Stuck on Repeats

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Adder

The memo edits were that bad.

Also, I want all lawyers to get training from Brian Garner. Or at least not force me to put my name on their memos full of "pursuant to," "in order to," and unnecessary "suchs."

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

Then on the second draft, she changed every "whom" to "who" and every "however" to "nevertheless" and asked me who taught me English and what my first language was.

ha. the GP who rode me* that way gave me a patent application that he had written to amend.

The one change I made in the body was to remove an "irregardless." I was trying to highlight it, to send him a message to STFU. when he was done reviewing he asked me how I didn't catch that when i first wrote it.

And my man once send an email to 300 lawyers (all in Michigan) asking for a referral for an attorney in Sioux Ste. Marie. To Michiganders, this is like calling TCOTU Knew York.

*When I try to proof, and especially if i have spellcheck, I do good, I mean well.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by ironweed

Whan that Aprille, with hise shoures soote,
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote
And bathed every veyne in swich licour,
Of which vertu engendred is the flour;

Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth
Inspired hath in every holt and heeth
The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne
Hath in the Ram his halfe cours yronne,

And smale foweles maken melodye,
That slepen al the nyght with open eye-
So priketh hem Nature in hir corages-
Thanne people need to get over the natural evolution of the english language, already.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by Adder

Also, I want all lawyers to get training from Brian Garner. Or at least not force me to put my name on their memos full of "pursuant to," "in order to," and unnecessary "suchs."

Bryan Garner. Bryan Garner also thinks all lawyers should get training from Bryan Garner.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

I worked with a woman (topic of a prior board flaming) who rewrote every single word of a brief I did. Every. Single. Word. She changed every "who" to "whom" and every "nevertheless" to "however" "irregardless" of context.

Then on the second draft, she changed every "whom" to "who" and every "however" to "nevertheless" and asked me who taught me English and what my first language was.

She was eventually busted from partner to associate to out the fucking door.

Come to think of it, once when we had a GA getogether I got a message from her at home at 9:00 the Friday before Memorial day. My wife, thinking it was me checking messages, let it go to voicemail without listening.

When I got home at 11:00 or so, I listened:
"Icky -- I don't know where the fuck you think you are going this weekend or what fucking plans you think you have, but you had better change them to working here all weekend on the ** brief with me."

It's been awhile since it happened, but what I especially hate is when "working on the brief" means changing the language repeatedly but not the substance.

I honestly think some lawyers cannot tell the difference between improving and changing (or maybe they consciously or subconsciously like to run the clock).

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower

Bryan Garner.

You know, I kind of thought that, but then I was too lazy to check.

Bryan Garner also thinks all lawyers should get training from Bryan Garner.

Of course he does. He gets paid. But when it comes to writing clearly and not "formally" he's right on.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by Adder

Of course he does. He gets paid. But when it comes to writing clearly and not "formally" he's right on.

He has good advice, and he also has some "rules" that he pushes as rules just because he happens to like things that way. And he just loves, loves, loves Bryan Garner.

[Hank Chinaski]

okay, she isn't stunning, but holy shit, how great must it be to be a high school kid banging this teacher? I knew my school years sucked, but they just seem worse and worse the more I see going on.




http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-504083_1....html?tag=page

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

I'm better than Adder, AND I was better than the blindish former poster.

Originally Posted by Adder

Me

I don't think this is true.

TM

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by Adder

I was trying not to say "schwing" and thus be slightly less creepy.

And yeah, that's pretty old too.

In your terms, she had nice hair.

That's Not Bob's shtick. I'm more "and my heart skipped a beat."

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

I think he fancies her.

She's a real pistol, alright, Bub.

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Hopefully it won't continue to be such a losing battle.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifest...c=nl_headlines

TM

Favorite quote:

After all, “English was created by barbarians, by a rabble of angry peasants,” McIntyre says. “Because if it wasn’t, we would still be speaking Anglo-Saxon.” Or worse, French.

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by greatwhitenorthchick

Good Sir, methinks thou hast missed the point.*

*verily

Hopefully, he'll get it now.

[taxwonk]

New (to me) moderately demeaning name for a lady's fancy place "panty hamster."

What these kids will come up with these days...

Originally Posted by greatwhitenorthchick

Good Sir, methinks thou hast missed the point.*

*verily

WHAT dire Offence from grammatical Causes springs,
What mighty Flame Wars rise from trivial Things,
I sing -- This Verse to Gwinky, Muse! is due;
This, ev'n Adder may vouchfafe to view:
Slight is the Subject, but not so the Praise,
If She inspire, and He approve my Lays.*

*heh