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Wanebo		2009-02-03 09:34:24 AM

Just what we need. More pickled Nazi's.

Eddy Gurge		2009-02-03 09:38:24 AM

Ok, I chuckled.

LordOfThePings		2009-02-03 09:42:40 AM

A most unique headline.

dogdaze		2009-02-03 09:55:47 AM

Subby, I see what you did there, but I know just where it's at.

/ended w/ a preposition because I can

Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude		2009-02-03 09:56:42 AM

GIS for "Pickle Nazi" and this is on the first page:

WTF?

www.dnash.org

thisdaydreamer		2009-02-03 10:02:31 AM

*twitch*

*votes for greenlight*

Dead for Tax Reasons		2009-02-03 10:39:25 AM

"I confess, I'm a spelling, grammar and punctuation snob," says the 35-year-old travel writer from Sacramento, Calif. "And I won't patronize businesses with misspelled signs. It's like hearing fingernails running down a chalkboard."

oy vey, get a life

Nabb1		2009-02-03 10:40:29 AM

I see what you did there, submitter, and I'm having a Dr. Strangelove-slamming-his-arm-back-down-from-a-Sieg Heil moment trying not to point it out.

Pocket Ninja		2009-02-03 10:51:51 AM

Not only is travel writer Angela K. Nickerson a spelling, grammar, and punctuation snob, but you can travel with her and two local news anchors to Florence and Rome this Valentine's Day! Hurry!

upright		2009-02-03 10:52:05 AM

Oi, I almost edited this headline.

What_do_you_want_now		2009-02-03 11:01:49 AM

Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: GIS for "Pickle Nazi" and this is on the first page:

WTF?

Maybe it's time travel?

/Rummy's a Timelord, si?

elev8meL8r		2009-02-03 11:03:05 AM

RandomAxe		2009-02-03 11:04:36 AM

"I confess, I'm a spelling, grammar and punctuation snob," says the 35-year-old travel writer from Sacramento, Calif.

A travel writer who's hopefully annoyed that the article omitted the Oxford comma.

[No, it's not optional.]

[Then your style guide is wrong.]

[Yes, that includes Oxford.]

cjshrader		2009-02-03 11:04:38 AM

It's grammar

/Pet peeve

LukeA		2009-02-03 11:04:47 AM

upright: Oi, I almost edited this headline.

Are you really getting a kick out of some of these replies?

wmoonfox		2009-02-03 11:06:21 AM

subby: The fFailing economy may be bringing out more ~~Grammer Nazi's~~ grammar-nazis.

FTFY

Committee_For_Aesthetic_Deletions		2009-02-03 11:06:45 AM

NYZooMan		2009-02-03 11:07:26 AM

You can have my "unnecessary" quotes when you "rip" them from my cold "dead" hands!

Snarcoleptic_Hoosier		2009-02-03 11:07:27 AM

Arbeit Macht Fries

pharkqueue		2009-02-03 11:07:58 AM

You mean people who can communicate intelligently might be out of work, so they have more time to hang with the geniuses on the tubes of the interwebs?

Look at me, I haz kumputer and a majik finger to pickens my noze!
z.about.com

ReverendJasen		2009-02-03 11:08:00 AM

Mmmmm.... salty!

Farking Zardwarks		2009-02-03 11:08:18 AM

wmoonfox: subby: The fFailing economy may be bringing out more Grammer Nazi's grammar-nazis.

FTFY

Well, there ya go, folks. Party's over. Everyone say 'Thanks!' to wmoonfox for ruining it. Move along now, show's over.

bigbottom		2009-02-03 11:08:32 AM

All I keep thinking of is the "Soup Nazi"

trapped-in-CH		2009-02-03 11:09:16 AM

that's just cruelty right there.

petuniapup		2009-02-03 11:10:03 AM

Nabb1
I see what you did there, submitter, and I'm having a Dr. Strangelove-slamming-his-arm-back-down-from-a-Sieg Heil moment trying not to point it out.

That's going into my comments section. Love it. :)

actualhuman		2009-02-03 11:10:07 AM

bigbottom: All I keep thinking of is the "Soup Nazi"

No grammar for you! You come back, one year!

pxlboy		2009-02-03 11:10:23 AM

approves.

