http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/tags.php?tag=pedants The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Mon, 20 May 2013 04:49:37 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=329#post-3509 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:30:15 +0000 Hunter F. Thompson 3509@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Gotten is rotten; forgotten is worse,<br /> <em>Usage</em> annoys where apt use would be terse,<br /> Tack a syllable here, thrust a malaprop there:<br /> Doing house-calls, pedants should be clearing the air. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=329#post-3430 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:55:08 +0000 malgor 3430@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Gotten<br /> Is rotten.</p> <p>(Apologies to Ogden Nash) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=329#post-3426 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:33:27 +0000 Des Custard 3426@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>But is 'ize v ise' really worth getting worked up about? (Or even 'yze v yse'.) Both are valid, and if anything it's English English that has changed.</p> <p>What I hate is the way 'got' has gone from using 'to have' to 'to do', as in "Have you got a pen?" "Yes I do." I blame the telly, because proper American authors don't write like that. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=329#post-3294 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:05:05 +0000 Scroat 3294@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Don't get me started on American spellings - again. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=329#post-3279 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:58:20 +0000 malgor 3279@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Update: I see facebook is getting a blue box app., called <em>Status Analyzer 3D</em>. Yes, analyser with a 'z'. Except it's not blue, so it can go screw itself. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=329#post-1149 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:05:43 +0000 Hunter F. Thompson 1149@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>My goodness, thank you for that link Mr Algor. A refreshing read, indeed. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=329#post-1113 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:46:34 +0000 malgor 1113@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>In case anyone's interested, its real name is the <em>bbCumulus Plugin for bbPress</em> and you can read about it by <a href="http://gaut.am/2009/12/bb-cumulus-beta-for-bbpress-released/#more-223">CLICKING HERE</a>. (Scroll down to Carlos' comment - what a pedant!) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=329#post-990 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:24:27 +0000 The All New Jeni B 990@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I've only just managed to drag myself away from the scarily hypnotic blue box. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=329#post-986 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:17:40 +0000 Hunter F. Thompson 986@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I've been experimenting with the Blue Box slightly differently. Getting results, too. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=329#post-966 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:24:06 +0000 malgor 966@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><img src="http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u313/malgor_bucket/bluebox.jpg"> *</p> <p>If you’re suffering from writer’s block and can’t be arsed with chit-chat, yet somehow cannot drag yourself away from NB/forum, then do as I do and play Blue Box for hours on end!</p> <p>You can spin it at random with a quick mouse-over or indulge in any number of more specialised Blue Box activities. For example, pick a tag and do you best to get it in the centre (tip: the tags spin in the opposite direction to your mouse!) then take your mouse away to leave your chosen tag hovering steadily in the middle of the box. Sounds easy?</p> <p>Blue Box is so versatile, you can invent your own games and your own rules of play. You could pick a tag as your ‘centre target tag’, but you’re only being allowed to touch the box in the corners with your mouse pointer. Now there’s a challenge!</p> <p>Another game is to spin the box and memorise as many tags as you can. When it stops spinning, open Word (or Excel if you’re really organised) and type out all the tags you can remember (or think you can remember!)</p> <p>Remember – everyone’s Blue Box is personal to them, thanks to the power of Lava (or whatever it’s called), so multiple-player solo games can all be played simultaneously and at the same time without anything to do with each other. Marvellous! Best of all, it can be played one-handed, so if you’ve recently broken your shoulder, for example, you can still join in the fun. </p> <p>Rumour has it there’ll be a special edition Blue Box Xbox out by Christmas!</p> <p>* Image for illustration purposes (like they usually are). The real Blue Box is on the main page. Have fun and watch out for RSI. </p>