i Am a Nerd
I find grammar, punctuation, semantics, etc. to be quite interesting and tend to obsess over certain rules or peculiarities. In addition to my constant battle against incorrectly dangling prepositions, I am currently focused on each versus both, using ellipses (…) instead of three periods (...) and proper choice of hyphens and dashes.
I mention this interest because of a short but informative article on the capitalization of the word "I":
i suggest that You try, as an experiment, to capitalize those whom You address while leaving yourselves in the lowercase. It may be a humbling experience. It was for me.
Incidentally, does anyone understand the header graphic for the article?
From Joaquin
Commented August 7th, 2008 3:29 pm
i'm not quite sure i understand the heading of the article. i think it's interesting, and i'll leave the understanding to You, Drew. i can challenge your nerdyness seeing as i'm slowly reading through xkcd, getting a few in every time i sit down at my computer.
From Joaquin
Commented August 7th, 2008 3:31 pm
oh, and i played through Portal yesterday.
From drew
Commented August 7th, 2008 3:41 pm
Is it nerdier, Joaq, to have already read all of xkcd, or to come to it now? I think my consistent thrice-weekly reading of 8-bit Theatre for the last six or seven years might trump whatever web comic you have under your belt. Go ahead, I challenge you, catch up on all 1022 of 8-bit.
From Matt
Commented August 8th, 2008 12:00 am
Can't say I understand the graphic either (other than the obvious), but your "obsess" link is borken.
OMG INTERNET STALKER.
From drew
Commented August 11th, 2008 10:05 am
Heh heh… borken.
From whit scott
Commented August 19th, 2008 4:11 pm
I like capitalizing random words, just So they won't feel left out.
LOL... Borken. That's a wierd word.