Comments on: I woder how things like this are allowed to happen http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2007/12/i-woder-how-things-like-this-are-allowed-to-happen/ A blog about spelling, punctuation and grammar Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:06:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: TootsNYC http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2007/12/i-woder-how-things-like-this-are-allowed-to-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-472 TootsNYC Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:31:00 +0000 http://65.38.103.143/~grammarb/blog/?p=134#comment-472 When I was a kid, our school custodian put the end-of-year message on the letter-by-letter sign out front.<br/><br/>"Have a nice vaction!" it said, all summer long. My brothers and I were greatly amused, and now, many decades (no, don't ask how many) later, we still say that to one another.<br/><br/>But since I'm coming to the blog post-season, I'll say this to you instead: I hope you had a nice vaction! When I was a kid, our school custodian put the end-of-year message on the letter-by-letter sign out front.

“Have a nice vaction!” it said, all summer long. My brothers and I were greatly amused, and now, many decades (no, don’t ask how many) later, we still say that to one another.

But since I’m coming to the blog post-season, I’ll say this to you instead: I hope you had a nice vaction!

]]> By: Gloom Raider http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2007/12/i-woder-how-things-like-this-are-allowed-to-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-465 Gloom Raider Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:59:00 +0000 http://65.38.103.143/~grammarb/blog/?p=134#comment-465 At the moment, the movie theater I pass on my way to work is showing <i> I Am Legend</i>. At least, I hope they are, because the sign says "I Am Leg." With the period after it, thank heaven, yet it still sounds a bit like porn to me. At the moment, the movie theater I pass on my way to work is showing I Am Legend. At least, I hope they are, because the sign says “I Am Leg.” With the period after it, thank heaven, yet it still sounds a bit like porn to me.

]]> By: Gez http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2007/12/i-woder-how-things-like-this-are-allowed-to-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-454 Gez Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:59:00 +0000 http://65.38.103.143/~grammarb/blog/?p=134#comment-454 Welcome on board, Paddy. That's a great, Christmas-themed first post. Welcome on board, Paddy. That’s a great, Christmas-themed first post.

]]>