[Ads-l] Pseudo-prescriptivism in TV dialogue

[Wilson Gray]

> But probably for less consequential grievances...

Clearly, you're not a fan of Adult Swim. Mr. Pickles is the cartoon-canine
version of the Wu-Tang Clan. Like the Wu-Tangs, Mr. Pickles "ain't nothin'
to fuck wit'." He had already killed several other characters and only the
fact that Grandpa is also one of the leading characters of the cartoon
prevented Mr. P. from wasting him, too. In fact, the point of the episode
was Grandpa's various attempts to keep the dog from shotgunning him to
death.













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On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 2:36 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
wrote:

> > On Nov 12, 2019, at 2:17 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> >> I hope A was armed.
> >
> > As a matter of fact, he _was_, with a 12-gauge shotgun that he didn't
> > hesitate to use.
>
> But probably for less consequential grievances...
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 11:28 AM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>> On Nov 11, 2019, at 12:52 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Two characters are arguing in a bar, when a third attempts to butt in.
> >>>
> >>> A. Shut up! This is between me and gran'pa!
> >>> B. You mean, "between _gran'pa and I_"! If you're going to speak
> English,
> >>> at least speak it correctly!
> >>>
> >>
> >> I hope A was armed.
> >>
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-- 
-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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