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Pedanticism of the Month.
Started by Garryw. Last reply by Neil Alexander Feb 27. 31 Replies 0 Likes
Members of the group are invited to deposit herein the post by a Resident they consider the wittiest for the month of June, 2011.The Tea Lady will be the judge of the best entry, and no…Continue
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Comment by Neil Alexander on June 4, 2011 at 12:46pm -
Please accept my resignation. I don't want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.
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Comment by MadameBike on June 4, 2011 at 1:21pm -
I only joined to tell you that I would never be pedantic. No way. Never. Not me.
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Comment by baa baa on June 4, 2011 at 1:25pm -
Sorry Neil, too late.
This is not a club, more like a room and the door you came in will be now be moved.
Kinda like this….
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Comment by Neil Alexander on June 4, 2011 at 2:07pm
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@ MB: You mean "Not I."
I will not be pedantic either.
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Comment by Dan on June 4, 2011 at 2:21pm -
I feel a strange compulsion to join this group.
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Comment by sit ubu sit on June 5, 2011 at 1:43pm
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A suggestion for agenda item #1:
- Members are requested to vote on the following motions...
a) whether a contraction of the noun "resident pedant" to one word is acceptable, and...
b) if the above resolution is voted in favour of, should it be "residant" "redipant" or any other suggestion?
BTW, what is the collective noun for a group of resident pedants / repidants / whatever? A perfection? A correction?
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Comment by Neil Alexander on June 5, 2011 at 2:17pm
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I like coining words, though I am not particularly good at it. So, on a), I vote aye. Re b), I also like "redipant", despite its slight illogicality, because it is more obviously a coined word than "residant" which just looks like a typo and, as a pedant, I can't abide that.
Given a choice of "A perfection" or "A correction" as a collective term, I'd go with "A correction" because pobody's nerfect.
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Comment by Kylie on June 5, 2011 at 3:07pm -
I think "pedirant" might have a certain double entendre taste to it, despite its slight inaccuracy as a contraction.
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Comment by Dan on June 5, 2011 at 9:14pm
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I vote 'no' for a), unless it is grammatically correct. Thus "re'dant" would be acceptable (or something similar using an apostrophe for missing letters), but concocting some new word is unacceptable.
I believe the collective term for pedants is an 'exact', although I've also seen 'a constipation of pedants' suggested...
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Comment by Neil Alexander on June 6, 2011 at 9:38am
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Oh, oh. Controversy and disagreement among the re'dants/pedirants/repidants.
This could cause trooble down at mill...
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