Readers Cameraphone: Apparently, Not Everybody Graduated
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June 27th, 2008 at 11:30 am
“congrads…” is a well-known, acceptable novelty misspelling of “congrats” for graduation occasions, I think Hallmark would actually trademark the misspelling if they thought they could get away with it. For better or worse, it’s simple fact that more people consult Hallmark aisles than dictionaries for expressions of pride.
Personally, and maybe I’m getting too close to my roots, when I see this “egregious error” I think of my own family’s celebrations of my varied academic achievements. Maybe I’m not as hard bent as the headline writer on seeing myself as better than others, but the display of loved ones’ pride tends to arrest any red pen impulses in me.
June 27th, 2008 at 11:39 am
Fair enough, CTI, but even you would agree that proper usage of the apostrophe is what separatesman from the animals.
June 27th, 2008 at 11:40 am
And of course I made a spelling/spacing error while making my point. The world is a vampire.
June 27th, 2008 at 11:46 am
you know, cti, every time i see a comment from you, i just think of that old commercial with the action news van with the caption: “there goes that news van again.” only with your comments, it’s like “there goes that douchebag again.”
June 27th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
“Maybe I’m not as hard bent as the headline writer on seeing myself as better than others”
the ironing is delicious.
June 27th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Philebs, for some reason I like the look/sound of “separatesman.” I think you stumbled on some typographic
magic there. Make it a feature. For what? I don’t know. Maybe give UPenn charmschool guy a column on fashion or something.
In soapmarker, apostrophe = much love. That’s all.
Fuckermost, everytime I see a comment from you … I just think of … well, not much to nothing really. That’s kinda why I thought you were Bunchy all this time. Tierney cut your office A/C this week? You’re coming off more mouthbreathy, hot, and stinky sweaty than usual for this hour. Separatesman, separatesman.
June 27th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Feculent, shush you. Don’t press my emperor’s clothes.
June 27th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
there goes that douchebag again…
June 27th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
“the ironing is delicious.”
why yes! it is! especially when using the steam setting!
and you two: CTI and FM,
Guys, I think you do protest too much. I’m sensing mancrush.
June 27th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Of course, I do it with love, CTI.
There are quite few comments on all these threads… it seems that I’m not the only one allergic to actual productivity on this fine Friday. I keep dreaming of tomorrow’s 6 hour, canned-Phoenix-Pale-Ale-fueled trek down the Brandywine in a 35-person-t00bing-armada.
Hyphens ahoy!
June 28th, 2008 at 10:18 am
I have to admit my love for extraneous punctuation, I LOVE additional apostrophes and quotations. Throwing in an apostrophe when not necessary is as if to say, “I knows my grammar, I speaks American good. Let me flaunt my superior grammatical abilities.”
That is all, you may return to your man crushing.
June 28th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
I walk past this van on my way to the Berks El stop.
June 30th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
I knew ive seen that before..
Berks st.