Latest entry in pottersues....

[conuly]

It's one of those Harry-is-a-girl things. I don't get it either. At any rate, it is forcing me to say this one, simple statement:

Rhianna is actually a name.

I know, I know, I am one of those who loathes and abhors stupid names people give to their kids. I don't think highly of over-popular names either, really.

But Rhianna is actually a name, and not half as bad as most of the dreck we see over in pottersues. Please, find something else to insult. Like the lack of capital letters.

Did you know that a capital letter can also be called a majuscule? I love that word.

Comments

[ancarett]

I love the minutiae of calligraphy and typesetting. You should hear me gush about fun with incunabula and my adventures in preparing proper library catalogue entries for early books back when I worked at a rare book library.

I can't look at a book today without classifying it as a folio, quarto, octavo, etc. edition -- it's just that much fun!

[wodhaund.livejournal.com]

Majuscule? That WINS! Must..incoporate into vocabulary....

[jedirita.livejournal.com]

Sorry - heaping abuse upon a story written by a 12-year-old? I fail to see the value of that. Me, I'm just impressed the girl is writing. I am 100% in favor of 12-year-olds writing. (Doesn't mean I'll read it, though.)

And we called it "majuscule" in French class. I'd forgotten about that!

[conuly]

Eh. I figure that if you're old enough to reach a keyboard, you're old enough to type properly, and that means punctuation.

But you're right, some of the pottersues authors are not what I like to consider fair game.

[jedirita.livejournal.com]

I'd still rather have a 12-year-old write with bad punctuation than not write at all. Considering how hard it is just to get that age group to read, let alone write...

[pehanoie.livejournal.com]

I wrote horrendously when I was twelve, my signature was the run-on sentance. I was also a God modder- I didn't even know I was doing it, and nobody said they were bothered, but boy, would I be bothered if I were roleplaying with myself! Yeah, I bet people talked about me behind my back then. In fact, I kind of expect it.

[stagemanager.livejournal.com]

Are lower-case letters properly referred to as "minuscule"? (rhetorical)

"Majuscule" sounds vaguely sexual.

[conuly]

1. Yes, they can be.
2. Hee.

[leora.livejournal.com]

And then there are the words that don't exist, but should...

from Sniglets (a thing in the 80s where people made up words to fit gaps amusingly)

Every batch of french fries has a minutater and a potentater - the smallest and largest fry in the batch.

[marveen.livejournal.com]

And there's the alphabet called Carolingian Miniscule, one of my favorites (at least in terms of appearance; when I try to do it with a fine-nib pen it gives me fits).

[ancarett]

I love the minutiae of calligraphy and typesetting. You should hear me gush about fun with incunabula and my adventures in preparing proper library catalogue entries for early books back when I worked at a rare book library.

I can't look at a book today without classifying it as a folio, quarto, octavo, etc. edition -- it's just that much fun!

[wodhaund.livejournal.com]

Majuscule? That WINS! Must..incoporate into vocabulary....

[jedirita.livejournal.com]

Sorry - heaping abuse upon a story written by a 12-year-old? I fail to see the value of that. Me, I'm just impressed the girl is writing. I am 100% in favor of 12-year-olds writing. (Doesn't mean I'll read it, though.)

And we called it "majuscule" in French class. I'd forgotten about that!

[conuly]

Eh. I figure that if you're old enough to reach a keyboard, you're old enough to type properly, and that means punctuation.

But you're right, some of the pottersues authors are not what I like to consider fair game.

[jedirita.livejournal.com]

I'd still rather have a 12-year-old write with bad punctuation than not write at all. Considering how hard it is just to get that age group to read, let alone write...

[pehanoie.livejournal.com]

I wrote horrendously when I was twelve, my signature was the run-on sentance. I was also a God modder- I didn't even know I was doing it, and nobody said they were bothered, but boy, would I be bothered if I were roleplaying with myself! Yeah, I bet people talked about me behind my back then. In fact, I kind of expect it.

[stagemanager.livejournal.com]

Are lower-case letters properly referred to as "minuscule"? (rhetorical)

"Majuscule" sounds vaguely sexual.

[conuly]

1. Yes, they can be.
2. Hee.

[leora.livejournal.com]

And then there are the words that don't exist, but should...

from Sniglets (a thing in the 80s where people made up words to fit gaps amusingly)

Every batch of french fries has a minutater and a potentater - the smallest and largest fry in the batch.

[marveen.livejournal.com]

And there's the alphabet called Carolingian Miniscule, one of my favorites (at least in terms of appearance; when I try to do it with a fine-nib pen it gives me fits).