@davidaugust that is my standard level of pedantry

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Shouldn't 'English' have a capital 'E' ?

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It brought back memories of my English teacher when we used to ask permission to use the washroom and used "can" instead of "may".

@davidaugust goddamn though, this shit teaches children nothing. Having to pee is stressful not conducive to learning for small children.

@davidaugust Gotta love a stickler

@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon should see this

@davidaugust The vampire gave up too soon. I'm pretty sure if he'd followed up with a "May I come in?", she would have responded with "That's better. Yes, you *may* come in."

@davidaugust Surely they meant English teacher, not english teacher.
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@davidaugust I'm reminded of my old maths teacher who if a student asked "Can I go to the toilet?" would reply "I hope so!"

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Email from colleagues:
> Hi, I hope you're good?
I don't know, you tell me! 🤣

@davidaugust A teacher that has obviously never studied pragmatics.

@davidaugust is it terrible that I looked at that and thought “huh, English should be capitalized there”. :D Pedantry indeed.

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In a story I wrote, there's the following interaction:

"You can't be here!"

"Well, if I CAN'T be here, then who are you even talking to?"

"You know full well I'm addressing you!"

"Well, I think you have the wrong address! Stupid!"

@davidaugust I feel called out massively

I do this so often with the question 'can I use the bathroom' that somewhere half the year other students will pre-emptively groan at my joke when someone asks it that way.