When did "Medireview" = Medieval???

[Psion]

Here's what I've seen from an online discussion.

www.crackmonkey.org/pipermail/crackmonkey/2001q2/018739.html

Hope it helps.

BTW, you link is broke, but I fixed it in the above quotes.

Anyways, now is the part where I gloat:

Wooot! Told ya so! Psion ownz yuo with his mad detective skillz!

 

[EricNoah]

Re: just because a lot of people are wrong, doesn't make it right

quote:

whatever, just because quite a number of people you seem to know are hillbillies( i.e. are unable to pronounce "werds" properly), doesn't make their hideuos grammar valid or correct.

Ah so you'd rather have a dictionary that tells you *how* to talk, rather than a dictionary that describes how some people *actually* talk. I never thought I'd see a "prescriptive vs. descriptive dictionary" debate here! It's a librarian's dream come true!

 

[Maerdwyn]

Deleted an essentially correct (but less complete, despte being longer than the above link's) explanation of the situation taken from a medieval history discusion list.

 

[Wolfspider]

I never thought I'd see a "prescriptive vs. descriptive dictionary" debate here! It's a librarian's dream come true!

And an English teacher's.

 

[Pielorinho]

Your dreams come true?

Man, you English teachers and librarians need to get out of the house more!

Daniel

 

[Wolfspider]

Man, you English teachers and librarians need to get out of the house more!

Tell me about it....

 

[Maerdwyn]

Course description from the English dept. at Dominican University of California (emphasis mine):

"ENGL 3426/3427/3428/3429 Literary Magazine: 1 (1 unit) Practical experience in reviewuating , editing, and publishing writings submitted for the University literary magazine, Tuxedo. Students gain the skills necessary to produce this on-line journal. Grade: Pass/Fail. Fall, Spring Semesters (D, P)"

And from a course syllabus at Minnesota State University:

"Reports will be reviewuated for clarity, completeness in following report guidelines, grammar, spelling and organization. The reports are expected to be group efforts...."

 

[kenjib]

Re: just because a lot of people are wrong, doesn't make it right

quote:whatever, just because quite a number of people you seem to know are hillbillies( i.e. are unable to pronounce "werds" properly), doesn't make their hideuos grammar valid or correct.

I imagine that a British person might find it funny for a Canadian or American to complain about alternate pronunciations becoming official in the language, but I'm not British so I suppose that I wouldn't know for sure. Of course a middle english British person might find the same funny of a modern British person, and so on...

 

[Pielorinho]

Re: just because a lot of people are wrong, doesn't make it right

quote:
whatever, just because quite a number of people you seem to know are hillbillies( i.e. are unable to pronounce "werds" properly), doesn't make their hideuos grammar valid or correct.

When correcting someone's grammar, please observe the following rules:

1) Capitalize your sentences.
2) Place a space between a word and a beginning parenthesis that follows it.
3) Place a comma after "i.e."
4) Do not place a comma between the subject and predicate of a sentence unless another rule requires the comma.
5) Spell "hideous" correctly.
6) Don't begin the sentence with "whatever"; though I'm sure this is incorrect grammar, I'm not sure what the rule is.

I hope this helps!
Daniel
(now going back and very carefully looking over his prevoius posts for mistakes)

 

[Psion]

Course description from the English dept. at Dominican University of California (emphasis mine):

"ENGL 3426/3427/3428/3429 Literary Magazine: 1 (1 unit) Practical experience in reviewuating , editing, and publishing writings submitted for the University literary magazine, Tuxedo.
(...)
And from a course syllabus at Minnesota State University:

"Reports will be reviewuated for clarity, completeness in following report guidelines, grammar, spelling and organization. The reports are expected to be group efforts...."

Oooh, yeah. All those course catalogs have GOT to be right!

ROFLMAO!