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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2007Knitpick Nitpick
Recently I read an article making use of "knitpick" in place of "nitpick" as expected. I rather like knitpick. Nitpicking is not a pleasant task, not at all. I have found those tiny eggs and equally tiny louse difficult to pick. My experience is better results are had by squashing those eggs and bugs, in situ. Our favorite barrister might quip, "Quash the buggers." Those who nitpick are equally unpleasant. This activity causes me to think of nitpickers as those annoying louse to be rid; rather than pickers, they are the nits. Knitpick, this is a wonderful word! I can wrap my tiny mind around using a hooked needle or barbed words to straighten and smooth a finely woven thought expressed in words. A bit of a tongue tangle here, a ragged edged awkward sentence, an inappropriate blurt blotch, all can be renewed, can be rewoven into smooth silky words of a silver tongued devil through talented knitpicking. No need to unravel, no need to begin anew. Knitpicking allows gentle adjustments, allows some stretching or tightening to smooth out rough wordy thoughts. A challenge is presented; how to vocally enunciate knitpick without sounding nitpick? Falling back to a favorite high school habit of mocking English, "Ka-nit-pick." Okpulot Taha - pondering reweaved and rewoven http://www.purlgurl.net/~stocks/audio/hochifo.wav > Recently I read an article making use of "knitpick" in place > of "nitpick" as expected. I rather like knitpick. Happy New Year, Kiralynn. I can't begin to express the feelings your return has stirred in me. So I won't.  SignatureBob Lieblich Language Lawyer to the Masses >> Recently I read an article making use of "knitpick" in place >> of "nitpick" as expected. I rather like knitpick. > Happy New Year, Kiralynn. I can't begin to express the feelings your > return has stirred in me. > So I won't. Afammi himmona yukpa! (Happy New Year!) What better enjoyment for a new year than to experience my charming wit and subtle character assassination? With your not being able to begin to express your feelings my return is stirring, I would suggest popping a Viagra to bolster your confidence then express away! I believe all here are of or over age of consent. You do have Viagra over there on the wrong side of the pond, yes? Okpulot Taha > >> Recently I read an article making use of "knitpick" in place > >> of "nitpick" as expected. I rather like knitpick. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > What better enjoyment for a new year than to experience my > charming wit and subtle character assassination? A good performance of Mahler's Sixth, as but one example. > With your not being able to begin to express your feelings my return > is stirring, I would suggest popping a Viagra to bolster your confidence > then express away! I believe all here are of or over age of consent. We're still arguing over Christopher Johnson. > You do have Viagra over there on the wrong side of the pond, yes? I believe you are somewhat confused, or do Native Americans consider Virginia part of the UK? > Okpulot Taha Meshhuganeh. (snipped) >> What better enjoyment for a new year than to experience my >> charming wit and subtle character assassination? > A good performance of Mahler's Sixth, as but one example. Hey! We have, downhill in our garage, a large collection of hammers. Framing claw hammer, carpenter clawhammer, assorted sizes of ballpeen hammers, lots of automobile body hammers and hammers of a type about which I have no clue, not least of all our hammers, three sizes of sledge hammers. A ballpeen hammer and a Chinese cymbal are great for rousing severely hungover sleepers New Year's morning! >>You do have Viagra over there on the wrong side of the pond, yes? > I believe you are somewhat confused, or do Native Americans consider > Virginia part of the UK? All of America is part of our tribal lands. However, we have encountered slight problems claiming title to the states. Those problems are soon to be resolved in Her Majesty's Crown Court; we plan an argument based on very old precedence, on old English Common Law, prior to 1776 or so. I am fully prepared, just waiting for some documents to arrive, looking sharp and I am sure my sense of humor will impress, http://www.purlgurl.net/si/barrass.jpg Although our tribe's claim to title of all America is contested, we do own title to the planet Mars, http://www.purlgurl.net/si/d_mars.jpg Our tribe is negotiating a contract with Spacedev Inc., here in California, to develop a payload delivery system for transporting cargo to our planet Mars. We will be opening gambling casinos on Mars in the year 2010, which should prove a profitable venture. Taha - knitpicking > (snipped) > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Hey! We have, downhill in our garage, a large collection of > hammers. And what, Dear Kiralynne, does Mahler's Sixth have to do with hammers? > Framing claw hammer, carpenter clawhammer, assorted > sizes of ballpeen hammers, lots of automobile body hammers [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > A ballpeen hammer and a Chinese cymbal are great for rousing > severely hungover