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02-08-2019 10:54 PM
I thought of you today when I hit the trifecta of pedantic moments. (BTW, I prefer "logophile." )
02-08-2019 11:00 PM
@MacDUFF When I was in the forums the other day, for some reason I thought of you and wondered where you have been. Always enjoyed your posts. I am either not reading where you are posting or you haven't posted for awhile. Anyway, was glad to see your post.
02-08-2019 11:57 PM
@MacDUFF. In Oklahoma, it's spelled "Sequoyah" and many school childen and others visit Sequoyah's cabin, which still stands in Sequoyah County.
02-09-2019 07:13 AM
I'm sorry to hear that the grammar thread met an early demise.
My notes of the week are from my AVID training.
We had to read the first three paragraphs of this:
https://www.poemuseum.org/the-masque-of-the-red-death
A colleague of mine, who just finished an M.Ed. said, "I don't even understand this." We got into small groups and ours was with the Language Arts teachers. One started to explain to him what it was about, and then mentioned that the poem was part of the eighth grade (co-taught) curriculum.
We had to create our own "vanity" plates to introduce ourselves. I saw some examples:
MOM4LIF
LAXMOM
XFITBUF
Then I saw this one on a desk:
GOTLVR
I was thinking to myself this was highly inappropriate, for a teacher to flaunt that she has taken a "lover."
I pointed to my colleague, ready to guffaw, and he schooled me that it was "Game of Thrones lover." Phew! I guess that means that you can be a grammar nerd without being an actual nerd!
02-09-2019 08:57 AM
@MacDUFF: It is so nice to see you here. I have missed you and hope all is well with you.
02-09-2019 12:38 PM
Your posts are always such a treat, @MacDUFF! Glad to have spotted this, and hope to see more in future!
02-09-2019 08:52 PM
@MacDUFF when I saw this post with you as the OP I assumed it was an old thread, since I haven't seen you post in a long time.
So glad to see you posting again. I've missed your wit and humor. Welcome back. 😊
02-09-2019 09:01 PM - edited 02-09-2019 09:04 PM
Btw, I can totally relate, vis a vis those pedantic moments. It drives me crazy when I read "less calories" or "view less options" (like on Ulta's website). *sigh*
Maybe we need to start another grammar thread.
02-10-2019 12:20 PM - edited 02-10-2019 12:24 PM
And although she may have studied with an expert di'lectician and grammarian,
I can tell that she was born Hungarian!
Not only Hungarian, but of royal blood,
she is a princess!
Welcome back, @MacDUFF, I really missed you!
02-10-2019 05:01 PM
@lolakimono wrote:I'm sorry to hear that the grammar thread met an early demise.
My notes of the week are from my AVID training.
We had to read the first three paragraphs of this:
https://www.poemuseum.org/the-masque-of-the-red-death
A colleague of mine, who just finished an M.Ed. said, "I don't even understand this." We got into small groups and ours was with the Language Arts teachers. One started to explain to him what it was about, and then mentioned that the poem was part of the eighth grade (co-taught) curriculum.
We had to create our own "vanity" plates to introduce ourselves. I saw some examples:
MOM4LIF
LAXMOM
XFITBUF
Then I saw this one on a desk:
GOTLVR
I was thinking to myself this was highly inappropriate, for a teacher to flaunt that she has taken a "lover."
I pointed to my colleague, ready to guffaw, and he schooled me that it was "Game of Thrones lover." Phew! I guess that means that you can be a grammar nerd without being an actual nerd!
I thought it stood for “Got liver.”
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