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'Grammar Vigilante' Secretly Corrects Bristol Street Signs (irishtimes.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: A self-confessed "grammar vigilante" has been secretly correcting bad punctuation on street signs and shop fronts in Bristol for more than a decade. The anonymous crusader carries out his work in the dead of night using the "Apostrophiser" -- a long-handled tool he created to reach the highest signs. The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, told the BBC that correcting rogue apostrophes is his speciality.
He's supposed to be from Bristol, after all.
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he should visit /. with his tool.
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Back in my day, we called them grammar Nazis. It might not be allowed these days though.
Golly, here on the internet, they're called "Grammar Nazis". Maybe people who correct bad grammar aren't so bad after all...
Slashdot is already plenty full of tools.
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What does this story have to do with what Slashdot is supposed to be?
Santa.
FTFY
They can take my LifeAlert pendant when they pry it from my cold dead fingers.
If only he would come and correct all the "Nacho's" signs outside small-town Texas restaurants. (Or does a guy named Nacho own a couple thousand little restaurants here?)
Perhaps he could give you some help with commas.
...and not trying to correct things like "10 items or less" when there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. (Clue: "ten or less items" is wrong; "ten items or less" isn't.)
No, your children are not the special ones. Nor are your pets.
Man this guys teh rediculous,
The level of care given to writing a question sets the bar for the level of care given to answering the question.
If you can't be arsed to reach your pinky finger to the side to hit your Shift key, why should other people be arsed to stop what they're doing to help you?
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Your joking. There's nothing wrong with my grammar; my apostrophes' are perfect?
I have a friend who has the nickname 'Chip'. I keep suggesting to him that he should open a fish and chip shop and call it.....
Chip's
You want help specifically from pedantic nerds, but you can't be bothered to speak their language? Further, you're upset about the very personality traits that make them able to help you?
Just go back to Facebook and Twitter. You fit in there. You don't fit in here.
Socialism: a lie told by totalitarians and believed by fools.
A few years ago a local artist improved a confusing L.A. freeway sign, making an interstate number shield in the process:
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One down, 9,999 to go...
Table-ized A.I.
arsed too reply with speling and grammer correction?
Does anybody think those replies are 'to help'? Pitiful, self congratulatory, mental fapping. The middle schooler, desperate to show how smart (s)he is. Big words, half understood, that's the grammarian.
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It actually has content.
"National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law
As if people care about helping someone else regardless of if he used correct grammar or not. If he had it would be more likely that he would not get the Grammar Nazis but still wouldn't get a helpful answer.
https://xkcd.com/1576/
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The real criminals here are the sign makers. People who's job is written communication are either unable or unwilling to see basic, simple mistakes.
None of these incorrect signs should exist.
Moral of the story: just because you're paying someone, doesn't mean they are competent at their job.
No! More Rape
A protest sign held up by a feminist.
On the level of the Bristol Stool Scale, how shít is this article, lads?
arsed too reply with speling and grammer correction?
Does anybody think those replies are 'to help'? Pitiful, self congratulatory, mental fapping. The middle schooler, desperate to show how smart (s)he is. Big words, half understood, that's the grammarian.
Literacy is a hallmark of the educated. If you show yourself to not appreciate education, why should anyone listen to you or help you become educated?
Because I have arthritis in my hands I typo stuff sometimes. I could carefully proof read my internet posts, but it's fucking Slashdot. Incorrect case isn't going to stop people understanding the message.
And if you are that bothered by it... Okay, I'll go without your reply, my life is too short to care about trivial mistakes.
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
Works at night correcting signs because if he did it during the day someone would surely correct his face.
Whereas, grammar may have reached an epidemic of horribleness*, I think grammar Nazis are perhaps more of a problem than grammer**.
* deliberate use of an unword
** I wanted to make someone's skin crawl with that spelling mistake.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
arsed too reply with speling and grammer correction?
I can't figure out what you asked here, so I won't bother with the rest of your reply.
Amazon banned me today from posting comments to their user reviews. They didn't like that I correct people's grammer. They call it being spiteful.
No more apostrophe catAHstrophe!
That's right. And the mathematics I was taught in grade school was wrong, too. Correctly:
2.3 is less than 2.6, but
2 is fewer than 3.
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You want help specifically from pedantic nerds, but you can't be bothered to speak their language? Further, you're upset about the very personality traits that make them able to help you?
Just go back to Facebook and Twitter. You fit in there. You don't fit in here.
Strictly speaking the "I'll bitch about your grammar instead of helping" personality trait does not in fact make a positive contribution to their ability to help.
Qapla'!
#DeleteFacebook
I heard that police in Bristol arrested a big mean looking guy with several pedants hanging around his neck. I asked if that should have been pendants but now I understand.....
How would a slashdot dupe-story vigilante work? DOS the dupe? Hack into slashdot and delete the dupe? Turn it into a cow story via word substitution? Flood the dupe story with ***WARNING: DUPE STORY***" flags? Pop the tires of the editor's car as punishment? Volunteer to read-check for free?
Table-ized A.I.
He would discover the joys of being a troll.
Did you RTFA? If you read only the summary, you did.
I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.
Sounds like my kind of superhero. And I nominate "Comma Custodian" as his street name.
From Tips for writers: http://www.miamiherald.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/dave-barry/article1936919.html#storylink=cpy
Dear Mister Language Person: What is the purpose of the apostrophe?
A. The apostrophe is used mainly in hand-lettered small- business signs to alert the reader that an "S" is coming up at the end of a word, as in: WE DO NOT EXCEPT PERSONAL CHECK'S, or: NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ITEM'S. Another important grammar concept to bear in mind when creating hand-lettered small- business signs is that you should put quotation marks around random words for decoration, as in "TRY" OUR HOT DOG'S, or even TRY "OUR" HOT DOG'S.
Some of the BBC footage was just around the corner from me on Gloucester Road.
Gert lush innit.
('Grammar Vigilante') Should be double quotes ("Grammar Vigilante") like it is in the story.
The grammar police need to chill. Constant word smithing to correct insignificant grammar issues takes away from meaningful ideas and suggestions.
IS THERE a tech website for people who prefer correctly-spelled and -punctuated comments?
Satin
I just want to know which slashdot user it is.
Alright, ill admit, its myself.