PSA: For those in high dudgeon over MineralMan's spelling threads ....

[eppur_se_muova]

a little balm for your souls.

http://www.quotelady.com/subjects/mistakes.html

[Rex]

1. Had to look that one up.

Always nice to learn new words! :hi:

[madinmaryland]

2. The "ignore thread" works well. Also works well for the photo competition threads

that for some reason are in GD instead of the lounge.

:shrug:

[tammywammy]

5. +1 n/t

[CTyankee]

6. Oh, dear, I LOVE the photo competition threads in GD!

The Lounge is for, well, lounge stuff. All good and well but the photos are very artistic. I like them a LOT!

[madinmaryland]

I don't have a problem with the photo competition, just don't believe it should be in GD.

Just my 2-cents.

[eppur_se_muova]

15. They are there by permission of Skinner. I forget the details.

I don't know why anyone would object strongly to them. I seldom look, but occasionally, I enjoy a break from the spleen-venting contests in GD, and the photo threads are like a short stroll in the country.

[madinmaryland]

18. That's why I go to the lounge. I thought the point of GD was spleen-venting contests!!

Damn, I love that phrase!! Thanks!!

Like I have said elsewhere, I don't object to them, just think they should be in the Lounge. Don't be afraid of the lounge! I would never think of posting my kitties in GD, though if you ask me, I will!!

:hi:

[eppur_se_muova]

21. New forum? -- GD-SVC nt

[madinmaryland]

25. There is already a forum for that...

GD:PP

[eppur_se_muova]

29. And that looks even better with smilies left on ... nt

[RC]

11. Well, for being an amateur photographer myself, I like to look at the contest photo's.

http://www.rc.smugmug.com

Also being a part time spell police it is "amateur", not "amiture" :P

[madinmaryland]

16. Do the police need an armature??

Probably not!!

:D

[nc4bo]

22. Went shopping @ the paun shop and found a couple bargin basmint bages!

:D

BTW, in case it's not aparent, spelling/grammer posts don't bother me at awl. I get too snort owt loud AND lern a little something.

[madinmaryland]

23. Heh...

:P

[RC]

3. All mineral man is trying to do is

help others learn from the mistakes of others. No biggie. There is always the ignore button for those that don't want to appear too bright.
"Do not learn from your mistakes, learn from the mistakes of others so that you do not make any.--Sean Karsten"

[CTyankee]

7. some people gotta develop a sense of humor about stuff...

goodness!

[pinboy3niner]

9. ...give parse a chance?

No, I think that comes later. We're still on homonyms and word usage.

[Quantess]

10. @ Sean Karsten

No idea who he is, but he must have gotten tired of having everyone else learn what not to do by watching him.

[Scuba]

14. +1

[nc4bo]

4. High dungeon you say?

:rofl:

[Cirque du So-What]

8. Yeah! Elitist, huh?

:rofl:

[madinmaryland]

12. Are you casting asparagus, again. SERIESLY!!

:hi:

[Buns_of_Fire]

13. And here I thought that dudgeons were generally built BELOW ground.

I'm just learnin' stuff like CRAZY today!

I appreciate MineralMan's spelling threads. Hey, if I'm not interested, I wouldn't read it in the first place. Seems like a straightforward approach.

[eppur_se_muova]

17. As Fat Albert used to say, "If you're not careful, you might learn something."

Not a bad attitude.

[DainBramaged]

19. Who cares.....

[madinmaryland]

27. Pout-rage of the day in GD, DB. It's what we do best here!

[DainBramaged]

33. You mean it's not about

PIT BULL OWNING, CIGARETTE SMOKING, PUBLIC BREAST FEEDING, OLIVE GARDEN EATING, FOOD STAMP CHEATING, SODA POP DRINKING MOMS WITH EARLY READING KIDS.

[MilesColtrane]

20. He's getting flak and unrecs over a few humorous, innocuous, informative threads because...

some people don't like his political views.

They can't separate the opinion from the person, and seek to "get back" at him.

That's the height of childishness.

[madinmaryland]

26. I unrecced them because I felt they belonged in the Lounge. I find that

MM has a lot of interesting posts and expresses himself very clearly.

[fishwax]

24. I don't see the connection

but there are some good quotes on that page :)

[madmom]

28. GD=general discusion.....

General..not specific or definite..not limited to one class, field, product, service, etc.; miscellaneous: the general public; general science.


Discussion..an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.

http://dictionary.reference.com/


I don't know but it seems like that is EXACTLY where it belongs. What's the big deal?:shrug:

[madinmaryland]

30. Given that definition, then the Sports Forum would qualify for "general discussion".

We have some very interesting though "informal" debates over there.

:shrug:

[madmom]

31. So?... if people don't want to read them, they don't have to click on the link. Besides we

don't have a grammar/spelling nazi forum..do we?

[MineralMan]

32. My goodness! A thread about my threads.

What an honor. Truly. I had no idea that my humorous attempts at proper use of language would stir up such controversy.

Well, after a flurry of posts yesterday, I've decided to keep the number of my spelling threads limited to no more than one a day. A new one will be posted shortly, and that will have to suffice for the day. I do not want to be confined to the high dudgeon. I have my own dudgeon office in my basement at my house.