Word Crimes

[adi&co.]

Have you seen Weird Al's new song Word Crimes?? It makes the grammar nut in me squeal with glee! My dad is a linguist and English major and I'm afraid it rubbed off me. I can't stand bad grammar, haha!

Weird Al Word Crimes Music Video

 

[Becca Bonneville]

Yes! I just watched it yesterday with my son. We LOVED it!!

 

[GraceLee]

Love it! "Irony is not a coincidence," indeed!

 

[Lyd]

Yep - I posted it on my FB yesterday. It is fantastic! It made my little editor soul happy (except for the part where he said it's okay to leave out Oxford commas--lol).

 

[Libby Pritchett]

I was DYING! Loved it!! Of course, I immediately thought of my favorite word nerd, Krystal Hartley. LOL

 

[Jenn Barrette]

I am so loving all these new Weird Al videos! I was a fan back in the day.

 

[adi&co.]

I am so loving all these new Weird Al videos! I was a fan back in the day.

me too! when I was little, we had a VHS full of his vids, the Jurassic Park and Eat It ones were my favorite

 

[flergs]

Yep - I posted it on my FB yesterday. It is fantastic! It made my little editor soul happy (except for the part where he said it's okay to leave out Oxford commas--lol).

I actually had to Google Oxford Commas. We don't use them here lol.

 

[Lyd]

I actually had to Google Oxford Commas. We don't use them here lol.

I love my Oxford commas!

 

[ashaw]

It's funny because before we heard of the new Weird Al videos, a few weeks ago my husband was showing the kids all of his old videos for v the first time

 

[kim517]

I really could care less about grammar.....
No seriously, I had seen that video from my in-laws and thought it was funny. My M-I-L majored in French, German and Russian, speaks about 9 languages and DEFINITELY instilled in her kids an appreciation for correct usage of English. My hubby likes to point out grammar mistakes!

 

[carrie1977]

I literally loved that!

 

[adi&co.]

you guys are killing me, haha!!! My husband use to say "I could care less" all the time before one day I finally couldn't take it snapped at him. Not my finest moment, but he stopped. I feel bad, but it was literally driving me crazy!

 

[Megan Turnidge]

So, so good!! I also disagree on the Oxford comma. I always use it!!

 

[adi&co.]

^^ahahahha that's great! I love visuals about the oxford comma. They're always so funny to me. Have you guys heard of the Alot Monster?? BEST EVER!

The Alot is Better Than You at Everything

 

[ashaw]

Haha Megan! !! I use it all the time too!

 

[carriesmom]

I am with everyone on the Oxford comma too. You need to use it.

 

[Lyd]

So, so good!! I also disagree on the Oxford comma. I always use it!!

Yes. The lack of an Oxford comma can lead to ambiguity, which leads to . . . mass hysteria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0POXW4V1_k

 

[Megan Turnidge]

^^ahahahha that's great! I love visuals about the oxford comma. They're always so funny to me. Have you guys heard of the Alot Monster?? BEST EVER!

The Alot is Better Than You at Everything

:thumbup: Yes, good stuff! The Oatmeal has some grammar comics that are great, too.

 

[Megan Turnidge]

Yes. The lack of an Oxford comma can lead to ambiguity, which leads to . . . mass hysteria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0POXW4V1_k

*giggles*

 

[adi&co.]

you guys are all my favorite. It's not every day that I find grammar nuts as nutty as me I do miss capitalization a lot because my shift key doesn't work all that well, but other than that, I'm seriously crazy about grammar.

 

[carrie1977]

I used to work with someone that said "supposably." Drove.Me.Nuts. Like bonkers.

 

[MamaBee]

So, so good!! I also disagree on the Oxford comma. I always use it!!

haha... My mom and I argue about this all the time when I was growing up and then when I was working and editing training materials... she didn't learn about the oxford comma and I did... haha... and I'm like the opposite of a word nerd there is - I'm sooo bad at grammar since I never was forced to learn it in school. You can bet that kiddo will be a grammar geek by the time I'm done with him in homeschool! It's my time to finally learn!! :thumbup:

 

[Sherri Tierney]

My kids and I spent hours watching Weird Al videos this evening, all thanks to this thread! My daughter loves Word Crimes. I will admit that my grammar is not always perfect but I definitely try to write and speak with good grammar. Some of the little mistakes don't bother me but I hate when some things are just so stinkin' obvious. My son was just 4 years old and correcting grammar in a kids book (a Berenstain Bears book). I have a 12 year old who has started to type in text speak. It drives me crazy. I've told her that I don't mind it when she is texting and I don't mind her commenting 'LOL' here or there but she needs to show some class when she is posting somewhere. After watching this video she said "Mom, I get what you were saying!"