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Buttoneer

(657 posts) Sun Oct 20, 2024, 08:19 PM Oct 20

House of Horrors

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House of Horrors (Original Post) Buttoneer Oct 20 OP

That's Me My Friend BOSSHOG Oct 20 #1

Fellow word nerd here - all of it. 3catwoman3 Oct 20 #3

I truly love paragraphs BOSSHOG Oct 20 #4

AARRRRRGH cyclonefence Oct 20 #2

My mother and her mother would go insane. OldBaldy1701E Oct 21 #5

BOSSHOG

(39,906 posts)

1. That's Me My Friend

Reply to Buttoneer (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2024, 08:25 PM

Oct 20

I’m a grammar nerd with an audience of one.

We might look at Chinese writing wondering how the hell can they communicate? At the same time Chinese look at our writing wondering how the hell can they communicate.

3catwoman3

(25,469 posts)

3. Fellow word nerd here - all of it.

Reply to BOSSHOG (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 20, 2024, 09:03 PM

Oct 20

Grammar, spelling, usage, pronunciation. And may I add really long posts at DU with no paragraphs?!

BOSSHOG

(39,906 posts)

4. I truly love paragraphs

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #3)

Sun Oct 20, 2024, 09:10 PM

Oct 20

And I truly love short posts.

As a brain exercise for old people I’m writing with my non dominant hand. Crossword puzzles and a daily diary. I’m also writing a book with my non dominant hand just to exercise my brain. Lots of paragraphs. The book is a mishmash of nonsense about an alcoholic lawyer in the French quarter. But my brain gets exercised.

cyclonefence

(4,873 posts)

2. AARRRRRGH

Reply to Buttoneer (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2024, 08:57 PM

Oct 20

MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP

OldBaldy1701E

(6,393 posts)

5. My mother and her mother would go insane.

Reply to Buttoneer (Original post)

Mon Oct 21, 2024, 06:13 PM

Oct 21

Grandmother was an English professor at a small women's college at one point in her life. She raised her entire family to be English professors.

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