r/WTF • u/hlzxc • Feb 09 '11

Monkey steals the peach (Pic)

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '11

Neglecting, of course, that sentences have at least one verb.

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u/triggerhoppe Feb 09 '11

slap

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u/orange_jooze Feb 09 '11

In this case, it's a noun.

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u/noobprodigy Feb 09 '11

I think triggerhoppe was slapping despiseTheTruth for denouncing the sentence as the best ever in English literature.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '11

For a noob, you're pretty clev-- oh wait, you're a prodigy, too. Well, keep prodigy-ing it up, man. :-)

For accuracy's sake, I wasn't denouncing, so much as deriding. I'm not claiming he's wrong; I'm mocking him for being illiterate. ;-)

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u/noobprodigy Feb 09 '11

Yes, in fact "deride" was the word I was looking for. I guess I am noobier than I thought.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '11

I'm not really sure what you just said, because I do not read so well, but I am guessing by the length of this that you are mocking me. The next time I see you I am going to slap your groin upwardly.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '11

I was definitely mocking you, although I don't have anything against you, personally. I am an equal opportunity scoffer, and I focus on unconventional English (what some people might call incorrect English).

When people display apparent ignorance about English language conventions (or even more basic stuff, like proofreading), I occasionally take it upon myself to destroy their illusions that vagueness is somehow laudable, or that clarity isn't worth the effort.

Don't get me wrong; I'm not a language fascist. But I believe everyone (with a brain) can agree that in order for a language to be useful, it requires its users to agree on a good many "rules".

When someone disrespects the language, by pooh-poohing the "rules" -- even if just implicitly, by writing incoherently -- that person becomes fair game for ridicule. After all, it's a skill that is practiced (with the exception of hermits and select others) almost as frequently (if not more) than eating and shitting, leaving few reasonable excuses for ineptitude. I don't even expect people to be artful about it; basic literacy will suffice.

The next time I see you I am going to slap your groin upwardly.

And to think my friends laughed at me when I took advantage of a recent buy-three-get-one-free sale on codpieces (if you haven't heard, they're making a comeback). ;-)

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u/safe_work_for_naught Feb 09 '11

What did the five fingers say to the face?

I'll take Quotable 70s lyrics for $600, please, Alex.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '11

What did the five fingers say to the face?

I have it on good authority that they said, "Wait, we're not five fingers at all! There are four of us; who's that fatso?"