Posts by James Francis
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Here's a possible Friday afternoon bit of fun: you are a media manager for Key (or Helen Clark). They've been asked to pick their favourite book, but they're too busy in Parliament and delegate the job to you. Yikes! What would you pick to convey the right image of your boss? Something local, not too edgy, not too niche? What would it be?
For John Key, Keri Hulme's famous book, "The Bonus People"
(Apologies, Keri)
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Is it defamation to call him a douchebag?
The douchebag might not be best pleased.
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Sorry, acceptable to label it a crime.
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Is 'ye' really non-existent? (He scrambles for the dictionary). He recites woodenly: archaic plural form of 'thou' And, ha, you're right,'pseudo-archaic form of 'the'
Yes, the pseudo makes it an acceptable crime.
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It's an olde but goode.
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Carol, I saw Spellbound. We'd taken our young daughter to see a movie - any movie; it was the school holidays. We saw the name Spellbound and thought it might be some child-pleasing magic or witchy thing. It wasn't. I didn't see the sign, CONGRADULATIONS. I wsih I had. I think young daughter might have been complaining at that stage about there not being enough magic, witchery etc.
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I'm working on weaning myself off. Step one has been trying to stop wincing every time someone says 'different to'.
Emma, I'm sorry, it's genetic. You cannot stop worrying about these things.
And if you can then it's probably the end of civilization.
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James, I think the word around these parts is "pendant" if I 'm not mistaken...
Pendant. I like the way you used ellipses to leave it hanging.
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Of course, if I'm being really pedantic, I would point out that I missed the question mark at the end of the second sentence.
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Thank you, Emma.
Has anyone here read the book, "Ex Libris" by Anne Fadiman. It's a delightful series of essays about books and the love of books. She has one where she writes about her and her family's trait of unerringly spotting literals and grammatical errors. I read it and realised that I was not alone! (A sad realisation.) Some people call us pedants but we know better.