Nick Against the World (73 Viewers)

[The Pado]

Nick, be careful with your predictions. Liverpool does not defend like a typical EPL club. They defend very well. In four matches against Juventus and Chelsea they have only conceded once. That is good shit. And don't put too much stock into being the better side on paper, as:

1996 - Ajax was the best team in the world and lost to Juve.
1997 - Juve was tons better than Dortmund, and managed to lose.
1998 - A favored Juventus goes down to Real Madrid.
2003 - Milan, trailing Juve by something like 14 points in Serie A, beats Juve.


and, just for good measure:

WILL SOMEBODY WITH POWER, BALLS, AND A BRAIN PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE . . .
BAN BURKE.
Just put him out of his misery.

 

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[ßöмßäяðîëя]

Why are you getting on my nuts?

 

[The Pado]

++ [ originally posted by Bürke ] ++
Why are you getting on my nuts?

Just look at your pathetic posts over the last 10 pages.

You are better than that shit.

I think.

So, start acting like you want to be a contributing member of the human race. As George Costanza once said, "We're trying to have a society here".

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

The period goes inside the quote, buddy.

 

[The Pado]

++ [ originally posted by Bürke ] ++
The period goes inside the quote, buddy.

Not the way I used it. Which was proper.

 

[Bjerknes]

Pado, I will consider that request for Burke's head with a little token of kindness.

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

The period, question mark, et cetera, et cetera, always goes inside the quotation mark. That is at least how I was taught.

 

[gray]

++ [ originally posted by jaecole ] ++
Well he will get alot of shit. Especially with an accent.

Who'll get more, an Aussie or an American?

++ [ originally posted by Padovano ] ++
WILL SOMEBODY WITH POWER, BALLS, AND A BRAIN PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE . . .
BAN BURKE.
Just put him out of his misery.

He's annoying but isn't breaking the rules anymore than a lot of other members around here.

++ [ originally posted by Bürke ] ++
The period goes inside the quote, buddy.

Only when the period ends the quote. Only in the States is the period inside the quotation marks regardless, but that doesn't make sense to me

 

[Bjerknes]

++ [ originally posted by gray ] ++

Who'll get more, an Aussie or an American?

Certainly my comrades. We'll take the fall for everything.


Anybody here seen the movie "K19, the Widowmaker" with Harrison Ford?

 

[The Pado]

The period was ending my sentence, not intended to end the quote. George's quote was longer, but I only used a part of his sentence to make you aware of the fact that you were acting like an ass. Just my attempt to get you the right path.

 

[gray]

++ [ originally posted by Andy ] ++
Anybody here seen the movie "K19, the Widowmaker" with Harrison Ford?

you mean the way they used a British and American actor to act as Russians speaking English? That was dumb

 

[The Pado]

Is that like using Albanian pick-pockets to speak English

Aye, joo . . . in da referee shirt . . . joo looz sumtin?

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

Pado, look, under no circumstaces does ANY punctuation go outside the quotation marks.

 

[gray]

++ [ originally posted by Padovano ] ++
Is that like using Albanian pick-pockets to speak English

you're on the right track

 

[Bjerknes]

++ [ originally posted by gray ] ++

you mean the way they used a British and American actor to act as Russians speaking English?

Indeed. I could have done a lot better than a lot of those actors, just ask Fabi. I have a talent for immating the russian accent.

And my dad is going to be pissed once he finds out half of his beers are gone.

 

[gray]

++ [ originally posted by Bürke ] ++
Pado, look, under no circumstaces does ANY punctuation go outside the quotation marks.

Are you sure about that?

How about if I say:

* The little boy asked his mother, "Why is the sky blue?"
* Who said "The sky is blue because of the diffraction of sunlight"?

In the second example, would you put the question mark inside the quotation marks?

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

Da, and da, ohh wait they are mine.

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

++ [ originally posted by gray ] ++

Are you sure about that?

How about if I say:

* The little boy asked his mother, "Why is the sky blue?"
* Who said "The sky is blue because of the diffraction of sunlight"?

In the second example, would you put the question mark inside the quotation marks?

Yes. I was taught not under any circumstanes to put it outside the quote.

 

[gray]

Really? That's interesting... and by that I mean illogical

I'm not really sure how, but can't one use that system to take quotes out of context? I guess that's not really a big issue, but don't you think it kind of makes sense to only use punctuation when it's actually part of the quote?

*"Who said, "the sky is blue because of the diffraction of sunlight?"

In the example above, I would think that the speaker of that quote heard the reason why the sky was blue and was repeating the answer in question form.

i.e. I would think that the above quote was part of a conversation such as:


* "Hey, did you know that the sky is blue because of the diffraction of sunlight"
* "No way! The sky is blue because of the diffraction of sunlight?"


I can't believe we're even talking about this

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

http://www.dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/quizzes/composition/quoter.htm


Show me where there is anything outside of a quotation mark.