User:Minime12358
I'm just your typical high school linguistics club president/student attending a science and tech school. As you'll see in my abuse of userboxes, I'm redundant and hypocritical.
Userboxes[edit]
Linguistics
en-us -N | This user is a native speaker of American English. |
dlph-5 | Sreeee ack oork ee'urrr sque'ek eer. |
eo-4 | Ĉi tiu uzanto parolas Esperanton preskaŭ kiel denaskulo. |
ipa-4 ə | This user has a near-complete understanding of the International Phonetic Alphabet. |
tlh-2 | tlhIngan Hol jatlh lo'wI'vam. |
la-1 | Hic usor simplici latinitate contribuere potest. |
ang-1 | Þes brūcere cann forðian mid grundlicgendre mǣðe Englisces. |
vi-1 | Thành viên này sử dụng tiếng Việt với trình độ cơ bản. |
This user knows that because English is a living language, grammar and syntax are not fixed. |
This user recognizes that linguistic change is a natural and desirable aspect of human language. |
Majority ≠ right | This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still a mistake. |
majority ≠ ad populum fallacy | Although this user acknowledges the logical fallacy ad populum, they do not think that it applies to human language, and recognise that the majority determines grammatical "right" and "wrong". |
Majority Usage = Correct Grammar | This user recognizes that if most people make the same grammatical "mistake", it ceases to be a mistake and becomes proper grammar, for grammar has no immutable or moral "right" or "wrong" and "correct grammar" is determined by majority usage. |
Speakers Know Best | This user recognizes that grammar comes from humans, not from the heavens. Trust native speakers. |
Thou/Ye | This user wants to resurrect the T–V distinction in English. |
User:Jeffro77/userboxes/Singular they:LessEvil
fire mankind | This user supports the use of gender-neutral language when it reasonably exists as an alternative to a common gendered word. |
amn't | This user considers amn't a perfectly logical alternative to aren’t in the first person singular. |
couldn't've | This user believes that couldn't've would make a perfectly fine word. |
ubiquitous ≠ widespread | This user asserts that the more common word is often not the most precise. |
by | The passive voice may be used by this user. |
Subj | This user prefers that the subjunctive mood be used. Were this user you, he would use it. |
"There's" with a plural subject | This user knows that "there's" with a plural subject is a pervasive grammatical error. |
to¦go | This user chooses to sometimes use split infinitives. |
... | Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which this user will not put. |
to too two | This user thinks that too many people have no idea how to use words that they should have learned in grade two. |
their there they're | This user thinks that there are too many people who don’t know that they're worse than their own children at spelling! |
your you're | This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help. |
whom | This user insists upon using whom wherever it is called for, and fixes the errors of whomever they see. |
which & that | This user knows how to use which and that correctly. |
less & fewer | This user understands the difference between less & fewer. |
much & many | This user understands the difference between much & many. |
Latin Plurals: "Data |
This user uses "data", "media", "memoranda", "criteria", and "agenda" as the plurals of "datum", "medium", "memorandum", "criterion", and "agendum". |
This user hates seeing double negatives clutter up the English language. He/she wants to stomp it out no matter what it takes. |
-ly | This user mourns the apparent death of the adverb, a loss that this user feels most serious. |
. The | This user believes sentence spacing is a style choice, not a law. |
, | This user fixes comma-splices; they are annoying. |
A, B, and C | This user prefers the serial comma. |
??? ?!? !!! | This user terminates excessive use of exclamation points and question marks on sight. Grow up! |
; | This user is addicted to semicolons; they use them frequently. |
- | This user is a hyphenation expert. |
ANAL 5 | This user is incredibly stringent with professional grammar. |
ə | This user is a Grammar Nazi. |
This user thinks good grammar is sexy. |
US | This user uses American English. |
abc | Ths usre haz verry goode spelng. |
Programming
as-2 | This user is an intermediate ActionScript coder. |
-2 | This user is an intermediate Mathematica programmer. |
re-2 | This user writes intermediate regular expressions. |
Controversial Philosophy
This user is an absurdist. |
This user believes that the United States is a corporatocracy. |
This user is a Determinist. |
This user is interested in the subject of consciousness. |
This user believes Groupthink is the most dangerous aspect of the human psyche. Who's with me? |
This user imagines Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too. |
This user understands biological evolution. |
General Philosophy
This user loves the wisdom of Philosophy. |
This user believes in logic. |
AP | This user is a proponent of analytic philosophy. |
This user is a transhumanist. |
This user lives in a mathematical universe. |
Okrent's Law | This user believes that the pursuit of balance can create imbalance because sometimes something is true. |
Benford's Law | This user believes that passion is often inversely proportional to the amount of real information available.† |
Segal's Law | This user is aware that a man with two watches on, may not be sure what time it is. |
Grossman Misquote | This user is aware that complex problems have simple, easy to understand wrong answers. |
This user is interested in politics. |
This user supports preferential voting as opposed to first-past-the-post. |
This user is an independent voter who doesn't like partisan politics. |
This user supports instant-runoff voting. |
This user is interested in religion as a sociological and historical phenomenon. |
LIB | This user is a Libertarian (United States). |
This user despises Gerrymandering. |
Personality/Interests
This user is anal and is prone to making edits on top of their own edits and those of others. |
This user is male. |
NULL LOL | This user has absolutely no life. + |
This user is a Klingon |
STAR TREK | Minime12358 is a fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation. | TNG |
This user enjoys works of Science Fiction. |
This user loves The Beatles. |
This user longs for Yesterday. |
This user enjoys indie rock. |
This user likes alternative rock. |
This user enjoys speedcubing and has a personal record of 9.79 ao5, 11.32 ao12, and 12.56 ao100 on a 3x3. |
This user enjoys singing. |
[lɪŋ] | This user's favourite subject is Linguistics. |
This user's favorite subject is physics. |
MATH | This user's favorite subject is Mathematics. |
This user's favorite subject is computing. |
This user prefers the metric system. |
This user is an expert mathematician. |
This user knows that 0.999... is exactly 1. |
ISTJ | According to the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator this user is an ISTJ (100 10 88 100). |
This user is sapioheterosexual and as such is attracted to intelligence in the opposite gender. |
0 | This user ranks a 0 on the Kinsey scale. |
This user supports the legalization of same-sex marriage. |
This user strongly supports the legalization of cannabis. |
This user is against the War on Drugs. |
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