February 19, 201511 yr Oh wow! People have nothing better to do that to get all whiny about others grammar and spelling. Glad you have something to do besides something constructive. I was going to post this before, but don't people have better things to do that to sit around correcting others? But I guess that is expected here this days. In all seriousness, we don't condone picking on the spelling and grammar miscues of others. Methinks Brother Jim is simply providing a public service.
February 19, 201511 yr And as for myself, I was toilet-trained at gunpoint by a charter member of the grammar police force.
February 19, 201511 yr Interesting. While in Miami I ate at several nice Italian restaurants. At one, when the waiter asked me what I wanted on my salad, I piped up, I-talian! He merely smiled and said, "Nice choice." As soon as he left a woman sitting at the next table over leans over and says, "Pardon the intrusion, and I hope you don't take offense, but the proper pronuciation of the word Italian is It-alian. Pronouncing it I-talian stamps you as an outsider and is an insult to this fine restaurant." I apologized and admitted to being an outsider and thanked her (reluctantly) for pointing that out to me. Having pronounced the word I-talian for the best part of fifty years, you would think that someone might have pointed that out to me before now. Makes sense - Italy is pronounced It-aly and not I-taly. You learn something new everyday.
February 19, 201511 yr I would love to see some of you try and type from a cell phone and post stuff.
February 19, 201511 yr Interesting. While in Miami I ate at several nice Italian restaurants. At one, when the waiter asked me what I wanted on my salad, I piped up, I-talian! He merely smiled and said, "Nice choice." As soon as he left a woman sitting at the next table over leans over and says, "Pardon the intrusion, and I hope you don't take offense, but the proper pronuciation of the word Italian is It-alian. Pronouncing it I-talian stamps you as an outsider and is an insult to this fine restaurant." I apologized and admitted to being an outsider and thanked her (reluctantly) for pointing that out to me. Having pronounced the word I-talian for the best part of fifty years, you would think that someone might have pointed that out to me before now. Makes sense - Italy is pronounced It-aly and not I-taly. You learn something new everyday. Had you spent any significant portion of those 50 years with me on the restaurant scene, I would have helped a brother out.
February 19, 201511 yr Interesting. While in Miami I ate at several nice Italian restaurants. At one, when the waiter asked me what I wanted on my salad, I piped up, I-talian! He merely smiled and said, "Nice choice." As soon as he left a woman sitting at the next table over leans over and says, "Pardon the intrusion, and I hope you don't take offense, but the proper pronuciation of the word Italian is It-alian. Pronouncing it I-talian stamps you as an outsider and is an insult to this fine restaurant." I apologized and admitted to being an outsider and thanked her (reluctantly) for pointing that out to me. Having pronounced the word I-talian for the best part of fifty years, you would think that someone might have pointed that out to me before now. Makes sense - Italy is pronounced It-aly and not I-taly. You learn something new everyday. Interesting. Last night I was engrossed in the PBS program about the history of It-alian Americans. Fascinating and proud culture.
February 19, 201511 yr Interesting. While in Miami I ate at several nice Italian restaurants. At one, when the waiter asked me what I wanted on my salad, I piped up, I-talian! He merely smiled and said, "Nice choice." As soon as he left a woman sitting at the next table over leans over and says, "Pardon the intrusion, and I hope you don't take offense, but the proper pronuciation of the word Italian is It-alian. Pronouncing it I-talian stamps you as an outsider and is an insult to this fine restaurant." I apologized and admitted to being an outsider and thanked her (reluctantly) for pointing that out to me. Having pronounced the word I-talian for the best part of fifty years, you would think that someone might have pointed that out to me before now. Makes sense - Italy is pronounced It-aly and not I-taly. You learn something new everyday. Wow. Ballsy.
February 19, 201511 yr I would love to see some of you try and type from a cell phone and post stuff. Over 30K of my posts have come from a phone.
February 19, 201511 yr Oh wow! People have nothing better to do that to get all whiny about others grammar and spelling. Glad you have something to do besides something constructive. I was going to post this before, but don't people have better things to do that to sit around correcting others? But I guess that is expected here this days. Are you blind? Spelling and grammar have never been as bad as it is now. I see people with college degrees who can't spell or even use the proper your or there. It's a damn shame is what it is. Kids are stupid enough these days without adults paving the road of stupidity for them.
February 19, 201511 yr I heard last year the winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee only had to spell you're and write it in a sentence properly. Took three kids before they declared a winner.
February 19, 201511 yr Author According to the online dictionary, a moot point is something that is up for debate. However, the second definition seems to contradict the first. Please read below. moot (mo͞ot) adj. 1. a. Subject to debate; arguable or unsettled: "It is a moot point whether Napoleon Bonaparte was born a subject of the King of France" (Norman Davies). b. Of no practical importance; irrelevant: "[He] was appearing as a goodwill gesture, since the competition was moot for him; he had long ago qualified for inclusion in the games" (Mark Levine). Second definition.
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