Notices tagged with pedantry
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I think we should try to recuperate the word "tram". I know "light rail" is only one extra syllable, but it sounds silly. An unnecessary euphemism from the 1980s that is now hardly any less old-fashioned than the word it replaced. #pedantry
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#Pedantry is best defined by example. For instance, when I correct your grammar, you're an idiot. When you correct my grammar, you're a pedantic idiot.
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@sunshinesmiles The buttons tend to lean more toward a linear gradient backdrop than the bevelling on that one. #pedantry Looks good otherwise, though.
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Not a single convention site I've tried has validated through W3C's validator. #pedantry #justlookingforareasontoxomplain
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@rarity RNG and random do not mean the same thing. The RNG is the procedure, process, or program that generates random (actually quasi-random) numbers. Saying you "had bad RNG" when you missed a tricky jump is not right at all. There is no process within your body generating random numbers that say "I am/am not going to make this jump". #pedantry
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Just to inject into this conversation, finding older teens attractive isn't even pedophilia, it's ephebophilia. #pedantry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephebophilia
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@techdisk42 @purplephish20 It's the Union Flaaaag~! It's only the Union Jack when it's flown at sea. #pedantry
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@evilderpyshy THE DEATH NOTE DOES NOT WORK LIKE THAT #pedantry
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@thelastgherkin OR HAM-HAMS AS THEY ARE APPARENTLY CALLED NOW #pedantry
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@stumqerman Ham-Ham*. #pedantry
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@ceruleanspark [sp](Rkprcg gung nf vg gheaf bhg, gung'f oyngnagyl abg gehr. Rfcrpvnyyl vs lbh znxr cnegvphyne pubvprf nsgre pbzvat onpx.)[/sp] #fallout3 #spoiler #pedantry
