Comments on: Weekly Jackass Number Forty-Seven: Harold Pinter

By: Decision ‘08 » Blog Archive » Harold Pinter: A Sad, Pathetic Nobel ‘Lecture’

Thu, 08 Dec 2005 13:23:36 +0000

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By: mtl

mtl — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 03:13:55 +0000

A poet has no rules in writing and is not bound by the standards of english…the mistakes are part of the art.
Isn’t poetry great?

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 00:58:27 +0000

Quite right, cat, my mistake. Yes, you have caught me in a blunder – to be truthful, I did not know that fulfil vs. fulfill was a UK vs. US spelling difference. I will correct the post. Gloat away…

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 00:46:10 +0000

wee wee, poopy, piddle, thingie, crap crap crap. Uncle Sam is a bad man.

I will be expecting my Nobel Prize for children’s literature to be arriving in the mail shortly.

thank you.

By: cat

cat — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 00:31:07 +0000

Hmm

‘And most educated Britons do not use after non-mistakes like “fulfill.”’

I think that sentence calls for a legitimate use of…. “[sic]“

By: cat

cat — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 00:26:34 +0000

Just a reminder, Decision, the general convention for using “[sic]” is to place it after a mistake that appeared in the original text being quoted. Most educated Americans do not usually insert it after non-mistakes like “colour” and “labour.” And most educated Britons do not use after non-mistakes like “fulfill.” Perhaps you could learn from these people. Otherwise, when you are trying to appear clever you might find that you have actually created the opposite impression.

By: Decision ‘08 » Blog Archive » Who Said It?

Decision ‘08 » Blog Archive » Who Said It? — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 19:55:43 +0000

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By: Trochilus

Trochilus — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:48:38 +0000

Acephalous, peers and sneers over the specs at us for poking a bit of fun at the larboard-leaning literati and their brandy newest Nobble Prize winner. Please, Acidophilic, take a gander at “American Football,” recently penned Pinter trash, and tell us you wouldn’t have followed it with [sick]. It is posted by Michelle Malkin today.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:08:43 +0000

Hey, that Ignobels web site is good for hours of wasted time…my kind of place….

By: bebere

bebere — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 03:17:26 +0000

Acephalous: Those of us who’ve always cared about literature tend to be interested in these things. I don’t pretend to be one of the literati (a literata?), but I can say with a fair bit of certainty that Pinter is no Tagore or Naipul.

As for the IgNobels, they’re a Harvard/MIT institution brought to us by the Journal of Improbable Science. My favorite event is the 24/7 lecture (formerly known as the Heisenberg Certainty lecture). They have a contest where someone can win a date with a Nobel Laureate. I dream of winning a date with William Lipscomb. He’s adorable and plays a mean clarinet.
It’s all in good fun, for crying out loud.