tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7802716903254015310.post222619273817243020..comments2023-06-13T13:24:07.539+01:00Comments on Imperfect and Tense: Bridging the divideImperfect and Tensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07348507012722069785noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7802716903254015310.post-82241486840685020292012-02-20T22:15:54.371+00:002012-02-20T22:15:54.371+00:00That's not a comment, that's another blogp...That's not a comment, that's another blogpost! Congrats, Tony, you hold the record for the longest comment yet on an Imperfect and Tense post. I am told that there are cultures in the world where there are more than two genders, which makes us look rather frugal and poor in comparison. Perhaps this is where the phrase "the more, the merrier" comes from.Imperfect and Tensehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07348507012722069785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7802716903254015310.post-45418144567232034132012-02-20T21:04:01.045+00:002012-02-20T21:04:01.045+00:00Ouch! I think you may just have prodded a slumberi...Ouch! I think you may just have prodded a slumbering Bank Vole with a pointy stick.<br /><br />Now, let me just say right from the start, I too, really do not care, when it comes to consenting adults, who does what to who, with what, in the privacy of their own homes (or in the case of MPs, their second or third, state sponsored, rented to/from relatives homes).<br /><br />But, when it comes to pedantry (as a fully certified member of Pedants UK for English)regarding the abuse of what use to be the mother tongue, I really must put in my four penn'orth (1.66666p). <br /><br />Having followed your excellent link to the aforementioned "article" I think the line which has irked your ire is the one refering to "gay and lesbian people".<br /><br />Now when I went to school (yes, I did) this could well have refered to a group of people from lesbia who are also joyous,carefree, happy and/or of colourful and lively disposition.<br /><br />However, since the redefining of the word gay, we are now informed by the OED that it refers primarily to gentlemen who prefer their blondes to be blokes - but can also include, in a wider sense - those ladies with an eye for the sensible shoe. <br /><br />I think it only charitable in this case, therefore, to give the benefit of the doubt to the "article" and assume that by gays and lesbians they mean both boys and girls which reluctantly I have to agree are people.<br /><br />As a fair and impartial judge, jury and executioner (who still thinks you gave him your cold)I must, therefore, find you guilty of gross pedantry in a built up area, after dark, without due cause or consideration. Your punishment to listen to Noel Harrison singing "Windmills of Your Mind"<br /><br />As an aside Gay (John)wrote the Beggars Opera.<br /><br />PS glad you had a good weekendTales of a Bank Volehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14534241405682329961noreply@blogger.com