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  #21  
Old September 28th, 2003, 09:12 AM
Supergoof
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revek wrote ...
"Supergoof" wrote ...
Even more annoying is that it's starting to trickle through to this

country
as well (along with 'nucular' and 'mischeevious' and, dare I say it,
'aluminum' which I'm sure will cause some dissent)


Heheh. All your bases are belong to us.



P

LOL the only thing worse than hackers is illiterate hackers!


Rachel
(New Zealand)


  #22  
Old September 28th, 2003, 11:46 AM
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Bird
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"nimue" wrote in message
...
Curious by nature wrote:
Irregardless


Irregardless is not a word. Regardless *is* a word. It means "without
regard to." That is the word you want. Sorry -- it's a very common
mistake, and it's just a pet peeve of mine.

Dr Atkins has helped many people. Why should he not of


should not HAVE, not of



I saved this from a Usenet Newbie FAQ somewhere long ago. I'm a
grammar/spelling freak, too, but I thought it was good advice for me to just
"get off (of) my high horse" and not do the English teacher thing. :0)

"Don't send a reply just to point out spelling or grammar mistakes. That's
pretty poor behavior. Since we aren't in kindergarten anymore, and you
probably aren't too stupid to guess what the author meant, you can certainly
overlook these errors."


--
Bird
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Contact me at lindabird --- a t --- musician dot o r g


  #23  
Old September 28th, 2003, 04:10 PM
nimue
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Lindabird wrote:
--
Bird
============================
Contact me at lindabird --- a t --- musician dot o r g


"nimue" wrote in message
...
Curious by nature wrote:
Irregardless


Irregardless is not a word. Regardless *is* a word. It means
"without regard to." That is the word you want. Sorry -- it's a
very common mistake, and it's just a pet peeve of mine.

Dr Atkins has helped many people. Why should he not of


should not HAVE, not of



I saved this from a Usenet Newbie FAQ somewhere long ago. I'm a
grammar/spelling freak, too, but I thought it was good advice for me
to just "get off (of) my high horse" and not do the English teacher
thing. :0)

"Don't send a reply just to point out spelling or grammar mistakes.
That's pretty poor behavior. Since we aren't in kindergarten
anymore, and you probably aren't too stupid to guess what the author
meant, you can certainly overlook these errors."


I do, most of the time. However, I AM an English teacher who was raised by
an English teacher, and I find it very difficult NOT to correct people's
grammar. You may not believe me, but it seems almost sinful to me not to
correct certain mistakes. As I said, I usually just ignore the errors --
EXCEPT for my pet peeves. "Irregardless" is a pet peeve of mine. I spent
ALL WEEKcorrecting the "should OFs" and "could OFs" in my freshman classes'
papers, so that "of" is a pet peeve as well. (Don't even get me started on
subject pronouns v. object pronouns or apostrophes!) Anyway, I don't see
anything wrong with politely correcting "irregardless." I think it is rude
to continue to allow someone to make such a mistake over and over -- and
that is what would happen if we didn't help that person with a little
constructive correction. If we don't receive instruction, we don't learn.
I appreciate polite correction -- knowledge is power, after all.
--
nimue

"Because the thing about the Nerds, what made them so appealing, was
that not only are they underdogs, they are underdogs who accept other
underdogs unconditionally. And that speaks volumes to people."

Curtis Armstrong

"I don't understand why you don't want to see more of Spike. More
Spike makes everything better. Spike, Spike, Spike, wonderful Spike."
Clairel

"There are things I will not tolerate: students loitering on campus
after school, horrible murders with hearts being removed... and also
smoking." Principal Snyder



  #24  
Old September 28th, 2003, 04:45 PM
Lindabird
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Default OT: grammar, etc.

"nimue" wrote in message
...
Lindabird wrote:


I saved this from a Usenet Newbie FAQ somewhere long ago. I'm a
grammar/spelling freak, too, but I thought it was good advice for me
to just "get off (of) my high horse" and not do the English teacher
thing. :0)

"Don't send a reply just to point out spelling or grammar mistakes.
That's pretty poor behavior. Since we aren't in kindergarten
anymore, and you probably aren't too stupid to guess what the author
meant, you can certainly overlook these errors."


