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Old 22 September 2009, 10:00 AM
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Old 22 September 2009, 04:05 PM
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Is that real? Oh, how I hate misused apostrophes.
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Old 22 September 2009, 08:00 PM
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Almost, as bad as, excessive, comma, usage.

One of our engineers here does the comma thing. I'll be typing up something he has written in longhand & I have to spend an extra 15 minutes editing out the extra commas he sticks in incorrectly. I usually try to do it in my head before it hits the page which really slows down the typing.
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Old 23 September 2009, 01:12 PM
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I usually try to do it in my head before it hits the page which really slows down the typing.
Too much mental punctuation correction could leave you commatose!
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Old 23 September 2009, 03:26 PM
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On a side note, I am roffling at the use of "bold".
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Old 23 September 2009, 04:04 PM
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On a side note, I am roffling at the use of "bold".
Even counting "bold," (which I know you like because it resonates with that whole "bolde" thing you were rocking before the election,) they're fairly milquetoasty adjectives to describe a crusading news anchor, aren't they?

I think, as a fun intellectual exercise, we could try to think of three more insipid adjectives to describe her. I'll start:

Punctual.
Courteous.
Tidy.
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Old 23 September 2009, 04:12 PM
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I think, as a fun intellectual exercise, we could try to think of three more insipid adjectives to describe her. I'll start:

Punctual.
Courteous.
Tidy.
Organised.
Articulate.
Educated.

I don't know her, but I think any news anchor would be these.
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Old 23 September 2009, 06:36 PM
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  • Talking
  • Nodding at interviewees
  • Wrapping up

ETA: Hmm... those aren't adjectives at all are they?
  • Likable
  • Female
  • News-y
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Old 23 September 2009, 06:47 PM
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From the ad, it looks as if Greta has gotten another facelift. Or are we just a shopped nation now?
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Old 23 September 2009, 06:53 PM
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Toadying.
Deluded.
Mush-mouthed.

What? Oh, sorry, I thought we were coming up with adjectives that truly described Greta.

ETA: I think I like "delusional" better, though.
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From the ad, it looks as if Greta has gotten another facelift. Or are we just a shopped nation now?
Nothing get's past you does it?
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