tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post8482882978087931541..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: PeevesMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-43247546746683489952014-08-04T06:39:29.019-07:002014-08-04T06:39:29.019-07:00Welp, if I was you, I'd give up the fight. Wal...Welp, if I was you, I'd give up the fight. Wallah! All better.<br />unmitigated mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13901264130484454602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-32797299504731557042014-08-03T07:26:41.652-07:002014-08-03T07:26:41.652-07:00It's definitely an old coot thing. The old coo...It's definitely an old coot thing. The old coots would say that that is because the whippersnappers don't know they're doing it all wrong.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-91935296023472828452014-08-03T06:04:28.584-07:002014-08-03T06:04:28.584-07:00Oooooh - burn!Oooooh - burn!roxiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14916948065233137971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-45481007754778876532014-08-02T23:15:11.534-07:002014-08-02T23:15:11.534-07:00It is interesting - maybe this topic brings out mo...It is interesting - maybe this topic brings out more of the curmudgeons in your followers. Or, maybe we're all getting old and want to hang on to things as 'they used to be'. Or maybe people believe they can't fight effectively against the big evils in the world so they fuss about grammar instead. Or maybe language is the only area where the grammarians can get to play high priestTezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15968504091315232161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-24292714078542798362014-08-01T20:29:44.757-07:002014-08-01T20:29:44.757-07:00Now your last name looks kind of Maori. Just sayin...Now your last name looks kind of Maori. Just sayin'.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-42051481033067524182014-08-01T20:15:52.402-07:002014-08-01T20:15:52.402-07:00Fine, then, as long as you're not enjoying you...Fine, then, as long as you're not enjoying yourself.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-88615337165210877292014-08-01T20:15:21.876-07:002014-08-01T20:15:21.876-07:00That IS a lot of comments. This is what happens wh...That IS a lot of comments. This is what happens when you write a post about language peeves to a smart audience. Maybe this is why I don't offend many Republicans, too. They're not looking.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-40391260221782701202014-08-01T16:46:16.588-07:002014-08-01T16:46:16.588-07:00I have been AWOL and return to find 102 comments o...I have been AWOL and return to find 102 comments on your latest post. 102! at that rate, you probably didn't even notice I was gone. But it's good, oh so good to be back! I love you being peevish.roxiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14916948065233137971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-60131768652989028462014-08-01T13:46:28.825-07:002014-08-01T13:46:28.825-07:00It's all strictly business ...It's all strictly business ...Susannah Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-40778189452283313712014-08-01T13:43:58.859-07:002014-08-01T13:43:58.859-07:00Our last name has an apostrophe in it. (O'Keef...Our last name has an apostrophe in it. (O'Keeffe) My daughter went to the doctor's office to pick up a prescription. Her name was spelled: first name OaposKeeffe. Whoever took the instructions for writing her rx apparently didn't even know what an apostrophe was, and couldn't spell it all out anyway. We get all sorts of weird spellings, and even weirder pronunciations, but this isknittergranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160027913020949487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-3979918351454141902014-08-01T13:42:23.184-07:002014-08-01T13:42:23.184-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.knittergranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160027913020949487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-14591747619782324362014-08-01T07:19:59.956-07:002014-08-01T07:19:59.956-07:00I seem to have a twitter account, and every now an...I seem to have a twitter account, and every now and then someone decides to follow me, but they don't get very far. After a valiant few weeks of attempting to pop in a bon mot a few times a day, I just settled for putting in a link to this here blog, and now I don't even do that. I love that we still have regional accents. And it's weird that the Maine one and the Boston one are so Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-21862838740816767872014-08-01T07:16:41.142-07:002014-08-01T07:16:41.142-07:00Oh dear! Sweet of you to put in "on another b...Oh dear! Sweet of you to put in "on another blog." Wait: you're seeing other blogs??Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-52695870979967950902014-08-01T07:15:05.475-07:002014-08-01T07:15:05.475-07:00I'm thinking your thesaurus has given in to po...I'm thinking your thesaurus has given in to popular usage, but to be a true Curmudgeon, you keep fighting for the words that are particularly useful, and don't let them slide into meaning their opposites. George lives!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-7250402443273926722014-08-01T07:13:27.870-07:002014-08-01T07:13:27.870-07:00:):)Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-37588918668894188062014-08-01T03:46:49.725-07:002014-08-01T03:46:49.725-07:00I was raised in Mississippi and live up the road a...I was raised in Mississippi and live up the road apiece in rural Maine. If I let language spin my top I would be over the hill. Ahyup, wound too tight. Beside that it is wicked good to hear some variation. My wife is from Massachusetts and when we go to a restaurant and she orders pie you can hear the e on end of pie. I keep telling her the e is silent and that is why I order pi. <br />I Ol'Buzzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-36793874480253228192014-07-31T23:47:49.804-07:002014-07-31T23:47:49.804-07:00My Thesaurus is wrong then? Damn! Listed by compri...My Thesaurus is wrong then? Damn! Listed by comprise it has makeup, along with compose, contain, include. I'll make a note in the margin.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-2515797413281563842014-07-31T23:43:41.117-07:002014-07-31T23:43:41.117-07:00I knew that, I knew I'd get a reaction from so...I knew that, I knew I'd get a reaction from someone too.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-36264306000885184842014-07-31T23:16:41.607-07:002014-07-31T23:16:41.607-07:00I just ran into this on another blog: "low an...I just ran into this on another blog: "low and behold ...". Not a typo; the whole post is carefully edited for spelling and punctuation. Not for meaning, apparently.Susannah Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-69280156500129463492014-07-31T22:14:04.884-07:002014-07-31T22:14:04.884-07:00My dad explained that whole thing to me a long tim...My dad explained that whole thing to me a long time ago. He said kids used to say "Billy and me went down to the river" and they got corrected "Billy and I! Billy and I!" until that became the thing you had to say if Billy was involved. So anything with an "and" has to be followed by "I." Really, this should only take one good afternoon of drilling, but it Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-20459194211432944922014-07-31T22:11:12.105-07:002014-07-31T22:11:12.105-07:00"Viola." Yes. These kinds of things both..."Viola." Yes. These kinds of things bother me, and while I'm at it, I don't like when people don't know how to spell a name. Names are really important. I love names. I love all the richness of the languages that contributed to them. "Antwan" doesn't cut it with me. But I'll be dead soon.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-67310259575855633352014-07-31T20:59:10.400-07:002014-07-31T20:59:10.400-07:00Every once in a while you'll even see a "...Every once in a while you'll even see a "viola." I feel a little sorry for those people because they almost got it right. Sandi@Piecemeal Quiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03824512693597603469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-8533171938629852872014-07-31T09:06:29.372-07:002014-07-31T09:06:29.372-07:00They could still text each other, right?They could still text each other, right?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-78809330149680739502014-07-31T09:05:49.828-07:002014-07-31T09:05:49.828-07:00And it should probably burn for a long time, huh?And it should probably burn for a long time, huh?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-1488554913782742112014-07-31T09:05:20.942-07:002014-07-31T09:05:20.942-07:00I'm all for clarity in language, and would pre...I'm all for clarity in language, and would prefer to get more than the gist of what someone means, but the level of pique we get into over this is really interesting to me. I mean, look at how many comments this one got!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.com