Q: You've played several real people, including Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys and President Kennedy. How do you avoid not becoming a caricature?

A: Well, you just imagine the way Will Ferrell would do it and do the opposite.



http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09152/974122-129.stm

Already a fan of Bruce Greenwood from the Nowhere Man series http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112104/ to today. He just went up in my estimation. :thumbsup:

Q: How do you avoid not becoming a caricature?


Um... by becoming a charicature? :freak:

Ms. Sheridan should perhaps complete an English class before becoming a professional interviewer? ;)

Um... by becoming a charicature? :freak:

Ms. Sheridan should perhaps complete an English class before becoming a professional interviewer? ;)
You might want to do some checking before complaining about other people's spelling. There's no such word as "charicature."

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/caricature

You might want to do some checking before complaining about other people's spelling. There's no such word as "charicature."

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/caricature

Yes, I admit I often get that one wrong due its closeness in sound to the word "character," sorry for any confusion the extra letter may have caused you.

I wasn't, however, complaining about spelling, but the grammatically atrocious phrasing of a question that made it mean exactly the opposite of what she intended. A somewhat larger error on the part of a professional journalist, than an internet poster misspelling a word by one letter, don'tcha think?

Are you related to Ms. Sheridan? You seem unduly enraged by my criticism of her poor writing skills... and you don't seem to be able to tell the difference between a spelling error and a grammatical error.

:p

Yes, I admit I often get that one wrong due its closeness in sound to the word "character," sorry for any confusion the extra letter may have caused you.

I wasn't, however, complaining about spelling, but the grammatically atrocious phrasing of a question that made it mean exactly the opposite of what she intended. A somewhat larger error on the part of a professional journalist, than an internet poster misspelling a word by one letter, don'tcha think?

Are you related to Ms. Sheridan? You seem unduly enraged by my criticism of her poor writing skills... and you don't seem to be able to tell the difference between a spelling error and a grammatical error.

:p
Not enraged. I just thought you were complaining about the spelling of the word. It really wasn't clear what you were referring to. You didn't make any reference to a "grammatical error" in your original post. Now that I re-read the question, I see your point. It meant exactly the opposite of what she intended. Sort of like when people say "I could care less."

Or "irregardless". :mad:

Ah.
Moving on...

I hate the "I could care less" thing. When did that morph from couldn't to could? Or, from making the intended point to the exact opposite.

Two favorite malapropisms from my dear wife:

"It's a mute point." and "Star Track".

Two favorite malapropisms from my dear wife:

"It's a mute point." and "Star Track".

No, as Joey on 'Friends' explained, 'it's a moo point. It's like what a cow would think doesn't really matter'.

I hate the "I could care less" thing. When did that morph from couldn't to could? Or, from making the intended point to the exact opposite.That's like when people say "literally" when they mean the opposite, i.e. figuratively or metaphorically. "A novel so intense, it literally catches fire in your hands." :eek:

Two favorite malapropisms from my dear wife:

"It's a mute point." and "Star Track".Those belong to a class of malapropisms known as "eggcorns." Examples include:

"easedropping" for eavesdropping
"spit and image" for spitting image
"on tray" or "ontray" for entrée
"throws of passion" for throes of passion
"for all intensive purposes" for for all intents and purposes
"in the rears" for in arrears
"Reese's monkey" for rhesus monkey

And yes, Will Ferrell does suck.

"easedropping" for eavesdropping
"spit and image" for spitting image
"on tray" or "ontray" for entrée
"throws of passion" for throes of passion
"for all intensive purposes" for for all intents and purposes
"in the rears" for in arrears
"Reese's monkey" for rhesus monkeyOne I see far too often:

"grant it" for "granted"

Puts my teeth on edge ...

Qapla'

SSB

"for all intensive purposes" for for all intents and purposes

That one makes me want to strangle people.

Intensively.

I had a row with a guy on TrekBBS.com a while ago who wrote a heartfelt essay on the evils of "prejudism." :freak:

He refused to believe that there was no such word, and got quite nasty about it.

Hey, I'm just trying to help. Apparently his teachers were being no help! :D

I once heard that someone with brownchitis was grasping for air.

One I see far too often:

"grant it" for "granted"You mean it's not "taken for granite"?

See, that's what makes it an eggcorn. It actually sounds logical, in a way. I suppose something that's "taken for granite" could be figuratively "written in stone." Or something like that.I had a row with a guy on TrekBBS.com a while ago who wrote a heartfelt essay on the evils of "prejudism."That reminds me of a movie review I once read that described the main character as "poor and prejudiced against since childhood."

Um, he was prejudiced against WHAT? Or did the writer mean folks were prejudiced against HIM?

And Will Ferrell STILL sucks.

wahlaa, for voila!

Main Entry:
voi·là
Variant(s):
or voi·la \vwä-ˈlä\
Function:
interjection
Etymology:
French, literally, see there
Date:
1739
—used to call attention, to express satisfaction or approval, or to suggest an appearance as if by magic.

