Pedrantry

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by Elliot Richmond, Aug 18, 2007.

  1. Jim Beam said he snipped the pedantry from a recent post of mine.
    Being a pedant, I decided to see if he was using the term correctly.
    So I looked it up. Here is a portion of the Wikipedia entry

    "Being referred to as a pedant, or pedantic, is generally considered
    insulting. However some people take pride in being a pedant,
    especially with regard to the use of the English language. In an
    attempt to avoid censure, people who wish to make a correction often
    preface it with "not wishing to be pedantic, but ..." or "without
    being a pedant, ..."

    "Pedantry can also be an indication of certain developmental
    disorders. In particular those with Left Sided syndrome, or
    high-functioning autism, often have behavior characterized by pedantic
    speech Those with Asperger's tend to obsess over the minutiae of
    subjects, and are prone to giving long detailed expositions, and the
    related corrections, and may gravitate to careers in academia or
    science where such obsessive attention to detail is often rewarded.

    "Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is also in part
    characterized by a form of pedantry that is overly concerned with the
    correct following of rules, procedures and practices. Sometimes the
    rules that OCPD sufferers obsessively follow are of their own
    devising, or are corruptions or re-interpretations of the letter of
    actual rules."

    Hmmm.... I think I need to do more research.


    Elliot Richmond
    Itinerant astronomy teacher
    Freelance science writer
     
    Elliot Richmond, Aug 18, 2007
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    jim beam Guest

    Elliot Richmond wrote:
    why don't you just post on subjects relevant to "alt.autos.honda"?
     
    jim beam, Aug 18, 2007
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  3. Elliot Richmond

    Tegger Guest



    A dictionary would be better:
    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pedantry
     
    Tegger, Aug 18, 2007
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  4. It was a joke, Mr. Beam.

    And why do you reply to off-topic posts?

    Matter of fact, why do I? Oh yeah, pedantry.



    Elliot Richmond
    Itinerant astronomy teacher
    Freelance science writer
     
    Elliot Richmond, Aug 18, 2007
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    Wayne L Guest

    It's relevant to the alt. part!
     
    Wayne L, Aug 22, 2007
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