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Relyssa: Jul 29, 2012

CainFortea posted:

Do you not know about the word payed? lol.

Payed is a nautical term that doesn't fit here so it's still wrong.

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BonHair: Apr 28, 2007

Prescriptivism, especially in the giant clusterfuck of stupid that is English spelling, is dumb as gently caress. I hope teachers teach kids that judging someone by their spelling is nothing more than elitism.

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Zurtilik: Oct 23, 2015; The Biggest Brain in Guardia

I got a prescription for you, for some better spelling.

# ? Mar 5, 2023 17:45

TK-42-1: Oct 30, 2013; looks like we have a bad transmitter

Zurtilik posted:

I got a prescription for you, for some better spelling.

Amnesiac rerelease looking weird

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Bar Ran Dun: Jan 22, 2006; war crimes enthusiast

bike tory posted:

Anyway the point is that truly gifted and talented kids are rare. I've taught like over 500 kids now and had one that would genuinely fit that category.

That�s about right for the number you would encounter. It�s a gigantic pain in the rear end.

# ? Mar 5, 2023 18:02

Data Graham: Dec 28, 2009; 📈📊🍪😋

Friend of mine is a teacher and he doesn't know the difference between "to" and "too".

But yeah prescriptivism lol

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Paladinus: Jan 11, 2014; heyHEYYYY!!!

I don't know what you're talking about, but kids make for a terrible gift. Worse even than plants or pets.

# ? Mar 5, 2023 18:18

Zurtilik: Oct 23, 2015; The Biggest Brain in Guardia

Maybe we shouldn't be trying to determine which kids are superior at age 8.

# ? Mar 5, 2023 18:19

Zurtilik: Oct 23, 2015; The Biggest Brain in Guardia

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CainFortea: Oct 15, 2004

Relyssa posted:

Payed is a nautical term that doesn't fit here so it's still wrong.

A) The poster I quoted is still wrong.
2) English is literally vibes based.

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Lt. Danger: Dec 22, 2006; jolly good chaps we sure showed the hun

you are welcome to change the spelling of words but you kinda need to bring 51% of people along with you as well

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Bar Ran Dun: Jan 22, 2006; war crimes enthusiast

Zurtilik posted:

Maybe we shouldn't be trying to determine which kids are superior at age 8.

The problem is perceiving it as desirable. I think we should put it on the autism spectrum. And they turn out like everybody else anyway. Anecdotally dead drug addicts, to retail clerks, to successful professionals to Oscar winners. The data suggests the same that it doesn�t really do much other than a moderate income bump.

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Indecisive: May 6, 2007

Lt. Danger posted:

you are welcome to change the spelling of words but you kinda need to bring 51% of people along with you as well

if you understood what the word meant it was spelled correctly

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BonHair: Apr 28, 2007

Zurtilik posted:

Maybe we shouldn't be trying to determine which kids are superior at age 8.

It's the white male ones with rich parents.

Data Graham posted:

Friend of mine is a teacher and he doesn't know the difference between "to" and "too".

But yeah prescriptivism lol

That's a stupid distinction though. No one is gonna misunderstand either way. It's elitism all the way down.

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VROOM VROOM: Jun 8, 2005

Lt. Danger posted:

you are welcome to change the spelling of words but you kinda need to bring 51% of people along with you as well

Actually the metaphysical acceptability threshold is lower than that and this conversation pushed "payed" past the limit

We did it

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teen witch: Oct 9, 2012

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BAGS FLY AT NOON: Apr 6, 2011; A Soft Nylon Bag

Zurtilik posted:

Lol

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flavor.flv: Apr 18, 2008; I got a letter from the government the other day
opened it, read it
it said they was bitches

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voiceless anal fricative: May 6, 2007

peigh'd

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root beer: Nov 13, 2005

teen witch posted:

[listens to American elders] Dennis was right :colbert:

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Dabir: Nov 10, 2012

teen witch posted:

I thought american dennis the menace was a family circus-tier silly little scamp, it's british dennis the menace who terrorises his town with increasingly elaborate water gun and rotten fruit based pranks

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Bald Stalin: Jul 11, 2004; Our posts

KHLAV KALASHNIKOV posted:

[listens to American elders] Dennis was right

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Fors Yard: Feb 15, 2008; Aside from getting shot in the head, David, what have you done with yourself?

Dabir posted:

I thought american dennis the menace was a family circus-tier silly little scamp, it's british dennis the menace who terrorises his town with increasingly elaborate water gun and rotten fruit based pranks

Both strips debuted on the exact same day in 1951 by total coincidence

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teen witch: Oct 9, 2012

Fors Yard posted:

Both strips debuted on the exact same day in 1951 by total coincidence

Teach the Dennis The Menace Conspiracy

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Detective No. 27: Jun 7, 2006

Fors Yard posted:

Both strips debuted on the exact same day in 1951 by total coincidence

It was even crazier when they eventually did the crossover and both Dennises found out they have the same father. (The American Dennis�s dad has an affair with the British Dennis�s mom when he was stationed in London during WW2.)

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Amphigory: Feb 6, 2005

I've been a huge Beano fan since I was a wee boy in the 80s and I did not know that

Jesus

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Lobok: Jul 13, 2006; Say Watt?

What's wilder is that France had their own version as well, Denis the Menace (Menace pronounced by the French is "m'knee").

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SimonSays: Aug 4, 2006; Simon is the monkey's name

Lobok posted:

What's wilder is that France had their own version as well, Denis the Menace (Menace pronounced by the French is "m'knee").

What the gently caress?

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Zurtilik: Oct 23, 2015; The Biggest Brain in Guardia

I have only the worst original memes to offer.

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Drone_Fragger: May 9, 2007

SimonSays posted:

What the gently caress?

Its France. Pretend it isnt real and itll go away eventually.

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Zereth: Jul 9, 2003

Dabir posted:

I thought american dennis the menace was a family circus-tier silly little scamp, it's british dennis the menace who terrorises his town with increasingly elaborate water gun and rotten fruit based pranks

He may have done some actual menacing early on but these days here's even less of a menace than the family circus kids.

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Son of Thunderbeast: Sep 21, 2002

Shithouse Dave posted:

Knit the donger a wee scarf for when it’s cold

I thought he needed food

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BonHair: Apr 28, 2007

Drone_Fragger posted:

Its France. Pretend it isnt real and itll go away eventually.

Pretend? France is as real as Atlantis, Wakanda and New Zealand.

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Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

BonHair posted:

Prescriptivism, especially in the giant clusterfuck of stupid that is English spelling, is dumb as gently caress. I hope teachers teach kids that judging someone by their spelling is nothing more than elitism.

ITT Danes undermine our language.

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Antigravitas: Dec 8, 2019; Die Rettung fuer die Landwirte:

Angryhead posted:

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stringless: Dec 28, 2005; keyboard ⌨️ cowboy

BonHair posted:

Pretend? France is as real as Atlantis, Wakanda and New Zealand.

And shows up on more maps than the other three combined!

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3D Megadoodoo: Nov 25, 2010

Just remembered there's an election coming.

Re: Paavo there's an old lady who lives just a little ways from the local pub. She used to come in with her rollator (not going to bother looking up what you hosed-up weirdo Anglos call them), park it by the door, and spend the day drinking Koskenkorva drinks by herself. Sometimes she'd interject something into conversations, though. Like I mentioned Paavo and she went "Oh Paavo, I've always liked Paavo V�yrynen!" and everyone was just "uh OK". Some time later I said something about Hitler and she said "Oh Adolf Hitler, I've always liked Adolf Hitler!".

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