A pet peeve of mine.

I was wondering if anyone else had noticed how many people have dropped the nor in favour of or? I was always taught that it was neither a nor b and yet, I am constantly seeing and hearing neither a OR b.

[chanting]Keep that nor! Keep that nor![/chanting]

I am constantly seeing and hearing neither a OR b.
I am neither seeing nor nor hearing nor.

I searched for "neither....or" and found several instances, though "neither......nor" was more often used. But undoubtedly the OED will take the side of the morons, and say the either is acceptable.

I am neither seeing nor, nor hearing nor, nor is seeing, hearing.

I am neither seeing nor, nor hearing nor, nor is seeing, hearing.
Dang--you're a lawyer, all right!

"I am constantly seeing and hearing neither a OR b."
Shouldn't that be "neither a NOR b"?

"I am constantly seeing and hearing neither a OR b."
Shouldn't that be "neither a NOR b"?
Yup--I believe that was his point...

I thought he was "seeing and hearing neither, a or b. Now I get it: "Neither a or b" was what he was seeing and hearing. Not "a or b". What ever happened to commas and quotation marks, anyway? I think they went the way of the "neither/nor".

I thought he was "seeing and hearing neither, a or b". Now I get it: "Neither a or b" was what he was seeing and hearing. Not "a or b". What ever happened to commas and quotation marks, anyway? I think they went the way of the "neither/nor".

I think I'm just going to neither ig-nor-e this thread ...

Reminds of of the story back in the 1930s when two men stole steam engines and began to race them toward one another on a single set of tracks. One had a drunk at the controls, and he had no idea he was heading for a collision. The other had a guy from Oslo at the controls, and being the pig-headed Norwegian that he was, he was certain the other guy would turn to avoid a collision. Regardless, the trains did not collide because Norse is Norse and souse is souse and never the trains shall meet.

Nor neither either nor, none.