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mornikay:
* it turns out that i was reading the amended version of brittney's post, which you say is "now correct". so, in a sense, we agree that it is correct and have about the same authority.

* i imagine that she amended her post in an effort to tell her story more clearly and out of a sense of wanting to be precise. i imagine that she did not do so as any sort of courtesy to you or even to one of her polite readers. there are many things things brittney does which are gracious (riding a bike, crying at sad things, not telling you to fuck off), but revising her own work is probably not one of them.

* when you use quotation marks (") to attribute words to another writer, it is expected that what is between those marks is copied verbatim from the other writer. this is made very easy on computers, as one can copy and paste. in this regard, you have failed.

red clay:
perhaps ms. brittney can place that bet for you during her vegas trip, but i imagine that even in that state, at any odds, there will be no takers.

You write worse than she does.

I'm only gracious to a point.

mourningkay,
i'm willing to bet there's loooots of room round your barstool.

She certainly was *not* "right with her useage," and you've just proven yourself unable to comment on the subject with any authority, anyway. You write worse than she does.

I notice that Brittney has amended the story so that it is now correct. I didn't have to spell it out for her. She figured it out for herself, like an adult. That was mighty gracious of her, so I'll be looking for things like that in the future.

Hrm. I've been a bit of a stranger to the boards lately. However, that doesn't mean that I don't read the blog on a up-to-date basis. I pity you guys that feel like you have to put up with hearing about war stories and all that "bullshit". I treasure the rare moments that my grandfather will share such historic moments. What are we without some sort of history? I have two of the most generous grandparents in the world. My car is testament to that, and I hope that one day I can do the same for my grandchildren. I guess I grew up in Mayberry, but I only can hope that they would still love me the way they do even if it wasn't that way. And I hope that they're both around long enough to tell me any story they possibly have to share.

Wow, and that photo was posted at Metafilter! My little heart is breaking.

Sigh. I thought it seemed fishy. The blackout photo was my Jesus. I just wanted to BELIEVE. In something...

how is admonish wrong, buddy?
you gonna break out the red pen,
do some good. if you're not gonna tell her
why it was wrong, at least give her a better word.
admonish fits here.


as to the fiction, my old daddy use to say
"nothing ruins a good story like an eyewitness."

as to the grandparents, i had both kinds.
one my grandmothers told me "i don't really like children."
course she was irish as a car bomb, and her brogue made it
sound like a song. i mean, i was a child then,and hung around children. i could understand where she was coming from.

Edited by author 08-23-2003 06:43 PM
from dictionary.com: (begin quote)
ad·mon·ish ( P ) Pronunciation Key (d-mnsh)
tr.v. ad·mon·ished, ad·mon·ish·ing, ad·mon·ish·es

   1. To reprove gently but earnestly.
   2. To counsel (another) against something to be avoided; caution.
   3. To remind of something forgotten or disregarded, as an obligation or a responsibility.

Synonyms: admonish, reprove, rebuke, reprimand, reproach
 These verbs mean to correct or caution critically. Admonish implies the giving of advice or a warning in order to rectify or avoid something: “A gallows erected on an eminence admonished the offenders of the fate that awaited them” (William Hickling Prescott). Reprove usually suggests gentle criticism and constructive intent: With a quick look, the teacher reproved the child for whispering in class. Rebuke and reprimand both refer to sharp, often angry criticism: “Some of the most heated criticism... has come from the Justice Department, which rarely rebukes other agencies in public” (Howard Kurtz). “A committee at [the university] asked its president to reprimand a scientist who tested gene-altered bacteria on trees” (New York Times). Reproach usually refers to regretful or unhappy criticism arising from a sense of disappointment: “Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach” (Samuel Johnson).

(end quote)

my grandparents seem both regretful and disappointed in my wardrobe, so it seemes to me, mornikay, that she is right on with her useage.

Edited by author 08-23-2003 01:13 PM
For Rent: The story I told is true. But, when anyone begins writing, it all becomes fiction. Just so you know.

mornikay: Yes. I am, as you say, a budding writer. So, thanks for pointing out my misuse of the word "admonish." You're right, I was wrong. And no, I can't spell for shit.

Which begs the question: If my grammar and style errors irritate you enough to leave a snarky comment here, then why come at all? Other blogs, I'm sure, have top-notch spelling and grammar that I bet would love to have you.

If your post is at all factual (I was surprised as an "outsider" that you post fiction and truth in the same spaces with no markings differentiating the two) I feel profoundly sad for you.

Of course, I'm not sure why you do this, as only close r/l friends would be able to tell.

Which maybe is all this is meant for anyway. *shrug*

Gaaah. You misused the word "admonish." It's far from the first time. Your spelling is pretty poor, too. Aren't you supposed to be a budding writer?

I was lucky. All of my grandparents were good people who cared about me, when I did see them. Maybe that separation helped.

I remember my family calling me psychic (to this day) for 'predicting' my last grandparent's death. I was leaving on a work term and just had a feeling, so I went along with the family to see her shortly before I left. Not three weeks later, she was dead.

And personally, I know that it was my grandfather who got me started on my love of card games of all types.

Me neither. Grandparents are old dead people whose first names you do not know.

God, we've been so gypped. I'd put up with some old people telling me what WWII was really like in exchange for some of that fabled Birthday and Christmas Money...

Nobody ever gives me their money.

I forgot they came to the softball games. That made my heart hurt.. I wish they could have just showed more affection, something! I too have never understood the relationships between grandparents and grandchildren, because I never had one!

But that wasn't so bad, when you think of the stir of human about the table, and you just a soft thing around feet. The important thing is whether you remember, because that's what little you will ask: what was your mother like? do you remember great grandma and grandpa, great-great grandma and great-great grandpa? did grandma look like me? You'll be a hundred and telling little girls how the twentieth century looked, how mothers somehow loved little girls, even little girls like you back then.