This is a large part of the academic profession: to make up complex, subtle arguments that are childishly ridiculous but are enveloped in sufficient profundity that they take on a kind of plausibility.
Gyrus: Hi Garrett, the “argument” here is admittedly trivial in the scheme of things, but the issues are pretty clearly laid out. What was it you...
Garrett: Just read your old article about Doc Hyatt’s undoing book. The I read the current article, under which I’m posting this comment. Funny argument,...
Joel: I might add that those words in British English that have to be -ise and can’t be -ize are also -ise in American English, such as ‘advertise’...
Joel: I think I mentioned before that apart from the single exception of ‘capsize’ the ending -ise is never wrong in British English, whereas -ize...
Gyrus: when you start arbitrarily capping up I think we’re agreeing that the “rules” are partly arbitrary anyway, so it’s tough to internalize...
