Hi There :)
This one's going to be my last post
ever in a while. Hope you like it -
If you met me roaming the streets of twitter or youtube or even tumblr, you'd probably call me a nosy grammar nazi - I just like the woozy rules of the English language, that's all (English is, after all the clipped illegitimate child of German and Latin with an untraceable lineage of French).
Anyway, here's something really cool I found on Tumblr a few days ago about quirky grammar band names (yes! I managed to get to the topic of this post without straying too much - take
that tangents)I love quirky band names, and I adore grammar - so quirky grammar band names are, indeed, perfection.
So here they are...
I can't guarantee that this won't revoke some unpleasant memories of english teachers from middle school. Reader discretion advised.
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Active Voice:
When the verb of a sentence is in the active voice, the subject is doing the acting
Active Voice, the band, would probably the upbeat pop group with direct, easy-to-understand songs - hailed in high esteem (obsessed over) by one half of the world, and hated by the other.
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Passive Voice:
The passive voice is a grammatical construction in which the noun or noun phrase is the object of an active sentence
Passive Voice should be the superfluous alternative indie rock band, quoting Schopenhauer at every turn, and originally stylish clothing hanging off their calmly meloncholy dispositions.
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Anti-Language:
The use of universally known vocabulary with a different connotation.
Anti-Language should be punk outfit - rebelling to the end.
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Fog Index:
A measure of the readability of a piece of writing.
Fog Index would be fun, and full of quips - indiepop maybe? It'd absolutely hate the likes of Passive Voice.
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Disjunct:
A sentence's modifier - like an adverb.
Disjunct is clunky - it sometimes doesn't fit in, but it's always going on tour with its more popular acts like
Active Voice, and
Fog Index.
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Schwa:
The mid-central vowel sound - like the 'a' in about.
Schwa is little known in mainstream American culture. Scratch that - it isn't known in American culture, but I
do hear that the Scottish are really digging its work.
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Slip of the Ear:
Exactly what it sounds like, a slip of your ear - when you don't hear something right.
Slip of the Ear is the satirical, English-majors-who-formed-a-band-for-fun group that calls fun at everything from the governments latest blunder to the nonsense that is mainstream culture.
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Crash Blossoms:
An ambiguously worded headline.
Crash Blossom is an all-girl grunge group that is wont to retort that their name is
ironic even if you didn't ask.
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Zero Article:
When there are literally no articles before a noun.
Zero Article is a non-English speaking group that happened to produce a song in English, and didn't really understand the purpose of articles. Nevertheless, they are big iin their native lands where their own nice language (which doesn't have twisty, exception-filled rules) reigns supreme.
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Zero Conditional:
When there is no condition preciding or succeding a conditional statement.
Zero Conditional is the Bon Iver-esque dreamy group - the members' touch to reality is minimal, and is usually avoided during their bigger shows.
So that concludes my sinfully exciting stereotyping grammar lesson.
No, I have nothing else to say.
Go.
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