Heidi must never have seen Keith Olbermann's Countdown show, since she not only took the reference to his rankings in his "Worst Person in the World" segment ("Worse", "Worser" "Worst") as a Simpsons creation, but she couldn't spell his name (Oberman?) Which I believe will put her in contention for tonight's dishonorarium of WORST.... PERSON.... IN THE WORRLLD. posted by wendell at 11:20 AM on March 17, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]
"cliticization"
O RLY?
And yes, Wendell, the article is ripe with typo's and erata. posted by Eideteker at 11:32 AM on March 17, 2008
Congrats on being the first your disgust on the internet regarding this list, wendell. posted by dios at 11:42 AM on March 17, 2008
Wow. I fail.
Congrats on being the first to register your disgust on the internet regarding this list, wendell. posted by dios at 11:43 AM on March 17, 2008
Category: Hilariously missing infinitive.
Dios is being snarky in a Metafilter thread.
Dios: Congrats on being the first your disgust on the internet regarding this list, wendell. posted by rusty at 12:02 PM on March 17, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]
I wouldn't call it "disgust", registered or unregistered. I think of it more as being the first to shout out a Nelson Muntz-ish "HA HA." (Which by its very nature, the list is just begging for) posted by wendell at 12:10 PM on March 17, 2008
wendell: I think you mean "The following 'haha' is not from amusement but is an expression of contempt. Ha ha!" posted by danb at 12:11 PM on March 17, 2008
And here I thought that it would be impossible to suck all the fun out of the Simpsons with a simple blog entry.
Sometimes, I am very, very wrong. posted by MrVisible at 12:13 PM on March 17, 2008
I'm a bit confused as to the purpose of "[ˈtɹɪkɚˈtɹijt]" in the article. I know what it represents, but why render it as if it were the pronunciation guide from Webster's Dictionary? posted by caution live frogs at 12:25 PM on March 17, 2008
Psychiatrist: Metafilter was a peaceful site, sickly and weak from a congenital heart defect.
[He shows a picture of MF going to its prom in bed. The jury goes "Awwww!"] But then those users started tormenting it, and it crossed over into dementia!
Metafilter (defending himself): To what degree was this dementia blown?
Psychiatrist: Full! [Jury gasps.] posted by blue_beetle at 12:27 PM on March 17, 2008
*whacks brassafrax in the labanza* posted by Mister_A at 12:52 PM on March 17, 2008
How wonderfully cromulent! posted by bryanzera at 12:57 PM on March 17, 2008
why render it as if it were the pronunciation guide from Webster's Dictionary?
I think she's emphasizing that the characters in question were saying the phrase as one combined word, like 'whassup' or something. posted by graventy at 1:04 PM on March 17, 2008
"cliticization"
O RLY?
Upon googling, there is such a thing. Clitics are things like "'n" in "Gulp'N Blow." I think. I'm not sure the Simpsonian webpage uses it correctly.
I'm sad that cliticization has nothing to do with mad scientists bent on ruling the world through the liberal application of female pleasure.
Presumably being cliticized would be like being shot with a Niven-esque tasp. posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 1:10 PM on March 17, 2008
Category: Zero-derivation, category change
Skinner: Okay, you have a deal, you conniving little [whispers in Bart's ear].
Bart (eyes go wide): Wow! That's a swear?
Skinner: Used as a noun, it is.
Since Heidi Harley is an actual linguist, yeah, she uses it correctly.
You know, instead of just implying I'm a moron, you maybe could have said "No, the 's in Arby's counts as a clitic" if that's what the cliticization is, or otherwise explained just what was being cliticized. posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 2:02 PM on March 17, 2008
ROU, I'm pretty sure the "you" is the clitic: If I can keep down Arby's, I can keep down you!
In standard English syntax you'd expect "I can keep you down" not *"I can keep down you". cf. Spanish "hacerlo" to do it, where "-lo" is considered a clitic.
Is this right? Help me out here, Languagehat! posted by Bizurke at 2:32 PM on March 17, 2008
Since Heidi Harley is an actual linguist, yeah, she uses it correctly.
But from a descriptivist standpoint, would it actually be possible for her to be using it incorrectly? posted by Navelgazer at 2:45 PM on March 17, 2008
Dave Faris: Where did I read that if you have to explain a joke, it loses all humor?
I believe it's attributed to Johnny Carson. posted by JHarris at 2:49 PM on March 17, 2008
I disagree with their contention that there is "humor" in Simpsons episodes from 2007. posted by drjimmy11 at 2:53 PM on March 17, 2008
Is this right? Help me out here, Languagehat!
Yeah, I took it the same way as Bizurke, but of course you'd have to ask HH to be sure. Sorry if I came across as implying you were a moron, ROU_Xenophobe, but your reference to "the Simpsonian webpage" seemed pretty dismissive, so I may have been more curt than I should have been. posted by languagehat at 2:54 PM on March 17, 2008
You know what I blame this on the breakdown of?
The writing crew of The Simpsons? posted by Ufez Jones at 3:15 PM on March 17, 2008
I may have been more curt than I should have been.
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