sleepers New Year's morning! No doubt. I'll bet a really good primal scream does the job equally well. [ ... ] > Although our tribe's claim to title of all America is contested, > we do own title to the planet Mars, > > http://www.purlgurl.net/si/d_mars.jpg Don't tell Dubya. He'll invade. He's been talking about going to Mars (although not with the sort of enthusiasm he reserved for the Iraq invasion). > Our tribe is negotiating a contract with Spacedev Inc., here in > California, to develop a payload delivery system for transporting > cargo to our planet Mars. We will be opening gambling casinos on > Mars in the year 2010, which should prove a profitable venture. I think you're getting a bit ahead of yourselves. Ya know, Kiralynne, as long as you don't try to fake it in English usage you're actually fun to swap lies with. SignatureBob Lieblich Note first three letters of surname (snipped) >>Hey! We have, downhill in our garage, a large collection of >>hammers. > And what, Dear Kiralynne, does Mahler's Sixth have to do with hammers? *Ronald Raygun political debate voice* "Well, there you go again." Ahem, the "blows of fate" my dear Juris Doctor. Such tragedy is your lack of knowledge of the masters! "The sound of the hammer, which features in the last movement, was stipulated by Mahler to be 'brief and mighty, but dull in resonance and with a non-metallic character'." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._6_(Mahler) Taha > (snipped) > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Ahem, the "blows of fate" my dear Juris Doctor. Such tragedy > is your lack of knowledge of the masters! Ahem, the lack of understanding of irony on your part: <http://tinyurl.com/tgj6e>. > "The sound of the hammer, which features in the last movement, was stipulated > by Mahler to be 'brief and mighty, but dull in resonance and with a non-metallic > character'." > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._6_(Mahler) Glad to see you can use Google. How many performances of the Mahler Sixth have you attended? And do you prefer to have the scherzo precede the andante or vice versa? SignatureBob Lieblich See also <http://tinyurl.com/y5y3fr> (snipped) >>Ahem, the "blows of fate" my dear Juris Doctor. Such tragedy >>is your lack of knowledge of the masters! > Ahem, the lack of understanding of irony on your part: > <http://tinyurl.com/tgj6e>. Ha! Ha! What a dork! Your recent article is precisely why I wrote of hammers. Jeessh... men are so lame, so clueless! > Glad to see you can use Google. How many performances of the Mahler > Sixth have you attended? And do you prefer to have the scherzo > precede the andante or vice versa? I usually do not attend concerts, I perform in concerts! Well, not recently as I have been incarcerated. I am free now! http://www.purlgurl.net/si/jail.jpg My preference is to use a twelve ounce ballpeen hammer to knot the heads of lawyers and uppity barristers, and most certainly not in andante tempo. Taha http://www.purlgurl.net/~callgirl/midi/jail.mid ( a live performance! ) >Although our tribe's claim to title of all America is contested, >we do own title to the planet Mars, > >http://www.purlgurl.net/si/d_mars.jpg NASA has three wheeled vehicles on Mars. (That is three vehicles not three-wheeled vehicles.) Has your tribe attempted to collect parking fees from NASA? SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) The Peter Duncanson entity posted thusly: >>Although our tribe's claim to title of all America is contested, >>we do own title to the planet Mars, [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Has your tribe attempted to collect parking fees from NASA? Dunno about her, but I plan to charge them as soon as I set up shop there. >>Although our tribe's claim to title of all America is contested, >>we do own title to the planet Mars, > NASA has three wheeled vehicles on Mars. (That is three vehicles not > three-wheeled vehicles.) > Has your tribe attempted to collect parking fees from NASA? Those vehicles are three wheeled, now. We send an Indian scout up to Mars to remove a wheel from each vehicle to prevent those vehicles from being driven away. We currently own those rover vehicles. Under law, property owners are entitled to claim ownership of a vehicle abandoned for more than three months, on a person's property. Check your local laws for variations. Taha Purl Gurl filted: >With your not being able to begin to express your feelings my return >is stirring, I would suggest popping a Viagra to bolster your confidence >then express away! I believe all here are of or over age of consent. Last time I tried that it was hours before I could get close enough to the keyboard to post....r Signature"Keep your eye on the Bishop. I want to know when he makes his move", said the Inspector, obliquely. >>Recently I read an article making use of "knitpick" in place >>of "nitpick" as expected. I rather like knitpick. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > So I won't. Oh dear, oh dear. I wonder if she knows anything about translation... SignatureLaura (emulate St. George for email) > >>Recently I read an article making use of "knitpick" in place > >>of "nitpick" as expected. I rather like knitpick. