Today I'm angry about.....

[Prufrock]

I'm well impressed by Bish's powers of patience on this one! Burned Monty, burned!

Though for the sake of true pedantry, whilst you can't have a fine tooth-comb, you can, keeping the emphasis the same, have a fine toothcomb !

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[Montreal Wanderer]

I'm well impressed by Bish's powers of patience on this one! Burned Monty, burned!

Though for the sake of true pedantry, whilst you can't have a fine tooth-comb, you can, keeping the emphasis the same, have a fine toothcomb !

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You think so, J. Alfred? Just because I mentioned that your bit of pedantry on the Union Jack/Flag was actually incorrect? I merely suggested (as Tango just did) that most people call them seagulls and we know what is meant. Bish identified (I presume correctly) the picture I posted as a silver gull. Of this I read the following: "The Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) also known simply as "seagull" in Australia, is the most common gull seen in Australia." This might be why the photographer called it a seagull

It seems however bish only went on because, some months ago, I contested the term "sea kayak" for the plastic bathtub toy he takes in the sea. I had accepted Bobo's advice to drop the matter and end the Pedants' Revolt, but you would go on.

[2399]

MAGPIE!!!

SEAGULL!!!!

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[thebish]

Thanks, thebish, you make much sense. From now on I shall think of you as the white collared blackbird.

Shite! I've just heard that in one of my neighbouring "suburbs" 193 homes have been destroyed and 100+ damaged in the local bushfire. One man died whilst trying to protect his home. This fire, which is still doing what fires do, is just one of about a hundred in N.S.W. that are burning as I type.

I'm bloody angry. Please excuse me if I put pedantry on the back burner (sorry!) for the moment.

speculation on the UK news that this was caused by the military... any truth in that?

[thebish]

I'm well impressed by Bish's powers of patience on this one! Burned Monty, burned!

Though for the sake of true pedantry, whilst you can't have a fine tooth-comb, you can, keeping the emphasis the same, have a fine toothcomb !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toothcomb" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

You think so, J. Alfred? Just because I mentioned that your bit of pedantry on the Union Jack/Flag was actually incorrect? I merely suggested (as Tango just did) that most people call them seagulls and we know what is meant. Bish identified (I presume correctly) the picture I posted as a silver gull. Of this I read the following: "The Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) also known simply as "seagull" in Australia, is the most common gull seen in Australia." This might be why the photographer called it a seagull

australians may call the silver gull a seagull, but it is still a silver gull, and not a seagull. it is a gull or if you want to be more specific - a silver gull - it is perfectly possible to be both general and specific in the naming of gulls without recourse to latin.

interesting that you refer to my very open admission that I focus on people who ARE pedants when I wear my pedant hat - I think that's perfectly natural - and is what I have always said. You are a rampant and persistent pedant - so you are (in my book) fair game.... sauce for the goose... similarly, I would usually only point out grammar and spelling blunders in people who make a habit of doing so themselves...

yet in the same post you, rather bizarrely, attribute motives to pru over an old dispute you had with him, as if the two are linked... there's a faint aroma of hypocrisy there!

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I've nevver puled anywon up on there grammer or spellin ever!
N I don't do pedantry!!

[Prufrock]

I'm well impressed by Bish's powers of patience on this one! Burned Monty, burned!

Though for the sake of true pedantry, whilst you can't have a fine tooth-comb, you can, keeping the emphasis the same, have a fine toothcomb !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toothcomb" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

You think so, J. Alfred? Just because I mentioned that your bit of pedantry on the Union Jack/Flag was actually incorrect? I merely suggested (as Tango just did) that most people call them seagulls and we know what is meant. Bish identified (I presume correctly) the picture I posted as a silver gull. Of this I read the following: "The Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) also known simply as "seagull" in Australia, is the most common gull seen in Australia." This might be why the photographer called it a seagull

It seems however bish only went on because, some months ago, I contested the term "sea kayak" for the plastic bathtub toy he takes in the sea. I had accepted Bobo's advice to drop the matter and end the Pedants' Revolt, but you would go on.

I do! Leaving aside any flag business which seem neither here nor there, showing if anything only a regard for accuracy on your part, you can't tell bish it's a sea-gull because people call it that, but say his kayak wasn't a sea-kayak!

[bwfcdan94]

So what does Bish describe as a Seagull or is he still saying they don't exist.

He's saying they're called gulls Dan. They're generally found near the coasts and around the sea, so get described as seagulls. There are some near the tip at Raikes Lane. I don't think they're called Tip gulls, but I might be wrong...

In which case Bish had better get himself down to Brighton this season to correct all those Brighton fans that keep shouting Seeeeaaaaaaagullls.

