SomethingAwful.com has gone TOO FAR!!!
You can always count on the popular website Something Awful to take on controversial subjects and poke fun at our most sacred taboos without fear of recrimination. Who can blame them for exercising what precious little freedom they have left, this being a post-9/11 world and all? Their tagline is, after all, The Internet Makes You Stupid. They're usually funny.
But this morning's front page takes this all a little too far:
This is shocking! Shocking!!! How can they be allowed to publish such crap on the internets? They are offending the delicate sensibilities of decent people everywhere by writing y'all as ya'll. Look, an apostrophe is a substitute for one or more letters in a contraction. Like, can't is short for cannot where the apostrophe takes the place of the no. And haven't is short for have not where the apostrophe takes the place of the o. You get the idea. This is straightforward stuff you learn in grammar school, which is a school where you study grammar.
In the case of y'all, the apostrophe takes the place of the ou in you all. By writing it as ya'll who do they think they're kidding?
This misplaced apostrophe is going to curtail the education rights our forefathers and moremothers fought so hard to bring our children and greatchildren in the face of two or more world wars.
What a shame. Something Awful is something awful indeed.
But this morning's front page takes this all a little too far:
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The Sharpie
Airs Friday February 16 at 10:00AM
The challenge: create a pen that is sturdy enough to mark with precision but also soft enough to write on the most private flesh of a woman. How? The Sharpie. The Sharpie has placed enough ink on women's breasts to fill Lake Superior three times. Learn how ink was introduced to felt tip and changed the course of a nation. Introduced in 1964, the Sharpie has gone on to become a popular inhalant for first-timers ever since 7th graders realized it could get them high. Sharpie party at my house, ya'll!
The Sharpie
Airs Friday February 16 at 10:00AM
The challenge: create a pen that is sturdy enough to mark with precision but also soft enough to write on the most private flesh of a woman. How? The Sharpie. The Sharpie has placed enough ink on women's breasts to fill Lake Superior three times. Learn how ink was introduced to felt tip and changed the course of a nation. Introduced in 1964, the Sharpie has gone on to become a popular inhalant for first-timers ever since 7th graders realized it could get them high. Sharpie party at my house, ya'll!
This is shocking! Shocking!!! How can they be allowed to publish such crap on the internets? They are offending the delicate sensibilities of decent people everywhere by writing y'all as ya'll. Look, an apostrophe is a substitute for one or more letters in a contraction. Like, can't is short for cannot where the apostrophe takes the place of the no. And haven't is short for have not where the apostrophe takes the place of the o. You get the idea. This is straightforward stuff you learn in grammar school, which is a school where you study grammar.
In the case of y'all, the apostrophe takes the place of the ou in you all. By writing it as ya'll who do they think they're kidding?
This misplaced apostrophe is going to curtail the education rights our forefathers and moremothers fought so hard to bring our children and greatchildren in the face of two or more world wars.
What a shame. Something Awful is something awful indeed.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.