A sweet little Canadian girl whisked off to the wilds of Tennessee by a dashing Southern gentleman, I now have to survive in a land devoid of Tim Horton's coffee and Shreddies, where tabaggons are worn on your head and toques draw blank looks. The words are the same but the language is different. This is my story.
I would like to thank Anonymous for pointing out an error I didn't realize I was doing.
posted by Janey @ 9:19 AM
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I'm a no longer 20-something accountant who has somehow managed to squeek by without getting a pocket protector. A far cry from the career in instrumental music I was going to pursue!
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So I can say who I am now? LOL. I really didn't want to seem rude at all. It just so happens that "anyways" is one of my nitpicks! :) Along with "axe you a question" and "heigth". Great blog BTW and I hope the MS walk turns out to be a raging success!
MiracleMama3 from Delphi
Thanks, MM! You weren't rude at all - I appreciate the correction.
*g*
Hi Janey
Just popped out of the Dale (I'm Vall(e)y by the way!) to say that I agree with you 100% on your nitpicks. Except for the fact that I'm a Brit, and some of our terms for things are different (e.g we say power cuts instead of outages), our grammar is largely the same, and the spelling mistakes people make because they don't know their homonyms from their antonyms are, to me, outrageous.
Everyone makes typos, me more than most, but my favourite nitpick is that most people have no clue how to use the apostrophe, and we get things like 'area's' as a plural form.
For a good read and a good laugh, try Lynne Truss's 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves (if you haven't already). It's the funniest book about punctuation you'll ever read!
Take care
Val
Val - Oh yes, didn't you know that every word ending in "s" has to be possessive? I've been wanting to read 'Eat Shoots and Leaves' since it came out. I need to make time this summer.
Hi Janey
It's also "toward" not "towards"...
I'm really a nitpicker when it comes to proper grammar, too.
When I'm making comments on a blog, I do my best to use proper grammar, punctuation, apostrophes, etc.
Practice for more serious writing...
Good luck on your MS walk.
I had a big scare the past month. I had some very strange symptoms & I thought it might have been MS. I was all set up for an MRI, but as it turns out, it was just a very weird virus going around that attacked my large muscle groups. I became sick the beginning of January & I am only about 90% now. It's been a long haul.
I did a lot of research on the disease, so I've become quite familiar with symptoms of the disease.
It's good to hear that your sister is managing.
Love
Dale
Dale - You had me running here to make sure I hadn't used "towards" somewhere! ;)
Glad to hear that you weren't stricken with MS, although your virus sounds scary enough. Hope you get back up to 100% soon!
Hi Janey, me again! Thanks for your comments on my blog, and also for your response here too. I've just been thinking about Dale's 'toward' and 'towards'. In GB English, it is more common to use 'Towards', but my dictionary offers 'toward' as an alternative. It then proceeds to give all examples using the 's', so I guess this is an American English vs Brit English difference.
Eats, Shoots and Leaves is an absolute MUST for anyone who's a stickler for puntuation and grammar. You'll love it!
Like Dale, I try to write correctly on my blog, but sometimes, my fingers are just plain contrary and go all dyslexic on me. Today is a prime example!
Take care
Val
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