Subject: There is no parenthetical aside.
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Posted on: 2014-02-03 18:26:00 UTC
There never was a parenthetical aside.
We have always been at war with Eurasia...
Subject: There is no parenthetical aside.
Author:
Posted on: 2014-02-03 18:26:00 UTC
There never was a parenthetical aside.
We have always been at war with Eurasia...
Alright has no logical reason to be incorrect; we already have merged words like, er, "already" or "altogether". As far as I'm concerned, that means it's okay to use over all right.
Given that I didn't actually make a statement on either side of the debate - and closed with a quote from the OED which says that there is no justification for arguing against 'alright' - I don't think you can really say I was being 'purposefully insulting'. The comment in question - since it extended into the line 'If we all ways spread it alover the internet, it will all so be an alround success!' - was (I think pretty clearly) intended to be humorous.
hS
I thought you were being needlessly sarcastic to prove a point of how silly the word was in your opinion. To be fair, that was partially because I saw similar arguments from other folks who were completely serious about their comments. So, my apologies for seeing innocent humor as sarcastic attack.
That isn't really an error. It's more of a stylistic choice than anything else. "Alright" is a word, and both "all" and "right" are words. You can't use "alright" in all situations where "all right" would be possible("We need to find some left gloves!" "You can't, Horace! They're all right!"), but it can be used here.
"Alright" is not a word. It's a slang contraction, like "ain't." And while it's understandable to use "ain't" in dialogue, as it sounds different from "isn't," and a character might just talk that way, "alright" and "all right" sound identical (to anyone who isn't a PPC agent). There's no argument that the character is using a slang expression; the phrase has just been spelled wrong.
(And yes, "The gloves are all right," could mean either, "The gloves all go on right hands," or "The gloves are okay.")
...I just wanted to say that I utterly adore Gunnerkrigg Court (Thread was the most adorable chapter ever, admit it), and I am utterly horrified that such a badfic could reside in the fandom. Not surprised, merely horrified. I'll have something more gushy and constructive once I actually read your thing.
-Aila
There never was a parenthetical aside.
We have always been at war with Eurasia...
What does the Notary look like? I don't think you've ever described her, or perchance I missed the piece.
(I typed this post while holding a Petit-beurre in my mouth. Heh heh.)
The description of her on the wiki page is also really neat, too. However, you might want to pay a bit more attention to equalising descriptions and stuff in future stories; we got a really good picture of Wobbles through this mission but like Des I had no clue what the Notary looked like until now. Of course, this mission seemed to be largely from her POV, so comes with the territory I guess.
So the Librarian could also point at her and laugh about her ridiculous clothes, were he the type to point and laugh.
I mean, my GC knowledge is largely limited to the fact I binge-read the entire thing a couple weeks back, but the vibe I got from him is that for the most part he'd find it more amusing to let us do our thing than to do much to get in the way.
...Of course, this is a sinister trickster god, so what he finds interesting today might not be what he likes tomorrow.
Up until he decides it'd be funny to turn all the walls into Slorp or something.
That's my point: Coyote isn't malevolent, he's unpredictable. And having HQ open to something that powerful and that random sounds like a very bad idea.
hS
...It would probably be a bad idea for me to have Discord know about us. Good to know...
(Right, so, that changes how Unicornicopia is going down... Dangit...)
After all, he didn't exactly promise not to give the PPC any trouble, he just seemed fairly agreeable in a creepy way. I think I lost track of the point I was making here...
(Side note: I didn't know you were into GC! It seems to be pretty big around here, and online in general.)