We were at the store today, and Rachel saw the British cucumbers and said "Hah, look at the size of those English cucumbers! I spit on your American cucumbers!"
And I was like "Yeah you do."
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We were at the store today, and Rachel saw the British cucumbers and said "Hah, look at the size of those English cucumbers! I spit on your American cucumbers!"
We were at the store today, and Rachel saw the British cucumbers and said "Hah, look at the size of those English cucumbers! I spit on your American cucumbers!"
We were at the store today, and Rachel saw the British cucumbers and said "Hah, look at the size of those English cucumbers! I spit on your American cucumbers!"
And I was like "Yeah you do."
What up!
man you give respek knuckles for that shit
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VivixenneRemember your training, and we'll get through this just fine.Registered Userregular
edited January 2009
I have never in my K-12 life been instructed to put more than one space after a sentence, and this is after going through both British and American school systems. First I heard of it was in university and when I heard about it was all "what is wrong with you people."
I have never in my K-12 life been instructed to put more than one space after a sentence, and this is after going through both British and American school systems. First I heard of it was in university and when I heard about it was all "what is wrong with you people."
this is actually, no fucking joke, the first time in my life I have heard of people putting 2 spaces after a period
yeah this is the first time I've ever heard of it too
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PiptheFairFrequently not in boats.Registered Userregular
edited January 2009
also, my mother has her masters in english
gonna see if she has ever fucking herd of this bullshit 2 spaces
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VivixenneRemember your training, and we'll get through this just fine.Registered Userregular
edited January 2009
I don't understand the logic behind it. A period signifies the end of a sentence. Why would you need an additional space behind it? It's so fucking silly and pointless.
im guessing its just some art fags makin up more shit to act like they are the only ones who understand true literature
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
edited January 2009
It's just a holdover from typewriters. It was thought that a double space after the period looked better with fixed-width fonts. And since most of us learned to type on computers from old people who learned on typewriters, we learned it their way without ever wondering why. And then some more of us had it beaten out of us in grad school.
I learned to type on a typewriter. You know what else is a holdover from those days? QWERTY. You one space bitches better be practicing your Dvorak every time you post in this thread.
It's just a holdover from typewriters. It was thought that a double space after the period looked better with fixed-width fonts. And since most of us learned to type on computers from old people who learned on typewriters, we learned it their way without ever wondering why. And then some more of us had it beaten out of us in grad school.
Nothing to get upset about, really.
Yeah, my mum puts two periods after a space because when she learned to touchtype that's what they taught her.
It's just a holdover from typewriters. It was thought that a double space after the period looked better with fixed-width fonts. And since most of us learned to type on computers from old people who learned on typewriters, we learned it their way without ever wondering why. And then some more of us had it beaten out of us in grad school.
Nothing to get upset about, really.
Yeah, my mum puts two periods after a space because when she learned to touchtype that's what they taught her.
I learned to type on a typewriter. You know what else is a holdover from those days? QWERTY. You one space bitches better be practicing your Dvorak every time you post in this thread.
Yes but QWERTY is still good at what it does. Double-space is not.
It's just a holdover from typewriters. It was thought that a double space after the period looked better with fixed-width fonts. And since most of us learned to type on computers from old people who learned on typewriters, we learned it their way without ever wondering why. And then some more of us had it beaten out of us in grad school.
Nothing to get upset about, really.
Yeah, my mum puts two periods after a space because when she learned to touchtype that's what they taught her.
I learned to type on a typewriter. You know what else is a holdover from those days? QWERTY. You one space bitches better be practicing your Dvorak every time you post in this thread.
Yes but QWERTY is still good at what it does. Double-space is not.
There's really a lot better ways of doing it than QWERTY, but they don't get adopted because not everyone is as giant a nerd as I am.
The retention of the double-space, on the other hand, is due entirely to giant nerds.
edit: holy fuck.
some D&D playing, graphite sniffing nerds even worse than me came up with a layout optimizer and found the most efficient layout.
And then, because they are dickholes, they decided to turn the algorithm backwards and came up with this nightmare:
the only way this could be worse is if the home row was , . / ; ' [ ] caps lock
What manner of degenerate necrophile needs more than a full stop, exclamation point or question mark to tell him that the current sentence has ended?
