Exclamation Marks, “Novel” & An Admission
Posted on January 26, 2009 - Filed Under Animals, Blogging, College, Language, Life-In-General | Leave a Comment
This post contains a whole lot of misdirected aggression, but I really fucking hate it when people abuse exclamation marks. Here’s a prime example from a student email: Please be advised that Dr Lucy James requested that the Signpost session on Friday 30th January is from 09.30 – 10.00! Kindly amend this in your timetable, [...]
X “Could Care Less”
Posted on July 22, 2008 - Filed Under Language, Media | 1 Comment
I’ve been meaning to blog this for months, but I kept forgetting about it, despite how much it pisses me off. The title refers to a common American phrase, for instance, “John could care less about his neighbour”, which is intended to mean “John doesn’t care about his neighbour”. All arguments about linguistic evolution aside, [...]
