Posts by Paul Williams
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Actually, I was thinking of Gio and Emma, but if that's how you roll, patrinfikulo....
I knew my Speaker piece was a little less popular than other threads...
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Ha! I can live with being known as a Drag fanboy.
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next problem for you to solve: can you do something about this 4-hour time difference i'm up against?
I'm so with you stephen. My marginal stake in this conversation couldn't withstand the two hour time difference. Imagine my surprise when an innocent discussion on grammar turned into this:
Not that I want to stop this thread from crawling into a corner to quietly bleed to death, but
where we some time fulfill the roles of 'pron gal' and 'Italian gastronomy guy'.
I totally reckon Giovanni and I should get costumes.
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Yup, <i>Infernal Affairs</i> and it's two sequels (well a sequel and a prequel) hit the festival circuit in '04 - fun, but by the end you needed a flow chart and a lot of aspirin, as 90% of the characters either died or were recast between one film's intricate clockwork of double double crosses and the next. If there is a film God, Scorsese has a full slate until he dies peacefully in his private screening room while watching a pristine restored print of some obscure Italian neo-realist gem.
Oh I don't know. I picked up the box set cheaply a while back and loved all three movies. I liked the Departed but agree Wahlberg's character was weak compared with Infernal Affairs and combined the three movies really are greater than the sum etc. Interestingly, the original Infernal Affairs series is less violent/menacing than the Departed I thought.
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It’s good grammar, therefore you should learn it, because it shows you know good grammar.
I fear this is the blog-equivalent of the myth of sisyphus and we've started to roll down the side again... anyho0, e e cumming totally f**ked with spelling, grammar and good manners and
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Has the difference between it's and its been abolished somehow?
Affect/effect... that's just a pain in the arse.
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I don't think you need look further than the greed angle. Even when txt first started, the bandwidth used was tiny compared to voice.
I've worked out that, on the corporate plan I've got, it's mostly cheaper for me to call than use SMS. Mostly. The calls I make a usually pretty quick and cost a few cents but two or more SMSs and I'm up to a buck...
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I put that down to frustration with the straw argument, frankly, because it's not as if wankerish pedantry and sloppy expression are the only two alternatives available.
Perhaps so, however the frustration was possibly felt on both sides of the particular debate.
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Too bad nobody here is arguing against that position, ay?
If they're not, then the earler comment by David was possibly a little over-egged.
Why on Earth do you think other people should have to make an effort to know/do what you want? If you are too lazy and/or pigheaded to make yourself clear, why should I care enough to read what you've written, let alone do the job of working out what you mean for you?
As Ben's said, it's not about reversing the onus, it's about being open-minded. If that's what you're saying, then I agree (the coincidence of confusion in a discussion about confusion is amusing I'm sure).
We're increasingly encouraged to write simple, short uncomplicated sentences. This aides understanding and avoids confusion. I get this, I do this, it's fine. But there's not nearly enough space for exploration, for invention and for creativity which can be dense or lacking in structure. SMS novels in Japan offend establish rules but may contain new thinking. If I'm an open-minded reader, I'll ignore confusing construction or poor grammar 'cause there's something new to be heard surely.
In an interview I heard/read/saw with Neil Finn years back, he commented that when he went solo, he didn't get too hung up by a straight narrative in his lyrics, he wanted to communicate a feeling and if that meant odd combinations of words that didn't have an obvious textual meaning then so be it. It's not for Cabinet minutes sure, but that audience has different expectations and perhaps that's my point in simple terms, a good writer knows the audience and their expectations and can fashion content accordingly.
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Just to be clear, I'll repeat:
You wanting something from me puts no onus on me whatsoever.
That's one way to see it. Another is that someone with real insight, wisdom and/or originality might be ignored 'cause they split their infinitives...