The Gunslinger Roland		2009-02-03 11:10:49 AM

i hait u oll

gmikes		2009-02-03 11:11:02 AM

Thats a funny head line

cryinoutloud		2009-02-03 11:11:11 AM

Dead for Tax Reasons: "I confess, I'm a spelling, grammar and punctuation snob," says the 35-year-old travel writer from Sacramento, Calif. "And I won't patronize businesses with misspelled signs. It's like hearing fingernails running down a chalkboard."

I would never buy something from an ad in the newspaper that has a misspelled word in it. Especially if it's the item itself. "1998 Tayota for sale"--no thanks.

pxlboy		2009-02-03 11:11:20 AM

The Gunslinger Roland: i hait u oll

yeah? wel your retarded

pxlboy		2009-02-03 11:11:58 AM

cryinoutloud: Dead for Tax Reasons: "I confess, I'm a spelling, grammar and punctuation snob," says the 35-year-old travel writer from Sacramento, Calif. "And I won't patronize businesses with misspelled signs. It's like hearing fingernails running down a chalkboard."

I would never buy something from an ad in the newspaper that has a misspelled word in it. Especially if it's the item itself. "1998 Tayota for sale"--no thanks.

GIS for "tayota"

DrZiffle		2009-02-03 11:12:09 AM

RandomAxe: The so-called Chicago comma or Oxford comma are not used in Associated Press style, mein Fuhrer.

chef_riggy		2009-02-03 11:12:50 AM

FTA
"...our recent woes...may be ratcheting up the pressure some feel to seize control of something (anything!), even if it's just a properly placed comma."

Commas, people, commas.

/I'm slipping into a little comma right now, methinks.

safeinsane		2009-02-03 11:13:44 AM

lelio		2009-02-03 11:14:05 AM

Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: GIS for "Pickle Nazi" and this is on the first page:

WTF?

Don't GIS for The Pickle Incident.

petuniapup		2009-02-03 11:14:09 AM

wmoonfox: subby: The "failing economy" may be bringing out more "grammar-nazis."

FTFY

baggeryking		2009-02-03 11:15:33 AM

dogdaze: Subby, I see what you did there, but I know just where ~~it's~~ its at.

/ended w/ a preposition because I can

/pet peave

Somaticasual		2009-02-03 11:15:41 AM

fark is recession-proof by that logic..

Farking Zardwarks		2009-02-03 11:16:39 AM

People who correct grammar on the internet are total loosers.

dbutters		2009-02-03 11:17:26 AM

Wanebo: Just what we need. More pickled Nazi's.

YES YES YES.

pxlboy		2009-02-03 11:17:29 AM

Farking Zardwarks: People who correct grammar on the internet are total loosers.

ISWYDT

RandomAxe		2009-02-03 11:17:31 AM

DrZiffle said: The so-called Chicago comma or Oxford comma are not used in Associated Press style, mein Fuhrer.

Yes. Hardly the first thing the AP has been wrong about, but a good example.

Honestly, US print journalism style is so atrocious, in general, that I would not permit my dog to be sick upon most US newspapers. Failing at everything doesn't excuse one's minor sins, though.

blazemongr		2009-02-03 11:17:46 AM

What_do_you_want_now: Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: GIS for "Pickle Nazi" and this is on the first page:

WTF?

Maybe it's time travel?

/Rummy's a Timelord, si?

It's not "ATMOS System!" That's a tautology, see, because "ATMOS" stands for "Atmospheric Omission System," so you're saying "Atmospheric Omission System System." You got that, Mister Subjunctive Clause?

TuesdayClub		2009-02-03 11:18:26 AM

So...Who picked apart the article for errors already?

/Anyone?
//Bueller?

Kilroy Is Watching You		2009-02-03 11:18:38 AM

My Baloney Has No First Name		2009-02-03 11:19:00 AM

"And I won't patronize businesses with misspelled signs. It's like hearing fingernails running down a chalkboard."

It's a proper noun. They can spell it however they like.