A co-worker, after accidentally calling me Matthew, the name of another psychologist, who is black:
"All you psychologists look alike."
Sexism...racism...professionalism?
Congratulations, co-worker (I ironically do not know her name)! You just won Quote Of The Week! This Bud's for you!
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
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I think you need a comma between "another psychologist" and "who is black." I am just saying is all.
My dad's favorite work story:
"Hey, did you hear Bill tripped over something in the hangar building today? He really hurt himself."
"Bill?"
"Bill the guy in systems. The black guy. Black guy Bill from systems."
"The black *blind* guy? With the dog?"
"That guy."
Would that maybe indicate that the original co-worker I was speaking of was black? I mean she is, but I wanted to emphasize that Matthew is black.
I honestly don't know and I'm asking.
Nope. If you were trying use it to describe the original co-worker, then the phrase "who is black" would be a dangling modifier.
Okay, I'm a bad police officer. I think it would actually be a misplaced modifier, not a dangling one. http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000013.htm
For the racism:
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2006/2/6lloyd.html
For the bad grammar:
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2006/2/8roeder.html
wouldn't this be a perfect time to use parentheses?
"Parentheses are the lazy man's semicolon."
Or something.
You know where you can stick your semi-colon, don't you?
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