This is a great day for HogBlog. Today, I had my first troll. At last, I feel like a real blogger...I have arrived. This character, called 'mike', posted several remarks to a post in honour of Appropriate Michael Savage's Name For Your Own Purposes Day. In honour of this momentous event, I will now correct his spelling and punctuation, and possibly grammar.
You people are childish.
So far, so good...
Ever herd of free speach?
Oh, dear. This sentence lacks a verb. Without more information, it is impossible to know what he wanted to ask about this herd of free speach, which I think are a sort of small Patagonian mammal, not unlike guinea pigs. Better luck next time.
If you don't like what he says don't listen.
Mike is missing a comma after 'says.' Did you know that the period and the comma are the two most popular punctuation marks? They are much more popular than the lowly semicolon. Semicolons never get invited to the Prom, and grow up to be bitter spinsters. Much like Mike.
I agree (along with most true americans) with most of his views.
What an awkward construction! Can you imagine saying this out loud? It'd flow much more naturally if he'd said 'I, and most true Americans, agree...'
And the capitalisation goes without saying.
Get a life.
I used to watch that programme when I was a kid: 'Get a Life,' starring Chris Elliott. I wonder whatever happened to him?
Let us all give Mike a round of applause: hurrah for HogBlog's first troll.
Posted by aloysius at July 22, 2003 06:17 PM | TrackBack |Forgive me, but 'I, and most true Americans, agree...' seems a bit awkward yet. I would advocate for a complete rewrite of the sentence. 'I agree with most of his views, as do most true Americans.' In any case, I love how qualified that sentence is -- Mike has used 'most' twice. What, then, are the views of his that Mike does not agree with? Furthermore, the sentence fails to say that agreeing with Savage's views is a requisite for being a 'true American.' If Mike is attempting to imply that you are not a true American, then, he's done a very weak job of it. Such poor rhetoric.
Congratulations on your troll, by the way!
--Elf
Posted by: Elf on July 27, 2003 12:42 AM