Like Will Ferrells career.

We see a lot of members here use "should of" instead of "should have". The first time I read that in a post it took me a minute to figure out what the author was trying to say.

And the most common on this BB is the misuse of "your" instead of the contraction "you're" (for "you are") as in the following: "Your going to Wonderfest after all?". Yes, I "own" my going to Wonderfest...

Not that it really matters of course.

Your write, off coarse.

Huzz

To get this thread back on track, I just read the article, and the author really does conduct a poor interview...

I officially LOVE this thread! LOL!

We see a lot of members here use "should of" instead of "should have". The first time I read that in a post it took me a minute to figure out what the author was trying to say.

And the most common on this BB is the misuse of "your" instead of the contraction "you're" (for "you are") as in the following: "Your going to Wonderfest after all?". Yes, I "own" my going to Wonderfest...

Not that it really matters of course.

Your to much. (Misuse of to & too being of course my pet peeve)

wahlaa, for voila!

Main Entry:
voi·là
Variant(s):
or voi·la vwä-ˈlä
Viola!
http://www.baroquecello.com/images/viola.jpg

I was waiting for that Scott.

I had a row with a guy on TrekBBS.com a while ago who wrote a heartfelt essay on the evils of "prejudism." :freak:

No, I think he was really writing about the evils of "prejudaism." You know, that whole dark period before Abraham and the Hebrews. :p

Another surprisingly common typo is using "loose" when it should be "lose."

Reeces monkeys are the ones that spread peanut buttery goodness with a single bite. Most often fattening.

Reeces monkeys are the ones that spread peanut buttery goodness with a single bite. Most often fattening.

Since the discussion has become one of basic English, some that put my teeth on edge are "alright"... no such word! It is "all right". And the constant use of an apostrophe to show something is plural! You know... "Look at all those model's!"

Um... all those model's WHAT? Model's means "belongs to the (or a) model", not a bunch of models.

Since the discussion has become one of basic English, some that put my teeth on edge are "alright"... no such word! It is "all right".
Actually, alright is a vernacular* term (or would likely better be described as a colloquialism**), even used in written works by some fairly famous authors. I'd argue that it's generally accepted by the majority of folks on the InterWebz, and has been in-use by more "common" folk (myself included) for quite a long time before DaNet came in to being. Hope that's alright with you. ;) (teasing!)

My pet peeve is one I picked up from JohnP - I have an intense dislike of mis-used words. The one that almost always immediatley comes to mind is "decimated".



*ver⋅nac⋅u⋅lar  /vərˈnækhttp://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.pngyəhttp://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.pnglər, vəˈnæk-/ [ver-nak-yuh-ler, vuh-nak-]
–noun
9.the native speech or language of a place.
14.a style of architecture exemplifying the commonest techniques, decorative features, and materials of a particular historical period, region, or group of people.
10.the language or vocabulary peculiar to a class or profession.
11.a vernacular word or expression.
12.the plain variety of language in everyday use by ordinary people.
13.the common name of an animal or plant as distinguished from its Latin scientific name.
15.any medium or mode of expression that reflects popular taste or indigenous styles.


**Colloquialism Col*lo"qui*al*ism\, n. A colloquial expression, not employed in formal discourse or writing.

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[/quote]Actually, alright is a vernacular term (or would likely better be described as a colloquialism), even used in written works by some fairly famous authors. I'd argue that it's generally accepted by the majority of folks on the InterWebz, and has been in-use by more "common" folk (myself included) for quite a long time before DaNet came in to being. Hope that's alright with you. ;) (teasing!)Although the spelling "alright" has been around for well over a hundred years, it's still considered nonstandard. I guess you can blame The Who for popularizing that one. :rolleyes:

And as for being "generally accepted by the majority of folks on the InterWebz" -- C'mon, people. The Internet is the world's bathroom wall!

Another bug up my bum is the recent tendency to smoosh together two-word phrases into a single word, e.g., "moreso" for more so, "infact" for in fact, "nevermind" for never mind. (This last is ubiquitous on the Internet, and I suppose we have Kurt Cobain to thank for that one.)

And WHY, OH WHY do people insist on using the horrible (and ungrammatical) locution "aren't I"? It's no more correct than "I aren't"!

It aren't?!? :confused:



:tongue:

Since the discussion has become one of basic English, some that put my teeth on edge are "alright"... no such word! It is "all right". And the constant use of an apostrophe to show something is plural! You know... "Look at all those model's!"

Um... all those model's WHAT? Model's means "belongs to the (or a) model", not a bunch of models.

Was that directed at me?

... "nevermind" for never mind. (This last is ubiquitous on the Internet, and I suppose we have Kurt Cobain to thank for that one.)



This may also be a vernacular term, as I have been seeing it all my life - nearly half a century. Good enough for me to use either form without embarrassment. Like it or not, languages are not static.