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Oh dear, oh dear. I wonder if she knows anything about translation... That is _it_. I'm definitely going back to a proper newsreader if I have to crawl to Berlin and pay in cash, or blood. SignatureMike. > Recently I read an article making use of "knitpick" in place > of "nitpick" as expected. I rather like knitpick. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > and bugs, in situ. Our favorite barrister might quip, "Quash > the buggers." next time just go to the pet store and buy some hartz mountain flea and tick powder. >> Recently I read an article making use of "knitpick" in place >> of "nitpick" as expected. I rather like knitpick. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > next time just go to the pet store and buy some hartz mountain flea > and tick powder. Will that work for louse in the house (or is that lice in the hice)? SignatureSkitt Jes' fine > >> Recently I read an article making use of "knitpick" in place > >> of "nitpick" as expected. I rather like knitpick. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Skitt > Jes' fine Yes, just tell him it is Cremora. > Recently I read an article making use of "knitpick" in place > of "nitpick" as expected. I rather like knitpick. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > me to think of nitpickers as those annoying louse to be rid; > rather than pickers, they are the nits. You do know that the plural of "louse" is "lice", don't you? I only ask, because you used "louse" two times in situations in which I would use "lice". > Knitpick, this is a wonderful word! Yeah, but it doesn't mean the same thing as "nitpick". I suspect that most words don't have exact synonyms, but I find "lintpicking" to be closer to "nitpicking" than is "knitpicking", since both nits and lint are tiny, distracting, and possibly harmful items--though not as annoying as those people who insist on picking them off another's body--whether they exist or not. Of course, by answering your post, I suppose I am figuratively lintpicking here. On the other hand, "knitpicking", homophonous as it may be to "nitpicking", is usually considered helpful and constructive, and done on work in one's lap, rather than on another's person. > I can wrap my tiny mind around using a hooked needle or barbed > words to straighten and smooth a finely woven thought expressed [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > without sounding nitpick? Falling back to a favorite high > school habit of mocking English, "Ka-nit-pick." Can you conceive of changing an entire culture? Well, maybe you can. Either you make nits as common and acceptable as is hair itself, or the kindergartens and primary grades in which lice are propagated among kids in the US might be completely eliminated. Maybe home-schooling and electronic tutoring could be made universal? Or maybe child-care could begin with shaving kids for the first 3 or 4 years of public schooling. >Recently I read an article making use of "knitpick" in place >of "nitpick" as expected. I rather like knitpick. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >and bugs, in situ. Our favorite barrister might quip, "Quash >the buggers." One louse, two or more lice. >Those who nitpick are equally unpleasant. This activity causes >me to think of nitpickers as those annoying louse to be rid; [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >I can wrap my tiny mind around using a hooked needle That's crochet, not knitting. SignatureLinz Wet Yorks via Cambridge, York, London and Watford My accent may vary >> Recently I read an article making use of "knitpick" in place >> of "nitpick" as expected. I rather like knitpick. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > One louse, two or more lice. That'll do for the bugs, but sometimes you meet people who are real louses. DDT, in appropriate dosage, will work on both. SignatureSkitt (in Hayward, California) http://www.geocities.com/opus731/ >>Recently I read an article making use of "knitpick" in place >>of "nitpick" as expected. I rather like knitpick. >> Nitpicking is not a pleasant task, not at all. I have found >> those tiny eggs and equally tiny louse difficult to pick. My >> experience is better results are had by squashing those eggs >> and bugs, in situ. Our favorite barrister might quip, "Quash >> the buggers." > One louse, two or more lice. "Nitpicking is not a pleasant task, not at all. I have found those tiny eggs and equally tiny louse difficult to pick." Deceiver: "One louse, two or more lice." Taha: "...tiny eggs and equally tiny louse...." Singular topic construction, a tiny louse which lays tiny eggs. "...by squashing those eggs and bugs...." Plural construction, multiple bugs laying eggs. Lice does not fit well with "tiny" because a collective lot of lice does not blend with a "tiny" context. A group is usually not tiny. A singular can easily be tiny. A small group, a tiny individual; subset logic. You are nitpicking. You are also attempting to impose your personal preferences upon another, much like the barrister. This is most illogical. Both of you need to give more attention to reading comprehension, especially when reading a creative writer. Our habit is make subtle mixes of topics to