my 1 month aniversery

pipersgrip · Post by **pipersgrip** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:09 pm

it is my one mont aniversery, and i just posted 100 comments, damn i talk too much

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:55 am

This is not a very healthy sign .... OOPS! I may have just broken the rule on medical advice.

djm

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:29 am

The Whistle Collector wrote:it is my one mont aniversery, and i just posted 100 comments, damn i talk too much

We once had someone do a compaarison of the posting habits of good sized selection of folks here... it clearly indicated that you are not alone, my friend.

gonzo914 · Post by **gonzo914** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:49 am

His NIMROD rating (Non-Irish Music Related, Off-topic Discussion coefficient) is only .17, which indicates he has been spending most of his time in the forums that actually deal with music, poor benighted lad.

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:26 am

But... but... even MT Guru managed to escape, briefly...!

Caroluna · Post by **Caroluna** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:50 am

The Whistle Collector wrote:it is my one mont aniversery, and i just posted 100 comments, damn i talk too much

Right behind ya.....You're an inspiration to all your fellow Newbies!

edited to remove OT question

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:09 am

I'd like to take this opportunity to point out that I despise it when people use "anniversary" like this. The word is derived from annus, meaning year. So "one-month anniversary" is inherently oxymoronic.

I'm waiting for someone to tell me I'm making an annus out of myself. Or maybe that it's me who's being an oxymoron.

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:20 am

there is a difference between multiple choice and ....

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:28 am

djm wrote:This is not a very healthy sign .... OOPS! I may have just broken the rule on medical advice.

djm

Shameless, totally shameless.

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:30 am

Congratulations on your 1/12 anniversary (there you go, Congrats...that should make you happier)

100 posts.....I think I remember 100 posts....

WhistlingArmadillo · Post by **WhistlingArmadillo** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:31 pm

"Lunaversary"? "Monaversary"?

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:31 pm

Congratulations wrote:I'd like to take this opportunity to point out that I despise it when people use "anniversary" like this.

Is it, then, a mensiversary?

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:13 pm

Congratulations wrote:I'm waiting for someone to tell me I'm making an annus out of myself.

No, just a bit annal.

Congratulations wrote:Or maybe that it's me who's being an oxymoron.

I think you'd have to breathe a bit more deeply for that.

djm

gonzo914 · Post by **gonzo914** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:52 pm

Congratulations wrote:I'd like to take this opportunity to point out that I despise it when people use "anniversary" like this. The word is derived from annus, meaning year. So "one-month anniversary" is inherently oxymoronic.

I'm waiting for someone to tell me I'm making an annus out of myself. Or maybe that it's me who's being an oxymoron.

The usage wonks are curiously silent on this one. Go to Bartleby, for example, and search on "anniversary"; the only usage entry you will find is an one from the Columbia Guide to Standard American English, which states

An anniversary is the same date exactly one or more years later. The usage problem has arisen because anniversary is sometimes used Informally to mark other occasions, as in our first week’s “anniversary” or our three-month “anniversary.” There is no harm in this extended sense, as long as it stays in the Conversational levels and Informal writing. Note that even in this written use, the word is placed within quotation marks to indicate its special status.

Everyone else -- Strunk, Fowler, Am. Heritage, Modern Usage, et. al. -- avoids the topic.

I would send you butt pliers but I would need to give myself some, too, as this usage does make me shiver -- just a little. Perhaps you could do as I do: Take a deep breath and tell yourself that this is English, not Latin, and in English, words mean what we decide they mean. And since no acceptable substitute has come forward to describe a non-annual but nonetheless recurring moment of celebration, anniversary has stepped in to fill the void.

We users of English are fortunate in that we ultimately define our vocabulary by force of numbers and not by legislative fiat, as do the French. That is not to say, however, that bad usage should not be resisted as long as possible; it merely means that change is inevitable, and in the case of anniversary, that change is upon us.

I used to hate hopefully, too, but as I approach my dotage, I have grown to accept it.

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:35 pm

Well, I need something to complain about. Hell.

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