Pedantic Quiz

[Gambol]

Colon Farrell

(His acting is ****e)

 

[Easter Road 1980]

Colon Der.

 

[Gambol]

Colon Der.

You drain me.

 

[Easter Road 1980]

You drain me.

I have that effect on people as I am so intense.

 

[Gambol]

I have that effect on people as I am so intense.

I know, I followed your career as the front man of The Stranglers.

 

[Easter Road 1980]

I know, I followed your career as the front man of The Stranglers.

Were they some sort of pop muzak stuff thang?

Not heard of them before.

 

[Gambol]

^^^ Eats pot noodles for dinner on his own over the kitchen sink.

 

[Mick O'Toon]

And Colon Firth or is that a bridge too far?

 

[Easter Road 1980]

^^^ Eats pot noodles for dinner on his own over the kitchen sink.

What are Pot Noodles?

Is that Cordon Bleu dining in the Central ****belt of Scotchland?

 

[Easter Road 1980]

Colon Irrigation And The Hosepipes.

Great band.

 

[stopmeandslapme]

I got 7/7 too, although I'm pretty sure they made up the word 'interrobang'

One of the members of Chumbawamba is in a band called interrobang or maybe interrorbang so I had heard of it. 6/7, got the Oxford comma one wrong. "Last in a list", like: a,b,c,d, ? Could have phrased it better.

 

[Gambol]

And Colon Firth or is that a bridge too far?

Go forth, Firth wisny in "A Bridge Too Far"

 

[Gambol]

What are Pot Noodles?

Is that Cordon Bleu dining in the Central ****belt of Scotchland?

It's what you eat. Alone.

 

[Gambol]

One of the members of Chumbawamba is in a band called interrobang or maybe interrorbang so I had heard of it. 6/7, got the Oxford comma one wrong. "Last in a list", like: a,b,c,d, ? Could have phrased it better.

Oxford commas are not only used in lists

 

[Easter Road 1980]

It's what you eat. Alone.

Never heard of them.

Do you eat them with your fingers whilst in front of the telly watching River ****ty?

 

[Gambol]

Never heard of them.

Do you eat them with your fingers whilst in front of the telly watching River ****ty?

Aye, never heard of them, says the lonely man

 

[monacoger]

Oxford commas are not only used in lists

Correct, and they are used like this.


*To be honest, I thought the main reason was before the word, "and".

 

[Gambol]

Never heard of them.

Do you eat them with your fingers whilst in front of the telly watching River ****ty?

PS. Fancy a pint?

 

[stopmeandslapme]

Oxford commas are not only used in lists

I know, it was the wording that threw me.

 

[Gambol]

Correct, and they are used like this.


*To be honest, I thought the main reason was before the word, "and".

That's the most common usage, yes.

They're not proper English, however they are used (by preference) when it makes a sentence more semantically readable.

Proper:
The guys I hate are Monny, Mindy and Barrie.

Oxford:
The guys I hate are Monny, Mindy, and Barrie.

The Oxford reads better. The Proper reads like two groups (Monny) and (Mindy and Barrie) rather than the intended three.

And, as you have rightly noticed, Oxford commas crop up in natural sentences too, despite it not being Proper English.

Has anybody noticed that spellcheckers in some apps and applications are actually pushing Oxford commas? It's a ****in conspiracy