Grammar Nazi please

[Circa89]

Originally Posted by Gozer

Always proof-read in a grammar nazi thread.

No that is what I meant. I am image-ing (creating a picture in my head).

[Gozer]

Originally Posted by Iggy's Forehead

There are countless (many?) unnecessary(useless?) words, but the english language(dialect?) would be pretty(quite?) boring(dull?) if we didn't use(utilize?) them.

There are discernible nuances in most instances.

[Gozer]

Originally Posted by Circa89

No that is what I meant. I am image-ing (creating a picture in my head).

"I imaging that the use of the word..." is still not correct grammar, independent of the use of "imaging."

[RougeUnderoos]

I think we have a real Grammar Nazi in this thread.

[ONE NOSED JACK]

Damn you, more than one, 1/5 quarter of a dollar.

[MrMastodonFarm]

A friend and me (a friend and I) had a lame argument last night. We were talking about fishing or something and mentioned something about a buoy. He corrected me and said "what? Boo-e? it's "boy"?

Now, I've never heard a buoy pronounced as boy before. I've only ever heard it as "boo-e". I laughed and said no way, that's ridiculous, and made a joke about him just liking boys (I win). He then nerdly went online and started searching. Turns out, we were both right.

Anyways, calling a buoy, a boy, is dumb.

[Circa89]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

A friend and me (a friend and I) had a lame argument last night. We were talking about fishing or something and mentioned something about a buoy. He corrected me and said "what? Boo-e? it's "boy"?

Now, I've never heard a buoy pronounced as boy before. I've only ever heard it as "boo-e". I laughed and said no way, that's ridiculous, and made a joke about him just liking boys (I win). He then nerdly went online and started searching. Turns out, we were both right.

Anyways, calling a buoy, a boy, is dumb.

Where are you from? I think the acceptable west coast pronunciation is BOY or BOY-E. I heard its a derivitive of Buoyant or BOY-ANT and thus BOY or BOY-E for short. Most east coasters pronouce it BOO-E.

I'm off. Going to eat some wings now. He's buying!

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Circa89

Where are you from? I think the acceptable west coast pronunciation is BOY or BOY-E. I heard its a derivitive of Buoyant or BOY-ANT and thus BOY or BOY-E for short. Most east coasters pronouce it BOO-E.

Albertan born and raised. Both parents are east coasters though, and that's where the majority of my family is from.

I've heard Boo-e the most though, hell we ended up watching Deadliest Catch later on and I heard boo-e and snarked.