I do, most of the time. However, I AM an English teacher who was raised

by
an English teacher, and I find it very difficult NOT to correct people's
grammar...



I also appreciate a polite correction - always! I think we're probably in
the minority, though. Useless piece of trivia: I was really torn between
English ed. and music ed. as my college major - I went with music, which is
really my first love, but I think I would have been happy teaching English.

It's an everyday occurrence in my rehearsals to correct my students' grammar
mistakes. I jokingly threaten them with detention if I hear "I ain't got
no" or "I didn't do nothin'" one more time. Heh.

Bird, who thinks spelling/usage should be a stand-alone compulsory class,
6-12



  #25  
Old September 28th, 2003, 05:25 PM
jamie
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nimue wrote:
I do, most of the time. However, I AM an English teacher who was raised by
an English teacher, and I find it very difficult NOT to correct people's
grammar. You may not believe me, but it seems almost sinful to me not to
correct certain mistakes. As I said, I usually just ignore the errors --
EXCEPT for my pet peeves. "Irregardless" is a pet peeve of mine. I spent
ALL WEEKcorrecting the "should OFs" and "could OFs" in my freshman classes'
papers,


My written pet peeves are "alot" and "different than."
My spoken pet peeve is "ex settra".

The other day it took some effort to refrain from correcting a poster
who found a tablet that "curved" her appetite.

--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."

  #26  
Old September 28th, 2003, 05:58 PM
nimue
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Default grammar, etc.

Lindabird wrote:
"nimue" wrote in message
...
Lindabird wrote:


I saved this from a Usenet Newbie FAQ somewhere long ago. I'm a
grammar/spelling freak, too, but I thought it was good advice for me
to just "get off (of) my high horse" and not do the English teacher
thing. :0)

"Don't send a reply just to point out spelling or grammar mistakes.
That's pretty poor behavior. Since we aren't in kindergarten
anymore, and you probably aren't too stupid to guess what the author
meant, you can certainly overlook these errors."


I do, most of the time. However, I AM an English teacher who was
raised by an English teacher, and I find it very difficult NOT to
correct people's grammar...



I also appreciate a polite correction - always! I think we're
probably in the minority, though. Useless piece of trivia: I was
really torn between English ed. and music ed. as my college major - I
went with music, which is really my first love, but I think I would
have been happy teaching English.

It's an everyday occurrence in my rehearsals to correct my students'
grammar mistakes. I jokingly threaten them with detention if I hear
"I ain't got no" or "I didn't do nothin'" one more time. Heh.

Bird, who thinks spelling/usage should be a stand-alone compulsory
class, 6-12


I agree! My students are not allowed to use bad grammar in class -- ever.
They need to get used to using correct grammar when they speak. Yes, I can
understand what they are saying when they don't -- but what if they speak
that way during a college interview? I believe (hope and pray) that if they
know they have to speak correctly in English class at least, they can
somehow channel that experience during the important interview moments of
their lives. Actually, I wish they would fall in love with grammar, and
always speak beautifully!
--
nimue

"Because the thing about the Nerds, what made them so appealing, was
that not only are they underdogs, they are underdogs who accept other
underdogs unconditionally. And that speaks volumes to people."

Curtis Armstrong

"I don't understand why you don't want to see more of Spike. More
Spike makes everything better. Spike, Spike, Spike, wonderful Spike."
Clairel

"There are things I will not tolerate: students loitering on campus
after school, horrible murders with hearts being removed... and also
smoking." Principal Snyder



  #27  
Old September 28th, 2003, 06:01 PM
The Queen of Cans and Jars
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Steve wrote:

On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 11:10:30 -0400, nimue wrote
(in message ):

Lindabird wrote:
--
Bird

============================
Contact me at lindabird --- a t --- musician dot o r g


"nimue" wrote in message
...
Curious by nature wrote:
Irregardless

Irregardless is not a word. Regardless *is* a word. It means
"without regard to." That is the word you want. Sorry -- it's a
very common mistake, and it's just a pet peeve of mine.

