What's with the ridiculous use of the word "myself" in so many paddling blogs? It appears to be endemic to kayak bloggers. Where did this originate? Why are so many folks using it? Where did these folks learn to write???

Edited by Kyle K - 18 Oct 2007 at 12:30am

Kyle, go paddle... and get some of that on-water envy out of you.

Kyle, can I get my river knife back before you go any further off the deep end?  It's starts with grammar and then you'll move onto how myself (he he) and other kayakers dress and the vehicles we drive, and then someone ends up hurt.  Or you could join in this weekend paddling somewhere....
-N

If (adrenaline > education) {
    useGrammer = false;
    sprayOnline() or die ("shit, no gnar, here's some playboating pics");
}

Honestly, if I post something I am pleased that my second grade grammer teacher isnt online correcting everything from poor grammer to dangling participles.

While I don't really care too much about this, I was just late night rambling when I started this post, communication is important. Isn't that what Professor Paddle is all about? The better our tools, the better we can communicate. Who doesn't want to be better at pretty much anything they do?

 

Here's another little irritant I see on boating websites/blogs/chatrooms: "Loose" and "lose".

 

For inquiring minds, here is how they work:

 

Loose, as in a boat feels loose when you are surfing. "The Necky Orbit Fish has a much looser hull than the Dagger Kingpin."

 

Lose, as is I lost something. "I always lose to EJ in the finals."

 

Or maybe "This loser needs to loosen up regarding grammatical mistakes". But hey, I ain't forcin' ya'll to read this heah crap.

 

I think it's time to get on the water! My mind is seriously dehydrated.

 

 

Awesome! 

I'm rotflmao brb nvmnd syotr

Waht r u talking about James?

Maybe it's a case of too many safety meetings.

Kyle, how would you fix the sentence, "while the shuttle was run, I was bored while I waited alone, so I played with myself" ???? Would it be "I and I played with myself, mon" or "yo me juego" ???? Myself is a lovely reflexive word and I stand by it, out of respect for the sport of pocketball.

safty first- I've seen it written on this site, and someone has an engraved wooden sign on the MM with it speeeeled thazt way.

Whats safety meeting?

safety meeting?