tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post113133969190434636..comments2024-03-18T09:28:08.708-04:00Comments on Maior autem his est caritas: Language GeekdomFr. Gaurav Shroff http://www.blogger.com/profile/04964314266441708310noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-1131483086794915472005-11-08T15:51:00.000-05:002005-11-08T15:51:00.000-05:00Why especially him? Oh well, irregardless...Why especially him? <BR/><BR/>Oh well, irregardless...assiniboinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03245478607944139417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-1131464295138656812005-11-08T10:38:00.000-05:002005-11-08T10:38:00.000-05:00Hehe. Especially your non-blogging Canadian corre...Hehe. Especially your non-blogging Canadian correspondent. <BR/><BR/>All these clever affectations. They're effecting much mirth. :)Fr. Gaurav Shroff https://www.blogger.com/profile/04964314266441708310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-1131413565487970692005-11-07T20:32:00.000-05:002005-11-07T20:32:00.000-05:00(A non-blogging friend responds:("Hmmmm, basically...(A non-blogging friend responds:<BR/><BR/>("Hmmmm, basically I would say I'm in agreement with you (I think), at<BR/>least with regards to Sheidlower's hasty eagerness to effectively claim that whatever modern usage is comprised of, whether the source be Jim Joyce or Jimmy Kimmel, it must be excepted because it means the language is evolving from its' eighteenth century lexicographical strait assiniboinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03245478607944139417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-1131403628644450842005-11-07T17:47:00.000-05:002005-11-07T17:47:00.000-05:00But hopefully Mr Sheidlower has only refuted (in t...But hopefully Mr Sheidlower has only refuted (in the sense he would espouse) and not refuted (in the precise literal sense -- or, since I actually do mean "literal" here, should I instead use "figurative"?) what he would deem pedantry and those of us who prefer being able to say what we mean without undue elaboration would call precision. All very well to boldly espouse solecisms on the grounds assiniboinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03245478607944139417noreply@blogger.com