Dr Atkins has helped many people. Why should he not of

should not HAVE, not of



I saved this from a Usenet Newbie FAQ somewhere long ago. I'm a
grammar/spelling freak, too, but I thought it was good advice for me
to just "get off (of) my high horse" and not do the English teacher
thing. :0)

"Don't send a reply just to point out spelling or grammar mistakes.
That's pretty poor behavior. Since we aren't in kindergarten
anymore, and you probably aren't too stupid to guess what the author
meant, you can certainly overlook these errors."


I do, most of the time. However, I AM an English teacher who was raised by
an English teacher, and I find it very difficult NOT to correct people's
grammar. You may not believe me, but it seems almost sinful to me not to
correct certain mistakes. As I said, I usually just ignore the errors --
EXCEPT for my pet peeves. "Irregardless" is a pet peeve of mine. I spent
ALL WEEKcorrecting the "should OFs" and "could OFs" in my freshman classes'
papers, so that "of" is a pet peeve as well. (Don't even get me started on
subject pronouns v. object pronouns or apostrophes!) Anyway, I don't see
anything wrong with politely correcting "irregardless." I think it is rude
to continue to allow someone to make such a mistake over and over -- and
that is what would happen if we didn't help that person with a little
constructive correction. If we don't receive instruction, we don't learn.
I appreciate polite correction -- knowledge is power, after all.


You are the kind of person up with whom I cannot put :-)


http://www.languagelog.org/
  #28  
Old September 28th, 2003, 06:02 PM
nimue
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jamie wrote:
nimue wrote:
I do, most of the time. However, I AM an English teacher who was
raised by an English teacher, and I find it very difficult NOT to
correct people's grammar. You may not believe me, but it seems
almost sinful to me not to correct certain mistakes. As I said, I
usually just ignore the errors -- EXCEPT for my pet peeves.
"Irregardless" is a pet peeve of mine. I spent ALL WEEKcorrecting
the "should OFs" and "could OFs" in my freshman classes' papers,


My written pet peeves are "alot" and "different than."
My spoken pet peeve is "ex settra".

The other day it took some effort to refrain from correcting a poster
who found a tablet that "curved" her appetite.


Could "curved" have been a typo? The "v" and the "b" are right next to one
another on the keyboard. BTW -- "alot" drives me crazy, too. I always say
"A lot is two words!" However, then I started wondering if I should say "A
lot" ARE two words!'' I still haven't figured that one out! ;-)

--
nimue

"Because the thing about the Nerds, what made them so appealing, was
that not only are they underdogs, they are underdogs who accept other
underdogs unconditionally. And that speaks volumes to people."

Curtis Armstrong

"I don't understand why you don't want to see more of Spike. More
Spike makes everything better. Spike, Spike, Spike, wonderful Spike."
Clairel

"There are things I will not tolerate: students loitering on campus
after school, horrible murders with hearts being removed... and also
smoking." Principal Snyder



  #29  
Old September 28th, 2003, 06:04 PM
nimue
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Steve wrote:
On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 11:10:30 -0400, nimue wrote
(in message ):

Lindabird wrote:
--
Bird

============================
Contact me at lindabird --- a t --- musician dot o r g


"nimue" wrote in message
...
Curious by nature wrote:
Irregardless

Irregardless is not a word. Regardless *is* a word. It means
"without regard to." That is the word you want. Sorry -- it's a
very common mistake, and it's just a pet peeve of mine.

Dr Atkins has helped many people. Why should he not of

should not HAVE, not of



I saved this from a Usenet Newbie FAQ somewhere long ago. I'm a
grammar/spelling freak, too, but I thought it was good advice for me
to just "get off (of) my high horse" and not do the English teacher
thing. :0)

"Don't send a reply just to point out spelling or grammar mistakes.
That's pretty poor behavior. Since we aren't in kindergarten
anymore, and you probably aren't too stupid to guess what the author
meant, you can certainly overlook these errors."


