Slog - Comments on Editing Graffiti on Ballard Avenue http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue Ballardians don't take none of that bad-grammar bullshit.... Copyright 2008 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:53:32 -0800 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:06:52 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fnarf But what if "whoa" is in fact what the original writer meant?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968072 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968072 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:57:35 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV I like it better the original way.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968091 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968091 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:03:26 -0800 Comment by infrequent bemoan the presses!

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968097 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968097 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:04:41 -0800 Comment by vooodooo84 What if the original writer edited it him/herself

]]> vooodooo84 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968109 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968109 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:07:21 -0800 Comment by Dougsf I think we're looking at the the way the graffiti originally went up, with both the original "whoa" and the correction. I think the only sin here in the writer's ruining the play on words by trying so hard to make his intention obvious.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968118 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968118 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:09:36 -0800 Comment by woah Seriously, like I don't know how to spell my own name.

]]> woah http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968119 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968119 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:09:59 -0800 Comment by whoa Doh! It looks like I don't know how to spell my own name.

]]> whoa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968123 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968123 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:11:35 -0800 Comment by Tracy This makes me very very happy.

]]> Tracy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968125 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968125 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:12:51 -0800 Comment by umvue The original was likely correct. Another Ballard transplant. "Whoa" is how "whore" is spelled in the northeast.

]]> umvue http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968132 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968132 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:16:00 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Maybe he (she) edited it after having been caught tagging?

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968134 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968134 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:16:30 -0800 Comment by Glenn Fleishman Romanes Eunt Domus, to quote Monty Python.

]]> Glenn Fleishman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968167 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968167 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:27:43 -0800 Comment by Megan Seling I don't know if it's all from the same person or if the original whoa was intentional, but I love it either way. My favorite part? The little proofing "SP" mark above the correction to denote a spelling error. Hilarious!

]]> Megan Seling http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968181 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968181 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:29:56 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Ballardites.

Ballardians are the street minstrels.

(former KCDCC alt for Ballard)

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968185 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968185 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:31:55 -0800 Comment by non sequitur Reminds me of the scene from Life of Brian.

Someone should notify Grammar Girl: http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/default.aspx

:o)

]]> non sequitur http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968218 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968218 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:45:40 -0800 Comment by Ricardo Montalban Grammar correction is a dish that is best served ... COLD.

]]> Ricardo Montalban http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968219 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968219 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:47:22 -0800 Comment by miss jo thank you for posting that. it actually made me laugh out loud. nice way to end another boring day at work.

]]> miss jo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968232 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968232 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:55:58 -0800 Comment by same guy Nothing about that edit job looks like it was done by another person.

]]> same guy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968241 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968241 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:58:51 -0800 Comment by dbell On an electrical box in my gym was sprayed , mysteriously, 'Irony?' On first look, it appeared to be someone's unimaginative attempt at tagging.

A closer inspection revealed a now-empty can of spray graffiti remover sitting on top of the electrical box.

]]> dbell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968267 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968267 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:15:34 -0800 Comment by Dougsf I'm going to start carrying a can of red spray paint with me, circling peoples tags and adding the notation "see me".

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968302 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968302 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:32:25 -0800 Comment by johnnie Not to be pointless or anything, but there was not correction to grammar in those photos. It was, perhaps, a spelling change, or perhaps the actions of someone who just doesn't like Bill and Ted puns.

]]> johnnie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968325 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968325 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:51:19 -0800 Comment by Sara Too bad "T-Wrecks" (by the same person, on the same wall) got all covered up by lame development signs.

]]> Sara http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968346 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968346 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:07:28 -0800 Comment by genevieve If you want to get all nitpicky about it, it's Woe is I, anyway

http://www.bookslut.com/nonfiction/2004_09_003111.php

]]> genevieve http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968354 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968354 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:14:42 -0800 Comment by Little Old Lady Never forget the day our church was vandalized-

Satin Kills!!!

Poor little old ladies wore only Polyester suits for at least three weeks!

]]> Little Old Lady http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968388 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968388 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:54:11 -0800 Comment by thickturd NICE genevieve. thanks.

]]> thickturd http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968398 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968398 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:08:28 -0800 Comment by Ginger Twinkle whoa.

]]> Ginger Twinkle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968407 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968407 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:15:16 -0800 Comment by exelizabeth Damn, Genevieve beat me to it! I totally own that book. It's no "Elements of Style," but it'll do.

]]> exelizabeth http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968410 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968410 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:24:26 -0800 Comment by Simac @22:

Nonsense! Utter and complete nonsense. The expression is woe is me; me is an old dative. This expression has existed in English and its predecessors in this form for over 1000 years. The expression means woe is to me or woe is unto me. In Old English it was wa is me. In German today it is weh ist mir. Me is an archaic use of the old dative case in English today.

(The same dative me survives in methinks, which means it seems *to* me.)

People who think it should be woe is I (or worse, woe am I) are complete idiots who need to take some real linguistics classes, study a foreign language, study a dead language, read the Chicago Manual of Style, throw out Strunk & White ("avoid adjectives!"), and stop commenting on language.

]]> Simac http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968411 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968411 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:28:33 -0800 Comment by genevieve Or maybe Simac needs to lay off the caffeine?

]]> genevieve http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968420 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968420 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:50:37 -0800 Comment by Fnarf No, Simac needs to stand up and take a bow.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968428 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968428 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:03:40 -0800 Comment by Nay @19

hahahahahah

]]> Nay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968584 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c968584 At Large Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:53:47 -0800 Comment by Sarah Ditto @30.

Graffiti copy editors....effing awesome!

]]> Sarah http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c969384 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c969384 At Large Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:31:46 -0800 Comment by pbody I would have changed it to - Who is me and added a question mark.

]]> pbody http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c969801 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/editing_graffiti_on_ballard_avenue#c969801 At Large Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:06:52 -0800