Grammar Nazi wank-off thread

aylinistanbl · Post by **aylinistanbl** » May 22nd, 2007, 22:47

Arkadaslar,

ben yeni bir uyeyim burada. Insallah beni araniza kabul edersiniz. Icinizde bana tavsiye edebileceginiz bir forum barindirma url verebilecek varmi? En onemlisi turkce desteginin olmasi tabiiki, cunku ingilizcem yok denecek kadar az. Birde uzun zaman piyasada olsunki gelecegi saglam olsun. Ingilizce hosting veren birkac yerden denedim ama yarisi beni anlamiyor, digerlerinide ben anlamiyorum, ayrica birkac taneside kisa bir sure sonra piyasadan cekildiler.

Bana onerebileceginiz hangi adresler var? Birkac ozelliginide sayarmisiniz ltf?

Iyi sohbetler
Ayln

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » May 22nd, 2007, 22:50

Yes, yes it is.

amblin · Post by **amblin** » May 22nd, 2007, 22:53

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » May 22nd, 2007, 22:56

Indeed old chap, I did find those penis enhancing pills and ejactulate volume improvers to be very helpful.

When ground down and mixed with water, they produce a nice paste, which is just brilliant to use as war paint when re-enacting scenes from Zulu.

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » May 22nd, 2007, 23:03

Hooray for not doing anything

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » May 22nd, 2007, 23:07

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:Hooray for not doing anything

you did stuff?

Post by **HereComesPete** » May 23rd, 2007, 0:37

I agree, shallow and pedantic!

eion · Post by **eion** » May 23rd, 2007, 2:10

I'm sure that message would have made a lot more sense if I understood Turkish.

ellachen · Post by **ellachen** » May 23rd, 2007, 3:41

I can speak turkish: GOBBLE GOBBLE!

eion · Post by **eion** » May 23rd, 2007, 3:46

ellachen wrote:I can speak turkish: GOBBLE GOBBLE!

Maybe, but you don't understand it, do you?

ellachen · Post by **ellachen** » May 23rd, 2007, 5:30

but I do! GOBBLE GOBBLE! means "I totally had sex with someone's mom, in the car."

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » May 23rd, 2007, 5:32

May contain traces of 5punk you say? s'ok by me

Post by **Dog Pants** » May 23rd, 2007, 7:07

Pete?

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » May 23rd, 2007, 8:17

Dog Pants wrote:Pete?

I doubt it. This looks like it might be grammatically correct, only in Turkish and excluding that first non-capitalised 'b'.

Post by **Dog Pants** » May 23rd, 2007, 8:49

Actually, the first non capitalised B is a continuation of the first line, which ends in a comma. It just has a few carriage returns in it, as is normal in the beginning of a letter.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » May 23rd, 2007, 8:54

That's something I've wondered about. When writing a letter, people usually say:

Dear Sir,

When I was blah blah blah

So the salutation ends in a comma, but the next line starts as a new sentence with a capital letter. That is how I was reading the Turk's post.

Post by **Dog Pants** » May 23rd, 2007, 8:58

Don't know what's official, but as far as I'm aware a carriage return isn't any form of punctuation and so should probably be ignored. I suspect it stems from the fact that people are confusing the strart of a new line with the start of a new sentence.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » May 23rd, 2007, 9:03

I think we need eion's advice on this one, as I have no idea! I've always started letters as above, and Word auto-corrects to a capital after the salutation if you go to a new line, but then I wouldn't put too much stock in that.

One r in start.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » May 23rd, 2007, 9:08

The start of the line below the addressee greeting should be capitalised. The comma in this case has a slightly different meaning than used in a proper sentence.

http://www.askoxford.com/betterwriting/ ... g/?view=uk

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » May 23rd, 2007, 9:13

That was certainly my instinct, despite it being an apparent exception to the rule. Nice to have it confirmed by the ever-reliable Internet though.