Actually, it was more of a regional comment. But thanks for providing additional context.
For the record, I consider myself to be more than capable of conversing without "substantial and grammatical error," though I question the wisdom of your phraseage given that you do not seem to share that capability (see the third quote from the bottom).
If your verbosity is meant to obfuscate your meaning such that your words would require further explanation to be understood by all present, then I congratulate you on your partial success.
While I sympathize, having myself been criticized for such an obsession with semantics, I have always hated it when people bend words in an attempt to sound poetic, often at the expense of diverting attention from the original purpose of writing.
Overlooking that, one should note that alliteration in modern society is largely relegated to children's nursery rhymes and used car salesmen's jingles.
Seriously, suck on some *stuff* and cease the senseless sophistry -- you sound like a scribbler suffering from severe psychosis. So sorry for the sibilance.
Please note how the above sentences utilize alliteration, yet make little sense. That is the reason why alliteration is both archaic in literature and counterproductive in casual conversation -- whether it is clever, nonsensical, awkward, or just plain dumb, it distracts from the issues at hand.
Again, most of us here have had ninth-grade English. Congratulations on your own recollection of that topic from the distant past. "Repetition of initial consonant sound" blahblah. I memorized it too. Give the man a cookie.
Not to confuse you, but "damnyank" is regional slang, as opposed to a literary device. I was making conversation -- not writing poetry.
Again, no confusion intended, but speech mannerisms in an informal setting evince no lack of education.
Ah, but you are so subtle that none among us would have noticed without the explicit reaffirmation. :rolleyes:
Oh, the irony.
Thanks for clarifying that. Was the attempt to demonstrate your perceived intellectual superiority worth the extra paragraph?
I would respond that your subjective view on this matter has as much (or as little) bearing as my own. Clearly, you value the appearance of propriety of your writing more than utility. That’s your call, and in some cases I might be inclined to agree with you -- however, on an internet gaming forum, or any other informal setting, ease of comprehension is the standard by which I judge the communications of others. You, sir, have been found lacking in that sense.
This, o smart one, is what is known to us here rednecks as "grammatical error."
Anyone impressed? v586
I would like to add my own advice to all of y'all reading this: be wary of overextending oneself, lest public flaunting of maladroitness lead to ridicule.
It does, unless you 1) are not in fact native to the New England region, and 2) decide to let the thesaurus take a vacation.
For the record, my initial use of this phrase was half serious and almost a compliment. Thanks for giving me an excuse to procrastinate, though.
Note: to avoid diverting the discussion to other matters, I have dispensed with my usual habit of ignoring non-vital capitalization.