008 6:24 am

I am not, and never have been, a grammar Nazi.
However, I like my spelling to be correct, and am a fully certified and signed up member of the Beer Spelling Gestapo.
Look out mannen, we haf vays of makink you spel correklty. Spelling Uber Alles. Sieg Spell !!!!
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Re: Grammar Nazi

Postby KEG » Friday Mar 28, 2008 8:23 am

:lol: :lol:


Kev and Boonie, it all comes down to context ;)
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Re: Grammar Nazi

Postby Kevnlis » Friday Mar 28, 2008 8:45 am

Well actually, I believe it must be spelt with a capital 'N' to be correct in either context, but now I am just being picky! :P :lol:
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Re: Grammar Nazi

Postby KEG » Friday Mar 28, 2008 8:56 am

that's only if you have respect for them :D
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Re: Grammar Nazi

Postby Pyssedas Heavy Industrial » Friday Mar 28, 2008 9:56 am

Both nazi's and nazis can be correct [lower case version intentional] but the first of course would be used to denote something that belonged to a nazi, while the second is more than one nazi
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Re: Grammar Nazi

Postby Boonie » Friday Mar 28, 2008 11:38 am

Pyssedas Heavy Industrial wrote:Both nazi's and nazis can be correct [lower case version intentional] but the first of course would be used to denote something that belonged to a nazi, while the second is more than one nazi


That's how my teacher taught me and I still managed to get it wrong. :lol:
KEG wrote:that's only if you have respect for them :D
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Funny I managed to get this one wrong considering my nickname as a child was Hitler......with a capital H :lol:

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Re: Grammar Nazi

Postby Chris » Friday Mar 28, 2008 2:56 pm

Boonie wrote:Funny I managed to get this one wrong considering my nickname as a child was Hitler......with a capital H


...and so you became a bank manager...
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Re: Grammar Nazi

Postby Kevnlis » Friday Mar 28, 2008 3:13 pm

Chris wrote:
Boonie wrote:Funny I managed to get this one wrong considering my nickname as a child was Hitler......with a capital H


...and so you became a bank manager...


I nearly typed those exact words earlier... :lol:
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Re: Grammar Nazi

Postby Boonie » Friday Mar 28, 2008 5:27 pm

Chris wrote:
Boonie wrote:Funny I managed to get this one wrong considering my nickname as a child was Hitler......with a capital H


...and so you became a bank manager...


Goes hand in hand really....... :lol:
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Re: Grammar Nazi

Postby ryan » Friday Mar 28, 2008 6:29 pm

Are you REALLY a bank manager? :shock:
It`s just that there`s so many things about your persona that to me don`t meld with the image of a man saddled with so much responsibilty :D
No offence, just something I`ve wondered about in the idle hours :|
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Re: Grammar Nazi

Postby Boonie » Friday Mar 28, 2008 6:57 pm

ryan wrote:Are you REALLY a bank manager? :shock:
It`s just that there`s so many things about your persona that to me don`t meld with the image of a man saddled with so much responsibilty :D
No offence, just something I`ve wondered about in the idle hours :|


Yes I am. I have been a BM for 2 banks........

I am not the old decrepid cranky ass BM who sits in an office reading the paper. We are the new younger breed who actually have a pulse.
I was a BM by age 30, after 14 years in banking.

How about this? I know of a Financial Planner, who is extremely well respected, who also is a Home Brewer. Next is a senior writer for a major paper who also is a Home Brewer. I worked with the Planner for a couple of years and neither of us ever mentioned it whilst at work.

Not until I left the bank that it became apparent that we shared the same interest....go figure. I just would never have picked him for a Home Brewer. Basically what I am trying to say is that you would be surprised who brews....we come from all walks of life.

My persona....mmmm...in what way ryan? Would you like me to be a blunt and to the point like my old bosses?

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Re: Grammar Nazi

Postby ryan » Friday Mar 28, 2008 7:10 pm

No.
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Re: Grammar Nazi

Postby ryan » Friday Mar 28, 2008 7:32 pm

So seeing we`re old mates, I`d be right for 2 or 3 grand just to see me through till the weather breaks?
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Re: Grammar Nazi

Postby Boonie » Friday Mar 28, 2008 7:33 pm

ryan wrote:No.


:lol:

Nice one
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Re: Grammar Nazi

Postby Boonie » Friday Mar 28, 2008 7:36 pm

ryan wrote:So seeing we`re old mates, I`d be right for 2 or 3 grand just to see me through till the weather breaks?
{we can do a direct credit to my account} :wink:
No one will even know :wink: :wink:


No worries just post your a/c details, password, pin number, net password and mothers maiden name and I'll credit it now.
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