I am not a fiction reader,kind of guy.I like to read history and philosophy and chess books.I am a non-fiction kinda guy.
This friend of mine recommended I read a book about the meat industry ,around the turn of the century.She said ,"You should read
"The Jungle book." I assumed she had forgotten to capitalise the final word in the title.
I went to the local library and checked out the book.I read with feigning interest as this small boy is surrounded by animals,yet no butchering.
It was a lame book and nothing about the meat business.
I asked her about it and she said,"Oh,I meant you should read
"The Jungle",book,as opposed to a magazine or such."
Edit: If they make "the Jungle Book" into a movie I hope they cast Ted Nugent as "The Boy."
Originally posted by aspviper666Mr. Kipling also made exceedingly good cakes, so I heard...
I am not a fiction reader,kind of guy.I like to read history and philosophy and chess books.I am a non-fiction kinda guy.
This friend of mine recommended I read a book about the meat industry ,around the turn of the century.She said ,"You should read
"The Jungle book." I assumed she had forgotten to capitalise the final word in the title.
I went to th ...[text shortened]... If they make "the Jungle Book" into a movie I hope they cast Ted Nugent as "The Boy."
Originally posted by aspviper666True, I've always have trouble with punctuations. Keep away from me you vampire.
I am not a fiction reader,kind of guy.I like to read history and philosophy and chess books.I am a non-fiction kinda guy.
This friend of mine recommended I read a book about the meat industry ,around the turn of the century.She said ,"You should read
"The Jungle book." I assumed she had forgotten to capitalise the final word in the title.
I went to th ...[text shortened]... If they make "the Jungle Book" into a movie I hope they cast Ted Nugent as "The Boy."
Originally posted by gollumprawnA punctuation related joke for all. An amphibology.
True, I've always have trouble with punctuations. Keep away from me you vampire.
A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and proceeds to fire it at the other patrons.
"Why?" asks the confused, surviving waiter amidst the carnage, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
"Well, I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."
The waiter turns to the relevant entry in the manual and, sure enough, finds an explanation. "Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."
That was from a book of the same name (Eats, Shoots & Leaves) I read it. Its about the importance of punctuation but I don't think I learnt anything apart from that joke. Its easy reading though, also I might of learnt something subconsciously. I never take a massive amount of care over posts on chess forums anyway.
Originally posted by Will EverittWow! You do learn something new everyday!
A punctuation related joke for all. An amphibology.
A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and proceeds to fire it at the other patrons.
"Why?" asks the confused, surviving waiter amidst the carnage, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses i ...[text shortened]... bconsciously. I never take a massive amount of care over posts on chess forums anyway.
I always thought that "Eats, shoots and leaves" joke was about a Koala and a prostitute.
Originally posted by aspviper666"I helped my uncle Jack off a horse."
I am not a fiction reader,kind of guy.I like to read history and philosophy and chess books.I am a non-fiction kinda guy.
This friend of mine recommended I read a book about the meat industry ,around the turn of the century.She said ,"You should read
"The Jungle book." I assumed she had forgotten to capitalise the final word in the title.
I went to th ...[text shortened]... If they make "the Jungle Book" into a movie I hope they cast Ted Nugent as "The Boy."
"I helped my uncle jack off a horse."
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Originally posted by Daemon SinThere is an Australian version "Eats, Roots and Leaves" with a Koala. I'm not sure where the prostitute is though the roots is 'makin' babies'. I guess that could be with a 'woman of the night'.
Wow! You do learn something new everyday!
I always thought that "Eats, shoots and leaves" joke was about a Koala and a prostitute.
Originally posted by aspviper666The Jungle Book kicks ass.
I am not a fiction reader,kind of guy.I like to read history and philosophy and chess books.I am a non-fiction kinda guy.
This friend of mine recommended I read a book about the meat industry ,around the turn of the century.She said ,"You should read
"The Jungle book." I assumed she had forgotten to capitalise the final word in the title.
I went to th ...[text shortened]... If they make "the Jungle Book" into a movie I hope they cast Ted Nugent as "The Boy."
Nobody is meaner than Kaa...
And let's be honest...how often do you find bears in Jungles???
There you go!
why is it, that people understand speech without punctuation or capitalization with no problems, but are suddenly unable to cope without it on internet forums? people even understand double meanings without missing a beat. -it's even worse in languages which contain a lot of compound words, when every single time a compound word is written separately, someone will go berserk. also some languages were/are used to be written without spaces, still being perfectly understandable. in languages with relatively short words, like english, the letters can even be randomly shuffled and still be understood. and typos. everyone recognizes a typo immediately, know it was an accident, know what was meant, but still it's incredibly hard not to adjust the geeky glasses and scream "a-ha!"
I get annoyed about these just as much as the next guy, but just can't understand why. maybe it's because it's fun to get annoyed. but then again, that sounds so stupid.
stupid like a fox!
Originally posted by wormwoodBecause, sir, the tempo of a speaker produces the equivalent of punctuation in text.
why is it, that people understand speech without punctuation or capitalization with no problems, but are suddenly unable to cope without it on internet forums? people even understand double meanings without missing a beat. -it's even worse in languages which contain a lot of compound words, when every single time a compound word is written separately, someo use it's fun to get annoyed. but then again, that sounds so stupid.
stupid like a fox!
If a person were to speak in a monotone, at an even tempo throughout, you would have equal difficulty in understanding them.
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Originally posted by wormwoodA huuuge part (some say 90% ) of real-life communication is non-verbal - in addition to the visual part (body language), there's prosody, timing, and stressing. As Alcra said, if you take that away, speech would become difficult to understand. Punctuation is an attempt to represent part of this in writing, and if people don't use it or use it incorrectly, it's just like listening to someone who has a very monotonous voice, doesn't breathe where it's appropriate, stresses the wrong words etc. It only happens a lot more in writing than in spoken language, because most people automatically do it right in spoken language.
why is it, that people understand speech without punctuation or capitalization with no problems, but are suddenly unable to cope without it on internet forums? people even understand double meanings without missing a beat. -it's even worse in languages which contain a lot of compound words, when every single time a compound word is written separately, someo use it's fun to get annoyed. but then again, that sounds so stupid.
stupid like a fox!
By the way, I often have the urge to correct people in spoken language as well. Maybe I notice wrong grammar and such more easily than most people because I am not very good at understanding body language, so I have to rely on the words more than other people. I have learned that most people don't appreciate to be corrected, so I hold myself back most of the time. (I hold myself back most of the time here in the forums, too.)