retain reader interest. A prime example is the barrister nitpicking at unique singular statements while the overall context is completely lost upon the barrister. A recent article of mine presents pro and con debate on labeling of verbs. I finish off with a context summary of how difficult are grammar rules to manage. This thought is lost upon the barrister with his years long professional habit of nitpicking the specific rather than addressing the circumstantial context; typical lawyer behavior which led to the acquittal of O.J. Simpson. Lawyers, by habit, wear mule blinders. >> I can wrap my tiny mind around using a hooked needle > That's crochet, not knitting. Is there a rule in some obscure rule book we are not allowed to use a specific tool for tasks other than intended design of the tool? You need to make use of an acetylene / oxygen torch to cut your way of this box in which your mind is trapped. Thinking outside the box is an earmark of a good writer, and a good handyperson. Will you sic the grammar attack dogs upon me for my usage of "handyperson" in place of sexist based "handyman?" Oh my, do I intend "sic" as in dog command or "sic" as in originally written? Your dogmatic ruling is? Taha - armed with her kitchen spatula >>>Recently I read an article making use of "knitpick" in place >>>of "nitpick" as expected. I rather like knitpick. [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >lot of lice does not blend with a "tiny" context. A group >is usually not tiny. A singular can easily be tiny. Ah, you're still in your own strange language world. Back to the oubliette till you learn English, I think. SignatureLinz Wet Yorks via Cambridge, York, London and Watford My accent may vary (snipped) > Ah, you're still in your own strange language world. Back to the > oubliette till you learn English, I think. This is your best intellectual effort? Ha! Being sincere and without intent of insulting, this thinking you display is the very foundation of bigotry and subset variations of bigotry. You have written, paraphrased, "Those who do not think like me are strange and to be shunned." Is your thinking not the very foundation of bigotry? Taha - tossing water balloons from her Ivory Tower spam@lindsayendell.org.uk had it: > >Lice does not fit well with "tiny" because a collective > >lot of lice does not blend with a "tiny" context. A group > >is usually not tiny. A singular can easily be tiny. > > Ah, you're still in your own strange language world. Back to the > oubliette till you learn English, I think. Although I might part with good money to see her try to knit with crochet hooks. For, say, two hours. SignatureDavid ===== > spam wrote: >> Purl Gurl (snipped - read prior articles for full context) >>Ah, you're still in your own strange language world. Back to the >>oubliette till you learn English, I think. > Although I might part with good money to see her try to knit with > crochet hooks. For, say, two hours. Give me your head for a half hour and I will knit your hair with a crochet hook! You do have hair, yes? My husband's hair reaches middle of his back. I enjoy frequently braiding into his hair, feathers, beads, strings of leather and such. He is not all fond of this but I love the look! He is good sport and, when with boyfriends, always blames me for his looks. You boys must not be handyboys. After knitting, if adjustments are needed, easiest tool to use is a crochet hook, not a knitting needle, either that or a bent hook shaped bobby pin. Crochet hook seems a logical choice, for those of hand talent. Ever drive a picture hanging nail with a high heel shoe? You boys, like others, have missed my contextual point; use of tools for tasks other than intended by design. Shame on you! Language is a tool, yes? Would you promulgate language may only be used as designed by strict grammar rules? Of course not or I would think not. Maybe you are boring pedants. Bobby pin, reminds me of a story. Our dear teacher, Mamie J., who taught four generations of our family, instructs us on science, specifically heat generated by friction and resistance. Bright idea! An age old idea I come to learn, once off the farm and living in the big city. Grasp a bobby pin by its ends, flex those ends back and forth, quickly, for a minute then touch the rounded end to the back of the neck of the boy sitting in front of you during class. Burns like crazy! Makes the boy yelp! Stick your bobby pin back in your hair, none are the wiser. Maybe a problem here is you boys are incapable of viewing our wonderful and whacky world through feminine eyes. http://www.purlgurl.net/~sexism/fpov1.html Taha > spam@lindsayendell.org.uk had it: >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Although I might part with good money to see her try to knit with > crochet hooks. For, say, two hours. You have a higher attention span than I do. SignatureLinz Wet Yorks via Cambridge, York, London and Watford My accent may vary spam@lindsayendell.co.uk had it: > > spam@lindsayendell.org.uk had it: > >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > You have a higher attention span than I do. The children have both gone back to university. SignatureDavid ===== |
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