tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178799195729667985.post6109459225163906328..comments2023-09-29T11:08:21.509-04:00Comments on DAVID DUST: Facebook Status Update of the CenturyDavid Dusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00348019814971057479noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178799195729667985.post-23508549895936223892010-09-30T10:29:55.038-04:002010-09-30T10:29:55.038-04:00A good book about this very problem is called &quo...A good book about this very problem is called "Eats Shoots & leaves"...I've seen it at the bookstores, and it illustrates punctuation problems.Mr.Mischiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558542439592299078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178799195729667985.post-72295222175895579012010-09-30T06:38:19.093-04:002010-09-30T06:38:19.093-04:00thank god for @Mr. Mischief b/c i had no idea what...thank god for @Mr. Mischief b/c i had no idea what he was trying to say, either! clearly, fluency in native speakers is becoming an issue. i mean, this isn't just a literacy problem anymore ~ people are forgetting their frigging language. it's funny in a "wow, that's terribly sad" kind of way.kayce.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14897843883929212133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178799195729667985.post-50242610399633081382010-09-29T13:23:58.620-04:002010-09-29T13:23:58.620-04:00Without a comma, it makes it sound like he has to ...Without a comma, it makes it sound like he has to watch his grandpa "fuckin a man"-he was actually trying to say "Fucking A, man..."...in the second part, the guy suggested a comma, and the original poster thought the second guy wished the grandpa was in a COMA.Mr.Mischiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558542439592299078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178799195729667985.post-66639018946715887972010-09-29T12:36:49.537-04:002010-09-29T12:36:49.537-04:00Someone please translate that into a form that mak...Someone please translate that into a form that makes sense. I still don't get it.Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17172175212895544285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178799195729667985.post-48393601658186554392010-09-29T10:24:09.718-04:002010-09-29T10:24:09.718-04:00Oh good lord-I thought the part about watching gra...Oh good lord-I thought the part about watching grandpa doing it with another man was bad, but then I saw the comma part...lolMr.Mischiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558542439592299078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178799195729667985.post-38097410554047327722010-09-29T08:08:28.683-04:002010-09-29T08:08:28.683-04:00*That* would be a perfect example for some kids I ...*That* would be a perfect example for some kids I know. Unfortunately they wouldn't get it the 'comma', 'coma' either...the dogs' motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11512888563325865616noreply@blogger.com