I do, most of the time. However, I AM an English teacher who was
raised by an English teacher, and I find it very difficult NOT to
correct people's grammar. You may not believe me, but it seems
almost sinful to me not to correct certain mistakes. As I said, I
usually just ignore the errors -- EXCEPT for my pet peeves.
"Irregardless" is a pet peeve of mine. I spent ALL WEEKcorrecting
the "should OFs" and "could OFs" in my freshman classes' papers, so
that "of" is a pet peeve as well. (Don't even get me started on
subject pronouns v. object pronouns or apostrophes!) Anyway, I
don't see anything wrong with politely correcting "irregardless." I
think it is rude to continue to allow someone to make such a mistake
over and over -- and that is what would happen if we didn't help
that person with a little constructive correction. If we don't
receive instruction, we don't learn. I appreciate polite correction
-- knowledge is power, after all.


You are the kind of person up with whom I cannot put :-)


Good one. Did you know there actually is nothing wrong with ending a
sentence with a preposition? If I had a social life, I might not know that,
but fortunately I don't -- therefore, I can spend my free time reading
Strunk and White or Woe is I.

Steve


--
nimue

"Because the thing about the Nerds, what made them so appealing, was
that not only are they underdogs, they are underdogs who accept other
underdogs unconditionally. And that speaks volumes to people."

Curtis Armstrong

"I don't understand why you don't want to see more of Spike. More
Spike makes everything better. Spike, Spike, Spike, wonderful Spike."
Clairel

"There are things I will not tolerate: students loitering on campus
after school, horrible murders with hearts being removed... and also
smoking." Principal Snyder



  #30  
Old September 28th, 2003, 07:27 PM
nimue
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Steve wrote:
On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 13:04:21 -0400, nimue wrote
(in message ):

Steve wrote:
On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 11:10:30 -0400, nimue wrote
(in message ):

Lindabird wrote:
--
Bird


============================
Contact me at lindabird --- a t --- musician dot o r g


"nimue" wrote in message
...
Curious by nature wrote:
Irregardless

Irregardless is not a word. Regardless *is* a word. It means
"without regard to." That is the word you want. Sorry -- it's a
very common mistake, and it's just a pet peeve of mine.

Dr Atkins has helped many people. Why should he not of

should not HAVE, not of



I saved this from a Usenet Newbie FAQ somewhere long ago. I'm a
grammar/spelling freak, too, but I thought it was good advice for
me to just "get off (of) my high horse" and not do the English
teacher thing. :0)

"Don't send a reply just to point out spelling or grammar
mistakes. That's pretty poor behavior. Since we aren't in
kindergarten anymore, and you probably aren't too stupid to guess
what the author meant, you can certainly overlook these errors."

I do, most of the time. However, I AM an English teacher who was
raised by an English teacher, and I find it very difficult NOT to
correct people's grammar. You may not believe me, but it seems
almost sinful to me not to correct certain mistakes. As I said, I
usually just ignore the errors -- EXCEPT for my pet peeves.
"Irregardless" is a pet peeve of mine. I spent ALL WEEKcorrecting
the "should OFs" and "could OFs" in my freshman classes' papers, so
that "of" is a pet peeve as well. (Don't even get me started on
subject pronouns v. object pronouns or apostrophes!) Anyway, I
don't see anything wrong with politely correcting "irregardless."
I think it is rude to continue to allow someone to make such a
mistake over and over -- and that is what would happen if we
didn't help that person with a little constructive correction. If
we don't receive instruction, we don't learn. I appreciate polite
correction
-- knowledge is power, after all.


You are the kind of person up with whom I cannot put :-)


Good one. Did you know there actually is nothing wrong with ending a
sentence with a preposition? If I had a social life, I might not
know that, but fortunately I don't -- therefore, I can spend my free
time reading Strunk and White or Woe is I.


I read Fowler. Strunk and White is entirely too tolerant and liberal.

Steve


Strunk and White liberal? Surely you jest.

--
nimue

"Because the thing about the Nerds, what made them so appealing, was
that not only are they underdogs, they are underdogs who accept other
underdogs unconditionally. And that speaks volumes to people."

Curtis Armstrong

"I don't understand why you don't want to see more of Spike. More
Spike makes everything better. Spike, Spike, Spike, wonderful Spike."
Clairel

"There are things I will not tolerate: students loitering on campus
after school, horrible murders with hearts being removed... and also
smoking." Principal Snyder



 




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