nhaven1
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« on: May 09, 2007, 06:41:20 PM » |
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This "hu" business just has to stop. It's beyond silly. (Wikipedia doesn't even have a page on it.)
Not even my worst students intentionally use fake words to make political statements.
Is the language really that difficult?
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dr_crankypants
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« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2007, 06:43:20 PM » |
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Not even my worst students intentionally use fake words to make political statements.
Like strategery? Misunderestimated? |
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larryc
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Eschew the hu.
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« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2007, 06:53:05 PM » |
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You know, I sometimes wish that I had gone to war over hu the way I did over capitalization and grammar in the early days of these boards. I could have made a difference, perhaps. But I hesitated, and we are all poorer for it. Now it is like kudzu or some other exotic weed, noxious but too widespread for any effective control measures. I blame myself.
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dr_crankypants
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« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2007, 06:53:46 PM » |
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But you can make jelly out of kudzu.
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iomhaigh
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« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2007, 06:53:58 PM » |
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Is there faulty strategery behind the cyclical attempts to convince hu-lovers to stop using hu in their forum-speak?
Has the serial poster perhaps misunderestimated the effectiveness of such monthly threads?
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I am the very model of a modern major general.
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red_queen
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« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2007, 06:57:58 PM » |
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I don't know, Iomhaigh. It's just so tiresome to keep going around the same bend over and over.
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voxprincipalis
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« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2007, 06:59:39 PM » |
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This "hu" business just has to stop. It's beyond silly. (Wikipedia doesn't even have a page on it.)
Oh, well, if Wikipedia doesn't recognize it... VP |
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nhaven1
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« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2007, 07:03:30 PM » |
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The Wikipedia comment was sarcastic, of course.
From the early responses, I gather this is old ground. I apologize for bringing up a touchy subject. But then again, civilization (and sanity) needs constant vigilance.
One question: do the hu lovers use it in class and require its use from their students?
Please tell me no.
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fiona
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« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2007, 07:03:55 PM » |
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Here's my guiltfree little secret: I read "hu" to myself as "he," as a generic "he," which under the old sexist grammar conventions meant "he and/or she."
If you see "hu" and think "he," the reading's easy, and it makes as much sense as it ever did.
The Fiona
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The Fiona or perhaps La Fiona
Professor of Thread Killing, Fiork University
The Right Reverend Fiona, PhD, Bishop of the Fora
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dr_crankypants
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« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2007, 07:05:20 PM » |
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Does anybody know what has happened to Pedant? Pedant seems to be missing.
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iomhaigh
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« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2007, 07:08:11 PM » |
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The Wikipedia comment was sarcastic, of course.
From the early responses, I gather this is old ground. I apologize for bringing up a touchy subject. But then again, civilization (and sanity) needs constant vigilance.
Oh, no apologies necessary. I love the carnage on the hu threads! Just sit back and get ready, nhaven1. Pull your lawn chair over -- I've got beer in the cooler and the grill is warming up! |
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dr_crankypants
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« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2007, 07:09:52 PM » |
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One question: do the hu lovers use it in class and require its use from their students?
I make my students copy all my quirks. That's how they can show how much they adore me, and thus, earn As. |
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« Last Edit: May 09, 2007, 07:10:16 PM by dr_crankypants »
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I'm not ignoring you. I'm playing leapdog with your post.
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crazybatlady
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« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2007, 07:11:06 PM » |
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Oh, what fun! nhaven1, welcome to the forums!
Everyone will recall that it was a thread very much like this one that nearly resulted in my banishment from the forums. Thus, we shall not mention the disease that shall not be named, even as well all bask in our private and uncensorable knowledge that it is rampant.
cbl, Member of the Bored
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« Last Edit: May 09, 2007, 07:11:25 PM by crazybatlady »
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As always, CBL rules! All hail the CBL!
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crazybatlady
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« Reply #13 on: May 09, 2007, 07:12:39 PM » |
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One question: do the hu lovers use it in class and require its use from their students?
I make my students copy all my quirks. That's how they can show how much they adore me, and thus, earn As. Similarly, I only allow late papers if they follow the rules of hu-diddyness. Oh, and they have to use "hux" not "hus." That's my preference. cbl |
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As always, CBL rules! All hail the CBL!
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« Reply #14 on: May 09, 2007, 07:18:44 PM » |
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I find "hu" mildly annoying, and prefer the s/he, which, if I'm remembering correctly, was approved by MLA about 15 years ago. (And if MLA says it's okay, then I'm following them off that cliff.)
However, I have issues with the punctuation of "hu." Why "hu's" instead of "his" or hers"? What is "hum"? What is "hux"? What the hell?
I am a huge fan of hu users who accidentally slip up and use the actual gender of the person in question, and then switch back to hu. That's really awesome.
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