There was a minor grammar flare-up in our editing class today. It was bound to happen. That's what you get with a chatty group of people who all possess a shakey rudimentary grasp of grammar. It was almost worth it to feel/experience vulture's near-break down over the incessant questions. The girl's a time bomb. Granted, she had somewhere to go -- a volunteer job -- (I do envy her volunteerism. She's so generous.), but I think that I'm going to buy her a watch so she can keep looking at her own wrist and not mine. On second thought, a watch would be a fashion statement, and I'm not willing to take on that responsibility. She has her standards, you know.
The minor grammar flare-up was preceeded by a punctuation conundrum. We talked for about 15 minutes about the differences between hyphens, en-dashes, and em-dashes. It was too much for jnadiger, who just got up and left. I barely beat meladuck to the punchline: "J dashed off". We were either tired, or deep down, we are quite simple, because that little pun made us laugh and laugh and laugh.
Sometime during that class, our instructor, who's much nicer than she needs to be with our group (I have a feeling that she's going to bring some new classroom rules with her next week. Rule 1: Shut the fuck up.) brought up the subject of biased, non-pc language. The new lady, who's name escapes me (and shouldn't because it's the only new one I had to learn) told us that the new way for referring to people with special challenges is to refer to the person first. For example, you would say "person with _________" instead of "________ic person". I'm considering adopting that policy, so instead of saying "annoying people", I'll say "people who annoy me". Although now that I think about it, my actions are hidden in the first example. Makes me look like less of an ass, perhaps.
And on that subject...I had time before class, so I went to Winners, where I found myself rocking out (internally...I wasn't doing the white man shuffle in the changing rooms. By the way, for jnadiger, the white man's shuffle is also known as "Cracker Jacks".) to the soundtrack. That is until Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go came on, and then I just plugged my ears and thought happy thoughts until the horror was over.
But I can still hear it. Oh, the horror.
The minor grammar flare-up was preceeded by a punctuation conundrum. We talked for about 15 minutes about the differences between hyphens, en-dashes, and em-dashes. It was too much for jnadiger, who just got up and left. I barely beat meladuck to the punchline: "J dashed off". We were either tired, or deep down, we are quite simple, because that little pun made us laugh and laugh and laugh.
Sometime during that class, our instructor, who's much nicer than she needs to be with our group (I have a feeling that she's going to bring some new classroom rules with her next week. Rule 1: Shut the fuck up.) brought up the subject of biased, non-pc language. The new lady, who's name escapes me (and shouldn't because it's the only new one I had to learn) told us that the new way for referring to people with special challenges is to refer to the person first. For example, you would say "person with _________" instead of "________ic person". I'm considering adopting that policy, so instead of saying "annoying people", I'll say "people who annoy me". Although now that I think about it, my actions are hidden in the first example. Makes me look like less of an ass, perhaps.
And on that subject...I had time before class, so I went to Winners, where I found myself rocking out (internally...I wasn't doing the white man shuffle in the changing rooms. By the way, for jnadiger, the white man's shuffle is also known as "Cracker Jacks".) to the soundtrack. That is until Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go came on, and then I just plugged my ears and thought happy thoughts until the horror was over.
But I can still hear it. Oh, the horror.
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