Jeremy, just shut up, no one cares about whether or not you are gramatically correct.

[unibikeling]

See the title.

All we care about is the logic of the name of the sport when compared to what the sport actually is.


whether or not I think your ideas are actually legitimate, I do not need to you telling me how I am grammatically wrong I am in naming a sport.

[Jeremy R]

Why do you feel the need in taking a private AIM conversation onto the unicyclist forums?

[unibikeling]

Why do you feel the need in taking a private AIM conversation onto the unicyclist forums?

what AIM conversation?


plus, flowing sounds like sexual inuendo :P

[Jeremy R]

Ok heres the deal everyone.

It was a private AIM conversation.

Unibikeling brought it to the forums.

If you really want to read it, shoot me a PM.

Gilby, closer?

[unibikeling]

Ok heres the deal everyone.

It was a private AIM conversation.

Unibikeling brought it to the forums.

If you really want to read it, shoot me a PM.

Gilby, closer?

i wasnt in any private aim conversation, and i surely do not consent to any conversation that has me in it being sent to a third party. :)

oh god, i just flowed all over myself.


oh, and btw, i wouldnt mind if the thread closed/trashed. do what you will.

[Jeremy R]

If you were in no such conversation then surely anything I would be to send would be 100% false then?

Maybe this will answer questions.

Math is a noun.

Math book, now math describes the book, so it is an adjective.

Agree or disagree?

[unibikeling]

If you were in no such conversation then surely anything I would be to send would be 100% false then?

Maybe this will answer questions.

Math is a noun.

Math book, now math describes the book, so it is an adjective.

Agree or disagree?

again, see title. i understand what your saying about grammar, and i do not care to be repeatedly told about what is correct grammar.



but i now do see some sense in the name flux for your sport.

[drumstuck]

Ooooooh, so much sexual tension in this thread! :D

[critter]

~~I flowed in my pants~~

[Jeremy R]

~~I flowed in my pants~~
She asked me cash or credit and then I flowed in my pants.

[_Ground_Zero_]

I'm going to assume Grahmn is right because he's cool.

End of discussion.

[unibikeling]

jon, you need to lay off the alcohol, you spelt my name with an 'n'.

[Mikefule]

Math is a noun.


Not over here it isn't. We say "maths".;)

That aside:

"Math" is a noun.

In the sense of "math book" it is something similar to but not quite an adjective. I think the correct term is an "attributive".

A "red book": red is the adjective.

A "math book" is a different thing from, say, a "history book" and the difference is far greater than between a "red book" and a "blue book". There is an argument that "math book" is therefore a compound noun: a noun made up of two words.

You would refer to a human being as a "Homo sapiens" without thinking in terms of "Homo" (man) being the noun, and "sapiens" (the wise) being an adjective. You would think of "Homo sapiens" as a single thing - almost like one word with a gap in the middle.

English is a funny language and doesn't follow quite such rigid rules as, say, Latin, and there are often two or more valid ways of describing a word or phrase. However, contrary to earlier posts in this thread, I think it is great that people are still interested enough to have the debate.

[nimblelight]

Math is a noun.

Math book, now math describes the book, so it is an adjective.

Agree or disagree?

I disagree.


If math were an adjective, then we could say things like "math bed" and "math sunset," and that just sends my WTF-ometer through the roof.

[Jeremy R]

Yeah, but not all adjective noun partners agree. Slimy bed, slimy sunset. Noisy socks, noisy sunset.

[unibikeling]

Yeah, but not all adjective noun partners agree. Slimy bed, slimy sunset. Noisy socks, noisy sunset.

yes, but math is still not an adjective.

[uni57]

yes, but math is still not an adjective.Graham, I never knew you had such an intense interest in grammar! I hope and expect that your new interest is reflected in your future posts! :)


Edit: wait, I thought that "no one cares about whether or not you are gramatically correct" as the thread title suggests (is it safe to point out that there are two 'm's in 'grammatically'?)...

[nimblelight]

Yeah, but not all adjective noun partners agree. Slimy bed, slimy sunset. Noisy socks, noisy sunset.

Those all make sense to me. I have seen all of them personally except for the slimy sunset.

[Into the blue]

Save us Miss Ayerly.

Quick, to the A-signal on the roof!

[uni57]

Save us Miss Ayerly.

Quick, to the A-signal on the roof!I do indeed hate to keep this thread alive, but Mikefule nailed it. Quite impressively, I might add, and apparently off the top of his head.

'Math', in the noun phrase 'math book' is an attributive noun or a noun adjunct (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attributive_noun) (I had to look it up). It is a noun that acts like an adjective in that it modifies another noun. The Wikipedia article also states that --

Adjectival noun is a term that was formerly synonymous with noun adjunct but is now usually used to mean an adjective used as a noun.

... which means that Jeremy was not technically incorrect; he was just a bit old skool in his terminology.

[Into the blue]

I do indeed hate to keep this thread alive, but Mikefule nailed it. Quite impressively, I might add, and apparently off the top of his head.

I totally realise that.
I just wanted an appearance by Miss A.

Although "Quick, To the Fule-phone!" also has a ring about it.

(Arf! See what I did there with 'ring'?)

[unicycledood]

Ahhhh old people humor ^.^
Its so fun watching them do what they call amusing.
I guess they do the same to us.

Don't blame me for thread bumping, it was already at the top :D

[dudewithasock]

Ahhhh old people humor ^.^
Its so fun watching them do what they call amusing.
I guess they do the same to us.

Don't blame me for thread bumping, it was already at the top :D

Well, their humor is the best of anyone's on this board.

Crap, I'm already getting old.

[Jerrick]

Well, their humor is the best of anyone's on this board.

Crap, I'm already getting old.

I agree.

[GILD]

mikefule nailed it.


twss



(Arf! See what I did there with 'ring'?)

twss


^^
Old person doing young person humour.

You're only as old as the people you entertain.

[unicycledood]

I don't get any of it :(

[Mikefule]

I don't get any of it :(
I was married once.

[johnfoss]

Was that supposed to be a divorce joke? :)

Don't worry dood, just let them sail over your head and poke fun while not understanding.