Riley Nash commits to Cornell

[Beeeej]

This morning at the Hampton Inn's free hot breakfast, two separate groups of people - one from Wisconsin, one from North Dakota - approached me to comment on what a great get we, um, got.  

The Maine people mostly sniggered and said, "Cornell?  They have hockey?"  So I put peanut butter in their hair.

[Trotsky]

[quote ftyuv]Why can't you extend that simple courtesy to "I could care less?"[/quote]Because that isn't how people use it.  99% of the uses of "could care less" are mistakes -- no irony is intended.

The off-season is traditionally devoted to being officious and pedantic about these kinds of things, so courtesy is right out.  April is the cruelest month.

[Trotsky]

[quote Beeeej]It's all part of my commitment to pro bonehead work.[/quote]Huh huh, you almost said boner,  huh.

[ugarte]

[quote Trotsky][quote ftyuv]Why can't you extend that simple courtesy to "I could care less?"[/quote]Because that isn't how people use it.  99% of the uses of "could care less" are mistakes -- no irony is intended.[/quote]
Haven't we had this debate before? Doesn't your argument require that people don't know the difference between "could" and "couldn't"? As misanthropic and inclined to believe that people are stupid as I am, even I don't think that is the case.

It is a cheap, low-grade irony that has coalesced into a phrase that has no ironic bite but retains a hint of a sarcastic undertone. Fat chance that you'll accept this, though.

[jkahn]

Getting back to the topic, here's the announcement on Nash and Berk  posted today on Salmon Arm"s site:
http://www.sasilverbacks.com/index.php?more=723

[nyc94]

[quote jkahn]Getting back to the topic, here's the announcement on Nash and Berk  posted today on Salmon Arm"s site:
http://www.sasilverbacks.com/index.php?more=723[/quote]

"University of Cornell"?  Does it sit on Lake Cayuga?

[Rita]

[quote ugarte][quote billhoward]because he liked having the big ring of keys jangling on Sansabelt slacks.[/quote]
I'm not sure you know what "Sansabelt" slacks are. Good luck getting a ring of keys to "jangle on" this.

Also, I wasn't an English major. I apparently studied at the Karl Marx Intstitute for Worker Empowerment and Confiscatory Revolution.[/quote]

Ugarte, thank you for this link, you cleared up a small nagging mystery for me. I enjoyed listening to Jack Arute's Sunday Night ESPN show which was nicknamed something like the "Sansabelt" edition. I always wondered what "Sansabelt" was, but only fleetingly, since I never did get around to googling it.

[KeithK]

[quote jkahn]Getting back to the topic, here's the announcement on Nash and Berk  posted today on Salmon Arm"s site:
http://www.sasilverbacks.com/index.php?more=723[/quote]
Back on topic?  I thought this was the grammar police site.  Damn...

[MINIteam8s]

This infers that acceptance to any NCAA program is referred to as 'scholarship'..."makes a total of seven scholarships accepted by SilverBacks players this season."

[KeithK]

[quote MINIteam8s]This infers that acceptance to any NCAA program is referred to as 'scholarship'..."makes a total of seven scholarships accepted by SilverBacks players this season."[/quote]
I almost posted something like this earlier this morning:

Insert complaint about Canadians referring to scholarships at Ivy schools.


Insert explanation about about terminology.

[MINIteam8s]

It's more like we say, "My 3 kids are in college" while a Brit would say, "They are all at university."  In fact my kids are all studying at universities.  It seems Canadians use 'scholarship' meaning 'accepted into a US NCAA program'.  Interesting cultural differences using a common language.:-)

[Jim Hyla]

[quote MINIteam8s]It's more like we say, "My 3 kids are in college" while a Brit would say, "They are all at university."  In fact my kids are all studying at universities.  It seems Canadians use 'scholarship' meaning 'accepted into a US NCAA program'.  Interesting cultural differences using a common language.:-)[/quote]But, there's a reasonable chance they did get some sort of scholarship. Just not an athletic one.

[Liz '05]

[quote nyc94][quote jkahn]Getting back to the topic, here's the announcement on Nash and Berk  posted today on Salmon Arm"s site:
http://www.sasilverbacks.com/index.php?more=723[/quote]

"University of Cornell"?  Does it sit on Lake Cayuga?[/quote]

Considering that they spell their own team name "Silverbacks," "SilverBacks," and "Sbacks," and "wish [these three players] all the bast," I don't think "University of Cornell" is all that bad.  At least it's spelled correctly.

Actually, the more I read this, the funnier I think it is.

[Swampy]

[quote MINIteam8s]This infers that acceptance to any NCAA program is referred to as 'scholarship'..."makes a total of seven scholarships accepted by SilverBacks players this season."[/quote]

I think the statement implies that acceptance to any NCAA program is a "scholarship," or at least this is what you infer from it.

Watch out! The Grammar Police are on the prowl.

[ftyuv]

[quote Swampy][quote MINIteam8s]This infers that acceptance to any NCAA program is referred to as 'scholarship'..."makes a total of seven scholarships accepted by SilverBacks players this season."[/quote]

I think the statement implies that acceptance to any NCAA program is a "scholarship," or at least this is what you infer from it.

Watch out! The Grammar Police are on the prowl.[/quote]

Or is he cleverly tweaking "infer" into an unaccusative?