Watch your mouth! - 07/14/06 05:11 AM
Re: Watch your mouth! - 07/14/06 11:53 AM
Sounds like our language police.
Re: Watch your mouth! - 07/14/06 12:31 PM
Strange... I think swearwords can be perfectly pure from a linguistic standpoint. Or what do you think?
Re: Watch your mouth! - 07/14/06 07:22 PM
Pure something [heck?]. Hopefully there are no Malaysian ditzy* newscasters who say things like "monthly down-payment" to fill their jails. 
*Spell-check balked but 'ditsy' just looks weak.
*Spell-check balked but 'ditsy' just looks weak.
Re: Watch your mouth! - 07/14/06 08:38 PM
Quote:
*Spell-check balked...
Aramis, meet Ænigma.
Re: Watch your mouth! - 07/14/06 10:45 PM
"Do you freeze in mid-sentence and unscramble your corrupted grammar lest the sharp-eared pundits of the language house haul you up for the willful murder of the gerund?" the paper asked.
Wow! I'm trying to imagine my local papers including a sentance as impressive as this one.
Wow! I'm trying to imagine my local papers including a sentance as impressive as this one.
Re: willfully murdering gerunds - 07/15/06 04:18 PM
I loved that, too, Zed. But I wonder if Malay even has gerunds? Not that that's the point but.