Pedantic thread

Dave Rudd

We all love a bit of pedantry (or is it pedantism?).

But let's put all the nit-picking bits here.  That way, we don't clog up other threads with trivial nonsense.

So here's the place for all those Smart Alec observations about misplaced commas, apostrophes and the odd 'you're versus your' remark.


A couple to get started:

1) The Official website tells us that we won 1-0 at Sunderland at the weekend.  Up your game, Official website.

2) Elsewhere (Charlton fan complains to manager about sale of a star striker - demands "facts") Henry has written the name of our Club in 'James Seed' English.

it's not a shamrock, it's a club like on a deck of playing card @Neil_Heaney

So it spells out Chartlon Athletic Football CLUB.

It was the first badge ever used on our shirts although It seemed to stop around the time of this photo.

The Robin doesn't appear until the 1946 Cup final.


Up your game, Henry.

ShootersHillGuru

Billy_Mix

It's definitely pedantry
That term always sounds judgemental
Better described as maintaining standards

Dave Rudd

From the Chambers Dictionary:

Pedantism n pedantry; pedanticism.

Stig

There is a thread on here where the title doesn't start with an article. I am therefore left to wonder whether it is "A Pedantic Thread" or "The  Pedantic Thread".

Dave Rudd

Stig said:

There is a thread on here where the title doesn't start with an article. I am therefore left to wonder whether it is "A Pedantic Thread" or "The  Pedantic Thread".

A disappointing double space between 'The' and 'Pedantic'.

Up your game, Stig.

Dippenhall

An ampersand is used to denote that two words are linked as a single term, and not a list eg." Rock & Roll" The words "Out & Just" in another thread are not words which form a term. 

".....All been mapped out & just ready to push the button. 

Anna_Kissed

At the risk of appearing pedantic, please note the following and amend the opening post.

...website tells us that we won 1-0 at Sunderland...

Replace 'we' with Charlton Athletic F.C.

...our shirts although It seemed to...
 
The capital 'I' in 'it' offends. 

...it's not a shamrock, it's a club like...

Shamrock and Club are names and should, I think, have a capital letter.
Please replace the comma with a full stop or semicolon.

Thank you. 

KBslittlesis

Dave Rudd said:

We all love a bit of pedantry (or is it pedantism?).

But let's put all the nit-picking bits here.  That way, we don't clog up other threads with trivial nonsense.

So here's the place for all those Smart Alec observations about misplaced commas, apostrophes and the odd 'you're versus your' remark.


A couple to get started:

1) The Official website tells us that we won 1-0 at Sunderland at the weekend.  Up your game, Official website.

2) Elsewhere (Charlton fan complains to manager about sale of a star striker - demands "facts") Henry has written the name of our Club in 'James Seed' English.

it's not a shamrock, it's a club like on a deck of playing card @Neil_Heaney

So it spells out Chartlon Athletic Football CLUB.

It was the first badge ever used on our shirts although It seemed to stop around the time of this photo.

The Robin doesn't appear until the 1946 Cup final.


Up your game, Henry.

I had a falling out with both Olly and Cawley about this a few seasons ago.

‘We always put the Charlton score first’.

’Then you are always wrong’

FFS, standards people, standards.

blackpool72

Charlton 2 Ipswich 1.

oohaahmortimer

Is our manager Atkins or Adkins ?

stonemuse

oohaahmortimer said:

Is our manager Atkins or Adkins ?

Nige 

IdleHans

KBslittlesis said:

Dave Rudd said:

We all love a bit of pedantry (or is it pedantism?).

But let's put all the nit-picking bits here.  That way, we don't clog up other threads with trivial nonsense.

So here's the place for all those Smart Alec observations about misplaced commas, apostrophes and the odd 'you're versus your' remark.


A couple to get started:

1) The Official website tells us that we won 1-0 at Sunderland at the weekend.  Up your game, Official website.

2) Elsewhere (Charlton fan complains to manager about sale of a star striker - demands "facts") Henry has written the name of our Club in 'James Seed' English.

it's not a shamrock, it's a club like on a deck of playing card @Neil_Heaney

So it spells out Chartlon Athletic Football CLUB.

It was the first badge ever used on our shirts although It seemed to stop around the time of this photo.

The Robin doesn't appear until the 1946 Cup final.


Up your game, Henry.

I had a falling out with both Olly and Cawley about this a few seasons ago.

‘We always put the Charlton score first’.

’Then you are always wrong’

FFS, standards people, standards.

To be pedantic, they're only wrong half the time.

Lincsaddick

oohaahmortimer said:

Is our manager Atkins or Adkins ?

Nigey Adders

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Damian Matthews

Paulo Di Canio

Ross

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Dave Rudd

Some fine examples of Simon Jordan pseudo-intellectual speak on the 'Man City' thread.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmHbWsbNiy4


'Turgent' is, of course, an obsolete word now ... but sounds so much more impressive than the humdrum 'turgid', doesn't it?  Interestingly, 'retch' is to strain or vomit ... so I imagine the video-editor should probably have used 'wretches'.

Simon trips over his own tongue earlier in the clip, though (around 1.10), with his incorrect use of 'turpitude'.

Never mind, Simon.  No-one will notice.

Bangkokaddick

When you don't win or draw, you don't loose either!