tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post442212106525689751..comments2024-03-29T15:45:04.867+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: More newspaper humourJabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-59507604939738714922007-08-06T16:14:00.000+05:302007-08-06T16:14:00.000+05:30And it's not even "What say you??!!", it's "Wot". ...And it's not even "What say you??!!", it's "Wot". Shudder. Seriously, please do it.Empress of Blandingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12322390142033298911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-39872046824614323382007-08-06T13:36:00.000+05:302007-08-06T13:36:00.000+05:30I myself, like deepdown said, feel a little better...I myself, like <I>deepdown</I> said, feel a little better that someone else is also taking note. I'm not a 'literary type' but even my kind find it excruciatingly painful to read what should be simple English in Indian media these days.<BR/><BR/>Yes, please do it. Make their...uppance come!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-69718470330400947872007-08-06T10:53:00.000+05:302007-08-06T10:53:00.000+05:30Neha: fie on you for linking Tolkien with TOIlet p...Neha: fie on you for linking Tolkien with TOIlet paper!Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-11187869714381500982007-08-06T10:46:00.000+05:302007-08-06T10:46:00.000+05:30I am going off tangent to your post (as usual!!?!)...I am going off tangent to your post (as usual!!?!) <BR/><BR/>In the final part of the Lord of the Rings, in the scene where Aragon meets the army of the half-dead he repeats the dialogue "What say you" three times. <BR/><BR/>That scene is my best scene *ever* :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-5260396088388083762007-08-06T06:12:00.000+05:302007-08-06T06:12:00.000+05:30Please don't. They're painful enough without the r...Please don't. They're painful enough without the reprise.<BR/><BR/>J.A.P.J. Alfred Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16446127543417759542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-42173657418639670772007-08-06T03:53:00.000+05:302007-08-06T03:53:00.000+05:30*is!*is!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-87299427584415537412007-08-06T03:52:00.000+05:302007-08-06T03:52:00.000+05:30I think you should do it. What irritates me most t...I think you should do it. What irritates me most these days is the way interviews end with "he/she signs off" or "he she quips" when the person os very clearly not quipping.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-54869815388277964312007-08-05T22:16:00.000+05:302007-08-05T22:16:00.000+05:30Indeed!!Indeed!!Leo Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325785953464914250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-18582934089247410802007-08-05T17:03:00.000+05:302007-08-05T17:03:00.000+05:30Yes, do it. So that we can have some vicarious pl...Yes, do it. So that we can have some vicarious pleasure too; just like you mentioned in your last post. :-DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-2374996857379498322007-08-05T11:56:00.000+05:302007-08-05T11:56:00.000+05:30Yaaaah! Do it! Burn it all to the ground!Sorry. I'...Yaaaah! Do it! Burn it all to the ground!<BR/><BR/>Sorry. I'm just excited. But this is a good idea. Go ahead with it, and not just for funsies.P2C2Uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00755090022591638478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-27720313902427069382007-08-05T08:05:00.000+05:302007-08-05T08:05:00.000+05:30Phoenix, Deepdown: I doubt I'll be able to do it i...Phoenix, Deepdown: I doubt I'll be able to do it in an elaborate way - will maybe just put up a few points here and there (have made a few notes already).<BR/><BR/>PPP: thanks, have removed the offending hyphen (good thing this blog isn't "the world's most widely read newspaper" with 3-4 stages of copy-editing, huh?).Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-17873441404897864022007-08-05T00:00:00.000+05:302007-08-05T00:00:00.000+05:30Why not let's talk about hyphens (“countless...Why not let's talk about hyphens (“countless examples of awkward sentence-construction”)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-67970520759826838822007-08-04T21:29:00.000+05:302007-08-04T21:29:00.000+05:30Please do it. When I think of the relief it would ...Please do it. When I think of the relief it would bring... rather than all of us suffering individually and silently. I sometimes wonder at the power of a misplaced comma or an inane phrase and the easy with which they can irritate me so much. But forming a tribe to nake fun of nasty rogue sentences will be so soothing; I feel better already, knowing I can belong to a fraternity -- it's prompted me to post a comment for the first time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-47280238620977570082007-08-04T16:30:00.000+05:302007-08-04T16:30:00.000+05:30Well take the idea seriously. I have lots of contr...Well take the idea seriously. I have lots of contributions, and if you don't appreciate them, I'll post 'em myself.<BR/><BR/>I am having the equipments to do the needful. <BR/><BR/>What say YOU?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-58688089910082128102007-08-04T16:28:00.000+05:302007-08-04T16:28:00.000+05:30The problem doesn't just end with newspapers. You ...The problem doesn't just end with newspapers. You see the same thing happening with news channels ( especially Hindi channels)prasunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17550515401248304717noreply@blogger.com