Marjorie H. found this at our mutual alma mater. I hate to criticize the old place, but… yeah. Marjorie would like to add:
Note that this was for the writing portfolio!
It’s like rain on your wedding day…
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Sep•
04•09
You thought “Vote Grammar!” was over…
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Sep•
01•09
So I’ve been walking past this recently.
I’m not going to fault it for the quotation marks. If there’s a time to use random quotation marks without attribution of a quote, it’s probably with political slogans. So that gets a pass. But as far as I can tell, we’re also looking at
- a comma instead of a semicolon;
- a total lack of concluding punctuation; and
- a really interesting random capitalization of “she” and “already.”
Now I could understand capitalizing “already” if they were making a play on the candidate’s name or something. In this case, let me assure you that the candidate’s name is totally unrelated. So…
Quelle fromage!
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Aug•
31•09
The good news is: I’ve found a grocery store that sells cheese “ends,” so you can taste fancy cheeses without having to buy a whole one. So that’s excellent. Last weekend I bought several and took them home. I was suspicious of this one:
So I googled it. It turns out “English Glouster” is not a thing. There is a cheese called “English Gloucester,” but it looks nothing at all like this wedge looked. After much research, I determined that the (delightful) cheese I’d just eaten was, in fact, a Stilton with lemon rind. Mmm-mmm. But seriously: no clue what was up with the label-maker.
International oops
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Aug•
27•09
Margaret sends this one all the way from Jordan.
My time in Jordan predated digital cameras, but I sure do wish it hadn’t — there were some doozies! Thanks for catching this one, Margaret.
IRONICAL
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Aug•
26•09
My best friend — grammar snob, founding member of RPB, one of the most intelligent people I know — sent me the following message:
Does this count 4 rpb? The sharp is on the wrong line 4 the key sig and the stems are all pointing up. Drives me crazy every time i see it!
Yes, Q, I think this counts 4 RPB. It’s actually our first musical submission! So thx and ttyl! 😛
Get ’em young!
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Aug•
25•09
Reporter #1 found this and remarked,
It’s a good thing they don’t teach punctuation at preschool!
But it is never too soon for you to start teaching your daughter disdain for this sort of thing, Reporter #1. I eagerly look forward to her first submission. Mwahaha!
Keeping the faith
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Aug•
24•09
I’ll be honest: there are moments when I question the wisdom of maintaining this blog. Despite my legions of readers, all of whom comment and submit daily to let me know they exist (AHEM), I do wonder if it’s worth the cost, however minor. And occasionally I feel a bit guilty, because I do acknowledge that what we call good grammar is a very sociopolitically-loaded concept.
And then I stumble upon something like this website. (Well, I didn’t stumble upon it so much as Leah S. referred me to it.) I’m not going to describe it to you or screencapture it: it’s worth clicking through, period. And after you do so, reflect upon the fact that this person pays to maintain that domain — simply to serve as a shining beacon of truth and goodness.
Honorary RPB Membership bestowed.
RPB in the wild!
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Aug•
12•09
Another brilliant RPB sighting on the internet! This gem was found at lowercase L — go read the whole story!
Getting to the root of the matter
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Aug•
07•09
Reporter Q writes:
If this were created by a non-music-related organization, I might
understand (though probably not), but BASE? Dude.
Thanks, Q!
Thursday existentialism
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Aug•
06•09
Reporter #1 writes:
Reporter #1 even works on vacation. (Taken in Portsmouth, NH, yesterday.) … I hope that farmer has a lot of awesome stuff!
I can’t decide what’s more disturbing, Reporter #1 — the fact that some poor farmer has to have a market all by herself, or the fact that you are now referring to yourself as “Reporter #1.”