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Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Oct 3, 2011 18:54:12 GMT -8
Yeah,i really like those two.
...the scrimshaw turtle?
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Post by Cysquatch on Oct 3, 2011 18:56:56 GMT -8
I was really into Irvine Welsh books for a while. He is the author of Train Spotting. The book is even more fucked up than the movie. All of his books come with a a translator in the back so you can try to understand all the euro slang.
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Post by StormyPinkness on Oct 3, 2011 19:42:30 GMT -8
I read Maribou Stork Nightmares after Trainspotting in high school. That shit was crazy.
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Post by Drew on Oct 3, 2011 20:14:53 GMT -8
Did you guys know that MLA format now calls for you to italicize rather than underline the title of a major work such as a novel? Weird, I know.
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Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Oct 3, 2011 20:25:18 GMT -8
That is wierd.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Oct 3, 2011 20:58:06 GMT -8
Did you guys know that MLA format now calls for you to italicize rather than underline the title of a major work such as a novel? Weird, I know. Huh. Well shit, thanks drew. I have no doubt that you know what you're talking about. I always thought italics looked better than underlining the title of a book anyway. I learned somethin' today! |
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Post by Drew on Oct 3, 2011 21:56:15 GMT -8
I was also in the dark until recently. I also put two periods between my sentences for an embarrassingly long time.
Those are both relics of the typewriter era, by the way.
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Post by emptyfox on Oct 3, 2011 22:11:03 GMT -8
You mean two spaces?
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Post by Horned Gramma on Oct 4, 2011 6:49:12 GMT -8
I was also in the dark until recently. I also put two periods between my sentences for an embarrassingly long time. Those are both relics of the typewriter era, by the way. Oh now you are just fucking with me. I can manage to use italics instead of underlining the titles of major works, but you might as well ask me to learn how to type without my index finger if you're gonna tell me that I'm only supposed to put one space between my sentences. I just don't think I'm physically capable of doing it. I learned my MLA pretty damn thoroughly at one point, which means it's not allowed to change. |
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Post by interstateeight on Oct 4, 2011 7:47:38 GMT -8
FUCK MLA
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Post by StormyPinkness on Oct 4, 2011 7:48:19 GMT -8
I still use two spaces but most modern technology (intarnetzzzz) replaces it with one space.
I thought that you were supposed to italicize when typing but underline when writing because how do you italicize handwriting.
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Post by interstateeight on Oct 4, 2011 7:48:49 GMT -8
You tilt the fucking page.
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Post by StormyPinkness on Oct 4, 2011 7:59:45 GMT -8
Man, I always thought I was good at English.
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Post by Fig on Oct 4, 2011 10:22:42 GMT -8
Chicago Style is where it is at these days.
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Oct 4, 2011 10:42:20 GMT -8
Chicago Style is where it is at these days.  Pizza jokes, whoo! |
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Oct 4, 2011 10:43:02 GMT -8
You tilt the fucking page. This is funny! |
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Post by Drew on Oct 4, 2011 10:43:44 GMT -8
Yes. Again, I'm an idiot and I look forward to this being part of Know's new sig. |
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Post by Drew on Oct 4, 2011 10:45:24 GMT -8
I still use two spaces but most modern technology (intarnetzzzz) replaces it with one space. I thought that you were supposed to italicize when typing but underline when writing because how do you italicize handwriting. That might be true, Stormy. Actually I'm sure it is. But who still writes? |
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Post by Fig on Oct 4, 2011 10:55:51 GMT -8
Chicago Style is where it is at these days. Pizza jokes, whoo! |
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Post by StormyPinkness on Oct 6, 2011 15:06:42 GMT -8
Ok, I saw this mentioned in the Halloween thread, but had to bring it over here. I guess this is about a movie, but an adaptation of a book.
Jennifer Carpenter on the short list of people to play Susannah Dean? What the fuck? I guess this project won't happen anyway, but that just does not make any sense at all. HG and I were discussing who we think could play Roland, my number one would be Daniel Day Louis.
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