Comments for Apodion.net http://apodion.net Z. D. Smith listens to heavy metal, spends too much time on the computer, and fiddles with his font collection. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:16:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on Roninspoon’s Interview Game by Roxanne http://apodion.net/apo/roninspoons-interview-game#comment-27453 Roxanne Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:53:13 +0000 http://apodion.net/apo/roninspoons-interview-game#comment-27453 <p>Toki is either: 1. Mikael Akerfeldt from Opeth. 2. Henkka Blacksmith from COB.</p> Toki is either:
1. Mikael Akerfeldt from Opeth.
2. Henkka Blacksmith from COB.

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]]> Comment on NGD by Michael Saunders http://apodion.net/apo/ngd#comment-23397 Michael Saunders Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:22:55 +0000 http://apodion.net/apo/ngd#comment-23397 <p>"Don’t they know that many of the best writers don’t adhere to the “rules”? "</p> <p>Are you sure they're the best?</p> <p>"Can you allow in your worldview the possibility that the greengrocer or urban youth has his own sense of language, and is actively wielding it, rather than simply trying and failing to follow all the rules?"</p> <p>I don't imagine that they're trying and failing to follow any rules. I don't imagine that they have a sense of language either. I suspect that they are speaking and writing without any thought at all. Whether or not they are conscious of how they use language, their speech and writing still sounds ugly and stupid to me. My disdain is aesthetic, not pedantic. All these anti-prescriptivist rants seem to be saying is that my taste is somehow less valid than the greengrocer's. Bananer oil.</p> “Don’t they know that many of the best writers don’t adhere to the “rules”? “

Are you sure they’re the best?

“Can you allow in your worldview the possibility that the greengrocer or urban youth has his own sense of language, and is actively wielding it, rather than simply trying and failing to follow all the rules?”

I don’t imagine that they’re trying and failing to follow any rules. I don’t imagine that they have a sense of language either. I suspect that they are speaking and writing without any thought at all. Whether or not they are conscious of how they use language, their speech and writing still sounds ugly and stupid to me. My disdain is aesthetic, not pedantic. All these anti-prescriptivist rants seem to be saying is that my taste is somehow less valid than the greengrocer’s. Bananer oil.

]]> Comment on NGD by Grammar police « Insula Thula http://apodion.net/apo/ngd#comment-23294 Grammar police « Insula Thula Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:49:26 +0000 http://apodion.net/apo/ngd#comment-23294 <p>[...] Hat discussing an article on National Grammar Day, and replies to that article by both him and Z.D. Smith. Language Hat refers to a great bit of Smith’s reply that I just have to reproduce [...]</p> […] Hat discussing an article on National Grammar Day, and replies to that article by both him and Z.D. Smith. Language Hat refers to a great bit of Smith’s reply that I just have to reproduce […]

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]]> Comment on Roninspoon’s Interview Game by piton_aka: и кстати еще один интеесный штук - про М http://apodion.net/apo/roninspoons-interview-game#comment-22415 piton_aka: и кстати еще один интеесный штук - про М Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:51:37 +0000 http://apodion.net/apo/roninspoons-interview-game#comment-22415 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%--> <p>[...] сняли Пиклеса http://mathieuthollet.blogs.com/blog/2007/09/comment-avoir-l.htmlhttp://apodion.net/apo/roninspoons-interview-gameвсем беспокойнй ночи ) а мне завтра предстоит бегать по [...]</p> <!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback

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]]> Comment on GND by DarrelSeventeen http://apodion.net/apo/gnd#comment-22251 DarrelSeventeen Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:15:34 +0000 http://apodion.net/apo/gnd#comment-22251 <p>Why is it inordinately hard to find yourself in the septuagint and vulgate but not to share about the congruence between, for example? This channel is pubicly logged so don't mention where you've hidden the bodies.</p> Why is it inordinately hard to find yourself in the septuagint and vulgate but not to share about the congruence between, for example? This channel is pubicly logged so don’t mention where you’ve hidden the bodies.

]]> Comment on NGD by Bob Loblaw http://apodion.net/apo/ngd#comment-22062 Bob Loblaw Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:28:11 +0000 http://apodion.net/apo/ngd#comment-22062 <p>Your writing actually seems to embody the directives of prescriptivist sacred cow George Orwell--lively, concise, crystal-clear.</p> <p>But more on topic, I always wonder about those who gnash their teeth upon seeing "to beg a question" misused or the singular "they." Don't they know that many of the best writers don't adhere to the "rules"? And many of the best speakers don't either? I understand being duped by arbitrary rules when you are young, but once you are old enough to examine your beliefs about language, is it anything other than a foolish obstinacy and lack of perspective that nails them to the prescriptivist cross?</p> Your writing actually seems to embody the directives of prescriptivist sacred cow George Orwell–lively, concise, crystal-clear.

But more on topic, I always wonder about those who gnash their teeth upon seeing “to beg a question” misused or the singular “they.” Don’t they know that many of the best writers don’t adhere to the “rules”? And many of the best speakers don’t either? I understand being duped by arbitrary rules when you are young, but once you are old enough to examine your beliefs about language, is it anything other than a foolish obstinacy and lack of perspective that nails them to the prescriptivist cross?

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]]> Comment on Politics, As Usual. by overview for cruxdestruct on reddit.com http://apodion.net/apo/politics-as-usual#comment-20131 overview for cruxdestruct on reddit.com Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:23:14 +0000 http://apodion.net/apo/politics-as-usual#comment-20131 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%--> <p>[...] ie, public areas or apartment buildings. Sensationalist. Not a very interesting story.permalinkPolitics, as Usual (apodion.net)0 points posted 1 year ago by cruxdestructcommentI Do Not [...]</p> <!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback

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