NEW YEAR, NEW SNIPPETS???

Have got enough suggestions to even construct a sentence yet?

niethil wrote:That's if the market for snippets is speculative, right? However, snippets are not speculative, they are cannon.

Hutch wrote:*Puts Grammar Nazi hat on.*

Cannon are large tube-like objects that fire shot, shells. or other implements of destruction using an explosive charge for propellent.

Canon are a collection or list of sacred books accepted as genuine (Oxford Dictionary)

*Takes off Grammar Nazi hat.*

Sorry about that, but it always bugs me to see that...

Back on topic, I can say with 95% certainty that the words "Let's be about it" and "Such as it is, and what there is of it" will be in the next book.

cthia wrote:Um, Hutch, you're wearing the wrong hat. That was a spelling error. Not a grammar mistake.

Spelling and grammar are separate. You can write things properly but not spell them correctly. You can spell everything correctly yet not write them correctly. I have problems with the grammar but my spelling is above ground.

Idioms I also get wrong.

JohnRoth wrote:
(Muphry's Law strikes again!)

Are you referring to linguistic jargon or common usage? In linguistic jargon, "grammar" means syntax. In common usage, "grammar" means syntax, semantics, pragmatics, punctuation, usage, spelling and pretty much anything else one can shove in a middle school or high school grammar textbook.

cthia wrote:
See? John's grammar is excellent. He just misspelled Murphy.

That's the way it's spelled. See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry's_law

JohnRoth wrote:

niethil wrote:That's if the market for snippets is speculative, right? However, snippets are not speculative, they are cannon.

Hutch wrote:*Puts Grammar Nazi hat on.*

Cannon are large tube-like objects that fire shot, shells. or other implements of destruction using an explosive charge for propellent.

Canon are a collection or list of sacred books accepted as genuine (Oxford Dictionary)

*Takes off Grammar Nazi hat.*

Sorry about that, but it always bugs me to see that...

Back on topic, I can say with 95% certainty that the words "Let's be about it" and "Such as it is, and what there is of it" will be in the next book.

cthia wrote:Um, Hutch, you're wearing the wrong hat. That was a spelling error. Not a grammar mistake.

Spelling and grammar are separate. You can write things properly but not spell them correctly. You can spell everything correctly yet not write them correctly. I have problems with the grammar but my spelling is above ground.

Idioms I also get wrong.

JohnRoth wrote:
(Muphry's Law strikes again!)

Are you referring to linguistic jargon or common usage? In linguistic jargon, "grammar" means syntax. In common usage, "grammar" means syntax, semantics, pragmatics, punctuation, usage, spelling and pretty much anything else one can shove in a middle school or high school grammar textbook.

cthia wrote:
See? John's grammar is excellent. He just misspelled Murphy.

That's the way it's spelled. See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry's_law

I was aware. It is misspelled intentionally. Murphy's Law in action. However, it goes to show that spelling has nothing to do with grammar. An excellent orator who never uses split infinitives or dangling participles or any grammatical error may not be able to spell worth a schit.

You do not need to know how to spell to be able to speak properly.

You cannot truly lump misspelled words under the umbrella of bad grammar. Or an old fashioned typewriter with a missing character head is guilty.

A typo is just as misspelled, but it is a typo. Not a grammatical error. The above example, before we knew for sure, could have been a typo and not a spelling error thus not a grammatical error either.

IMO.

Rocket88 wrote:

AJKohler wrote:" ...wormhole..."

And, of course, "Lester Tourville..."

"...Given that..."

Today's Snippet:

"... Let's be about it"

I used to go visit my Grammar, I got cake and she had a cat.

Hutch wrote:

niethil wrote:That's if the market for snippets is speculative, right? However, snippets are not speculative, they are cannon.

*Puts Grammar Nazi hat on.*

Cannon are large tube-like objects that fire shot, shells. or other implements of destruction using an explosive charge for propellent.

Canon are a collection or list of sacred books accepted as genuine (Oxford Dictionary)

*Takes off Grammar Nazi hat.*

Sorry about that, but it always bugs me to see that...

Back on topic, I can say with 95% certainty that the words "Let's be about it" and "Such as it is, and what there is of it" will be in the next book.

If you are in the circus, you can shoot people out of cannon...

Don

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n7axw wrote:(snip embedded quotes)

If you are in the circus, you can shoot people out of cannon...

Don

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And if you run Lucasfilm, you can shoot whole planets, suns, species and characters out of canon.

Brigade XO wrote:I used to go visit my Grammar, I got cake and she had a cat.

Thrust naught thigh spiel chequers.

Trussed knot thigh spiel chequer.

An aside to jog some memories:

A few college students came by to thank me for the tips given to them about actually visiting Times Square to watch the "Ball Drop." I'm a four time pro. When I gave them these tips they were shocked. Many virgins are.

I booked them a room at a nice hotel in walking distance so they could walk there -- and stagger, crawl, roll, be carried or walk back. They were thankful for that. I also gave them all nice jackets for Christmas -- thoughtful and practical gifts since I knew they were planning to watch the world famous "Ball Drop." And one unforgettable thing about that event -- the temperature in New York at night drops MUCH faster than The Ball. Layered dress is a must. My first trip, I wore a $2000 Canadian Goose down Parka. One of my best investments ever. No need to ever buy another jacket. Very warm and light. Lasts forever. I wore it to all four "Ball Drops." I call it my Times Square Wear.

But what the students wanted to thank me and talk about the most surrounded one tip that they... well, could hardly believe.

There are NO porta potties. You basically have NO access to restrooms. NONE! The restaurants are open but you have to be a paying customer at all of them to use their restrooms. They have to be that way. There are over a million people attending that event.

Even if there were porta potties, the back of the line would extend to New Jersey! If you can maneuver thru the crowd and back. And you want to get there early (about 3:00 - 4:00) to stake out a good spot to see the bands and rock out!

"So what do you do?" They ask.

"You wear diapers!" Yep, you wear diapers. Pack a couple bottles of water that you sip! And maybe a couple packs of beef jerky and trail mix.

If you don't wear diapers, you're going to be sorry. It's nothing like trying to rock out and hold your pee for 8 1/2 hours between 3 and 12:30. Nuh΄ uh! OR, that ain't rockin' you're doing. It's the pee dance!

So, for you cherries planning to go some year. Remember your Depends! Trust me, everyone who knows, are wearing them too.

I also gave them lightweight, very compact, portable, telescoping chairs made of very strong plastic that resembles the orange directional warning cones used in construction when extended. People beg to use them, "Do you mind if I sit a spell?" You carry them like very stealthy, unobtrusive little backpacks. I bought them in Germany.