One of my pet peeves lies in pronunciation: why can't people spot where the 'i' falls in 'heinous'? Before, the 'n', not after. 'Heinous' does not rhyme with 'previous'.

. . . why can't people spot where the 'i' falls in 'heinous'? Before, the 'n', not after. 'Heinous' does not rhyme with 'previous'.You mean it doesn't rhyme with "genius," don't you? The mispronunciation "hee-nee-us" doesn't rhyme with "previous," either!

As long as we're talking about mispronunciation, why does everyone pronounce mischievous as "mis-chee-vee-us"? And nuptial as "nup-choo-ul"? Where did those extra syllables come from?

And Cole Porter must have been the last American to pronounce "lingerie" correctly.

It's strange how lovely lingerie
Can affect a gal's false modesty
If she's wearing silk and satin,
Satin and silk.

The way it's pronounced today, "lon-jer-ay," doesn't rhyme!

As long as we're talking about mispronunciation, why does everyone pronounce mischievous as "mis-chee-vee-us"? And nuptial as "nup-choo-ul"? Where did those extra syllables come from?
I blame the British on this one. :p

Try Worcestershire -shire sauce!!!

That one is a pain in the heinous to pronounce!

Huzz

No, I think he was really writing about the evils of "prejudaism." You know, that whole dark period before Abraham and the Hebrews. :p



I actually made that joke in the thread ("What's prejudism, something that happened before Jewish people?") and he accused me of prejudism toward Jews. :freak: :lol:

My pet peeve is one I picked up from JohnP - I have an intense dislike of mis-used words. The one that almost always immediatley comes to mind is "decimated".


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Oh, especially when someone says "completely decimated!" Oh? They were completely reduced by 10%? :freak:

Was that directed at me?

No, I promise! It wasn't directed towards anyone in particular, just something I see a lot.

Another one that gets me is the misuse of "I" and "me" when more than one person is involved. "Thanks for seeing John and I yesterday" SOUNDS fine, but is wrong. "Thanks for seeing John and me" is correct.

Easiest way to make it work... drop the other person out and see if it sounds right. "Thanks for seeing I yesterday" is obviously wrong. "Thanks for seeing me" works.

Unless you didn't see John and me yesterday. Then to heck with you! ;)

Oh, especially when someone says "completely decimated!" Oh? They were completely reduced by 10%? :freak:


So, I'm thinking to be completely messed up...you have to be Centimated? :p

Hey John, "decimated" has had the alternate definition of destroying a large portion of a group for a very long time. As bad as it admittedly sounds, its technically correct to use it that way.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/decimated

Try Worcestershire -shire sauce!!!

That one is a pain in the heinous to pronounce!That reminds me of the old bawdy limerick:

There was a young lady of Worcester
Who dreamt that a fellow sedorcester.
She woke with a scream,
But 'twas only a dream --
A lump in the mattress had gorcester.

And Will Ferrell STILL SUCKS!!

Hey John, "decimated" has had the alternate definition of destroying a large portion of a group for a very long time. As bad as it admittedly sounds, its technically correct to use it that way.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/decimated

Damn! I have MUCH more fun being rigid to the original meaning! :lol:

Oh, especially when someone says "completely decimated!" Oh? They were completely reduced by 10%? :freak:
Maybe they were having an inventory reduction sale...?

Did they sell everything - livestock and barrel? :p
Huzz

Did they sell everything - livestock and barrel? :p
Huzz


Livestock and barrel....buh dump PSHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I had an older coworker once who, when he couldn't understand something, said "I just can't phantom that."

I have a Cuban lady coworker who, when you joke with her, says, "Oh, you are pulling my leg off!"

My favorite: "Lock and load." Yes, I know that, vernacularly speaking ( :tongue: ) that phrase is the correct term. But it still bugs me. How do you LOAD onto something that's already LOCKED?

I used to work with a young woman who heard the boss once say, "It would behoove us to sell them this new monitor." Having never heard the term before, she decided to emphasize the boss's message by telling me that he'd said, "It would be very hoovus for us to sell the new monitor!"

My favorite: "Lock and load." Yes, I know that, vernacularly speaking ( :tongue: ) that phrase is the correct term. But it still bugs me. How do you LOAD onto something that's already LOCKED?

Link: "lock and load" origin (http://www.sproe.com/l/lock-and-load.html)

I used to work with a young woman who heard the boss once say, "It would behoove us to sell them this new monitor." Having never heard the term before, she decided to emphasize the boss's message by telling me that he'd said, "It would be very hoovus for us to sell the new monitor!"Well, to be fair, "behoove" is a word that's fairly uncommon nowadays. Sometimes it gets written as, "It would be who of you to study the material." Never mind that it makes no sense at all!

Another favorite of mine is the spelling of bona fide as "bonified." Apparently it's the participle form of the verb "to bonify."