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chaospersonified:
Police police police police police.
That's a grammatical sentence, and I hate it.
Fucking look at that monstrosity.
I think it's possible to add 'police' a few more times with it continuing to be grammatical, but for the love of fuck, I'm not familiar enough with the definitions and subtleties of the word 'police' to determine what the hell that would mean. Five repetitions makes it a statement on the job description for those who keep an eye on their co-workers, but I think it can be done with eight
It might have shown up in this thread at some point, I don't know.
I read a book once on the weirdness of language, 'Mother Tongue,' by Bill Bryson. Fantastic read.
Method of Madness:
It may be grammatically correct, but it's devastatingly false (although that's a topic for another thread).
chaospersonified:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 04 Jun 2015, 13:12 ---It may be grammatically correct, but it's devastatingly false (although that's a topic for another thread).
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Accurate, but an imprecise statement, using the scientific definitions, which is my way of bringing this back to the topic.
What you say hits its target' makes a general point, but is left intentionally vague.
Precision is what makes it need its own thread, being precise would require names of police officers who have been left notably undisciplined for their actions.
Science!
Akima:
--- Quote from: chaospersonified on 04 Jun 2015, 13:35 ---being precise would require names of police officers who have been left notably undisciplined for their actions.
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It would be a very long list, though in some cases their names are a state-secret... I'm not sure that I buy the idea anyway. Does one have to know the exact properties of each individual atom in a steel bar (impossible anyway according to Quantum Theory), in order to speak precisely of the properties of the metal when it is swung into a man's face?
How about "A supermarket manager wearing a stock, was put in the stocks, and beaten with a rifle stock, as punishment for failing to maintain a stock of meat and vegetable stock on his supermarket's shelves, because he was too busy following his investments in penny stock." The many uses of the word "stock" occurred to me while out shopping...
Kugai:
She sells sea shells by the sea shore
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