ARGH Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Play the tune a halftone lower.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telebass Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 (edited) [quote name='OldGit' post='446304' date='Mar 26 2009, 06:46 PM']To boldly split infinitives has been OK for a while now ... Language moves on. Oxford commas are too .. If Saint Lynne Truss says it's OK then that's fine with me [/quote] [quote name='bremen' post='446358' date='Mar 26 2009, 07:33 PM']You mean 'if Saint Lynne Truss says it's OK, then that's fine with me' ;-)[/quote] Beat me to it... By a LONG way... Edited March 26, 2009 by Telebass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 [quote name='OldGit' post='446304' date='Mar 26 2009, 07:46 PM']To boldly split infinitives has been OK for a while now ... Language moves on. Oxford commas are too .. If Saint Lynne Truss says it's OK then that's fine with me [/quote] Actually, I'm quite happy with split infinitives, as long as people know how to elegantly split them. And I've used Oxford commas for years. But Lynne Truss - pah. I got into a minor flame war in one newsgroup about the apostrophe in "three day's/days notice". I think that the apostrophe is wrong and that it should be "three days notice". The reason put forward is that it is "notice of three days", to which I reply that "eyes of blue" wouldn't be written "blue's eyes". Then someone started citing web pages at me, so I wrote a web page that said that the apostrophe was wrong and cited it back at him... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted April 8, 2009 Author Share Posted April 8, 2009 [quote name='tauzero' post='457594' date='Apr 8 2009, 04:52 PM']Actually, I'm quite happy with split infinitives, as long as people know how to elegantly split them. And I've used Oxford commas for years. But Lynne Truss - pah. I got into a minor flame war in one newsgroup about the apostrophe in "three day's/days notice". I think that the apostrophe is wrong and that it should be "three days notice". The reason put forward is that it is "notice of three days", to which I reply that "eyes of blue" wouldn't be written "blue's eyes". Then someone started citing web pages at me, so I wrote a web page that said that the apostrophe was wrong and cited it back at him... [/quote] Arf Trying to define what is correct in grammer is a bit like knitting fog ... It moves faster than ever now.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Heard a story about a Black Sabbath roadie falling out with Geezer Butler shortly before a big gig. Mr Butler apparently walked onstage,the band then launched into their first song (which was in E), to find his bass had all four strings tuned to Eb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Pardon my ignorance, but what's an Oxford comma? Somebody tell me please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted April 8, 2009 Author Share Posted April 8, 2009 [quote name='bassace' post='457625' date='Apr 8 2009, 05:25 PM']Pardon my ignorance, but what's an Oxford comma? Somebody tell me please.[/quote] It's the comma before the "and" in a list of things. EG Fender has produced several classics down the years: the Precision Bass, the Jazz Bass, the Mustang Bass, the Paisley P, and the Stratocaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar South Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 [quote name='casapete' post='457622' date='Apr 8 2009, 05:22 PM']Heard a story about a Black Sabbath roadie falling out with Geezer Butler shortly before a big gig. Mr Butler apparently walked onstage,the band then launched into their first song (which was in E), to find his bass had all four strings tuned to Eb.[/quote] Didn't all the members of Black Sabbath use Eb tuning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Tub Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 [quote name='bremen' post='445731' date='Mar 26 2009, 11:02 AM']Put an even layer of talcum powder onto the snare drum.[/quote] Works better with double cream. Apparently. So I'm led to believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 [quote name='OldGit' post='457629' date='Apr 8 2009, 05:28 PM']It's the comma before the "and" in a list of things. EG Fender has produced several classics down the years: the Precision Bass, the Jazz Bass, the Mustang Bass, the Paisley P, and the Stratocaster[/quote] Thanks, OG. Something Clarkson would do, in other words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51m0n Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 [quote name='bassace' post='457795' date='Apr 8 2009, 08:37 PM']Thanks, OG. Something Clarkson would do, in other words.[/quote] No, he uses a paragraph cos he's a t0553r Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted April 9, 2009 Author Share Posted April 9, 2009 [quote name='51m0n' post='458185' date='Apr 9 2009, 10:48 AM']No, he uses a paragraph cos he's a t0553r[/quote] The biggest to553r in the world. We occasionally play the "talk like a top gear presenter" game at home where you have to have that gap before the end of every sentence.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 [quote name='OldGit' post='458218' date='Apr 9 2009, 11:41 AM']The biggest to553r in the world. We occasionally play the "talk like a top gear presenter" game at home where you have to have that gap before the end of every sentence..[/quote] what about the 'dress like a top gear presenter'? A suit jacket worn with jeans and trainers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51m0n Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 [quote name='MacDaddy' post='458300' date='Apr 9 2009, 12:43 PM']what about the 'dress like a top gear presenter'? A suit jacket worn with jeans and trainers.[/quote] And 'hip' 'cool' bead necklaces if you are really trying to make people think you arent just another sad middle aged overpaid git with whitened teeth (hammond) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 (edited) [quote name='51m0n' post='460304' date='Apr 12 2009, 12:55 AM']And 'hip' 'cool' bead necklaces if you are really trying to make people think you arent just another sad middle aged overpaid git with whitened teeth (hammond)[/quote] That necklace was given to him after THAT crash from his wife and he never takes it off. Edited April 12, 2009 by EBS_freak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shonks Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 ....................me 2...........!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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