You make me vomit, two space freaks.
People who have to eventually scan millions of their documents at a laughably low resolution. Also, if the organization you work for has done it for a long time, there's not really a great reason to quit now.
I am intensely bothered by people who refuse to use an apostrophe followed by an s for a possessive, regardless of the final letter. (Except Jesus' stuff, or the stuff of people who are equally ancient.)
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I am intensely bothered by people who refuse to use an apostrophe followed by an s for a possessive, regardless of the final letter. (Except Jesus' stuff, or the stuff of people who are equally ancient.)
s's is so ugly, though.
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What manner of degenerate necrophile needs more than a full stop, exclamation point or question mark to tell him that the current sentence has ended?
You make me vomit, two space freaks.
People who have to eventually scan millions of their documents at a laughably low resolution. Also, if the organization you work for has done it for a long time, there's not really a great reason to quit now.
I am intensely bothered by people who refuse to use an apostrophe followed by an s for a possessive, regardless of the final letter. (Except Jesus' stuff, or the stuff of people who are equally ancient.)
I have always used two spaces, just how I was taught I guess. Quick poll of the office here is split 50/50 but almost everyone who uses 1 space insisted that Word pulled you up for using two when it doesnt (of course everyone had to check).
I am intensely bothered by people who refuse to use an apostrophe followed by an s for a possessive, regardless of the final letter. (Except Jesus' stuff, or the stuff of people who are equally ancient.)
s's is so ugly, though.
ick yeah I never use s's. looks terrible.
Though either is acceptable if you use it consistently.
This two spaces thing, I can respect you old timers sticking to it. I only ask one thing, don't make the conflict live on by teaching your children these ungodly ways.
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
i was told by my mom at first to make two spaces, but i only did that until word or whatever started putting green things under grammar errors
also i believe irc, aim, forums and basically the internet taught me how to type quickly way better that any keyboarding class
100% truth.
I learned to type by playing Team Fortress Classic in the days before voice-comm. Hiding in a dark corner as the Hunted and trying to call for help leads to quick fingers.
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And I was like "Yeah you do."
What up!
h5!
man you give respek knuckles for that shit
That makes me happy.
I love seeing qualified people fail for some reason.
this is actually, no fucking joke, the first time in my life I have heard of people putting 2 spaces after a period
gonna see if she has ever fucking herd of this bullshit 2 spaces
im guessing its just some art fags makin up more shit to act like they are the only ones who understand true literature
Nothing to get upset about, really.
In the 1950s.
...
also i believe irc, aim, forums and basically the internet taught me how to type quickly way better that any keyboarding class
STEAM!
You make me vomit, two space freaks.
Yes but QWERTY is still good at what it does. Double-space is not.
I meant two spaces after a full stop.
There's really a lot better ways of doing it than QWERTY, but they don't get adopted because not everyone is as giant a nerd as I am.
The retention of the double-space, on the other hand, is due entirely to giant nerds.
edit: holy fuck.
some D&D playing, graphite sniffing nerds even worse than me came up with a layout optimizer and found the most efficient layout.
And then, because they are dickholes, they decided to turn the algorithm backwards and came up with this nightmare:
the only way this could be worse is if the home row was , . / ; ' [ ] caps lock
People who have to eventually scan millions of their documents at a laughably low resolution. Also, if the organization you work for has done it for a long time, there's not really a great reason to quit now.
I am intensely bothered by people who refuse to use an apostrophe followed by an s for a possessive, regardless of the final letter. (Except Jesus' stuff, or the stuff of people who are equally ancient.)
However, the ring will never leave your finger, and you will be unable to ever describe to another living person what you see.
STEAM!
I can't be the only person who was taught that.
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What about plural possessive?
Though either is acceptable if you use it consistently.
What the fuck, English?
Some asshole, at some time, thought "but it's ambiguous when we use it in both!"
As opposed to all the other times English is totally ambiguous.
I think the vast majority of English can be traced back to "Some asshole, at some time, thought..."
That pretty much describes most of English history as well.
Also, it's consistent with the other basic possessive pronouns: his, hers, ours, theirs, yours, whose.
Well, as "consistent" as anything is in English.