Brighton is "0n-sea"...so effectively it's okay for their gulls to be seagulls Dan. Ours, over Bolton are just scavenger gulls till they fly back to the coast, then they can be seagulls again.

And the same for the hoardes of seagulls the size of eagles that used to come in their 100s to eat the rubbish of the floor of our school playground. So basically if they are by the sea they can be called Seagulls otherwise they cant.

[thebish]

And the same for the hoardes of seagulls the size of eagles that used to come in their 100s to eat the rubbish of the floor of our school playground. So basically if they are by the sea they can be called Seagulls otherwise they cant.

no Dan. none of them are called seagulls whether or not they are by the sea. they are gulls. some are herring gulls, some are black-backed gulls (great and lesser), some are black-headed gulls... if you're lucky you might see a mediterranean gull or a ring-billed gull...

[bwfcdan94]

I think I am just going to refer to everything that looks remotely similar to what I might call a seagull a gull in future.

[thebish]

I think I am just going to refer to everything that looks remotely similar to what I might call a seagull a gull in future.

^ is the right answer! sensible lad!

[Worthy4England]

I think I am just going to refer to everything that looks remotely similar to what I might call a seagull a gull in future.

^ is the right answer! sensible lad!

As a counterbalance, I'm going to call everything that looks remotely like a canoe, a canoe!

[thebish]

I think I am just going to refer to everything that looks remotely similar to what I might call a seagull a gull in future.

^ is the right answer! sensible lad!

As a counterbalance, I'm going to call everything that looks remotely like a canoe, a canoe!

and we'll all get along famously! (as long as we agree there are no seagulls in montreal)

[TANGODANCER]

And the same for the hoardes of seagulls the size of eagles that used to come in their 100s to eat the rubbish of the floor of our school playground. So basically if they are by the sea they can be called Seagulls otherwise they cant.

no Dan. none of them are called seagulls whether or not they are by the sea. they are gulls. some are herring gulls, some are black-backed gulls (great and lesser), some are black-headed gulls... if you're lucky you might see a mediterranean gull or a ring-billed gull...

Think that the word "called" should be left out there Bish. Because that's exactly what people do, call them, rightly or wrongly, .."sea-gulls", more people in fact than don't. The term is (as you well know) two words and not one. In that way, it's no different to calling a gull a herring-gull or whatever. The term can be found (hyphenated) in most dictionaries described as a large gull living generally near coastal areas - the sea, hence the term, sea-gull.

[thebish]

And the same for the hoardes of seagulls the size of eagles that used to come in their 100s to eat the rubbish of the floor of our school playground. So basically if they are by the sea they can be called Seagulls otherwise they cant.

no Dan. none of them are called seagulls whether or not they are by the sea. they are gulls. some are herring gulls, some are black-backed gulls (great and lesser), some are black-headed gulls... if you're lucky you might see a mediterranean gull or a ring-billed gull...

Think that the word "called" should be left out there Bish. Because that's exactly what people do, call them, rightly or wrongly, .."sea-gulls", more people in fact than don't. The term is (as you well know) two words and not one. In that way, it's no different to calling a gull a herring-gull or whatever. The term can be found (hyphenated) in most dictionaries described as a large gull living generally near coastal areas - the sea, hence the term, sea-gull.

indeed - but there is no such thing as a seagull.

[LeverEnd]

I'm becoming very angry about the use of old songs in adverts. It's irritating me how ads are increasing using a soppy female vocal cover of old songs after a couple of decent ones. Unoriginal band-wagon jumping bastards. Latest poor one is the version of Primal Scream's 'Movin' On Up'.
It's becoming almost every other ad.
The other that upsets me is the Barclays one with some shit rapper doing a version of Ian Dury's 'Reasons To Be Cheerful'. Have to mute it otherwise I get irate. I realise this is a disproportionate reaction but it reflects accurately my general state of mind!

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Today I am upset about a range of things that I thought existed but are on the Bish's banned list of non-existent things:

Sea-gulls
Freshwater-fish
Football-fans
Earth-worms
Flat-worms
Big-cats
etc.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Another earworm. I don't even know who sings it, but sounds like some generic Chicagoan Tamla female, wailing about being Upside down... The kicker-in-the teeth being the unforgivable artificial line "Respectfully, I say to thee"
Take a running jump you shit song. Hitch a ride on a seagull and go and drown yourself...

[thebish]

Today I am upset about a range of things that I thought existed but are on the Bish's banned list of non-existent things:

Sea-gulls
Freshwater-fish
Football-fans
Earth-worms
Flat-worms
Big-cats
etc.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Surely if a seagull doesn't exist, how can an earthworm?