On 30/11/16 17:14, Helen Lacedaemonian wrote:
> On Monday, November 28, 2016 at 11:56:43 PM UTC-8, Richard Heathfield wrote:
>> On 29/11/16 02:20, Robert Bannister wrote:
>>> On 29/11/16 5:34 am, Helen Lacedaemonian wrote:
>>>> On Monday, November 28, 2016 at 1:14:05 PM UTC-8, Richard Heathfield
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On 28/11/16 21:03, Paul Wolff wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 28 Nov 2016, occam <
oc...@127.0.0.1> posted:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Most of the instances of the use of "[sic]" I have come across fall
>>>>>> under [sic] this category."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can't remember: do we close and re-open quotation marks to permit the
>>>>>> insertion of "[sic]"?
>>>>>
>>>>> You don't need to insert "[sic]", just [sic].
>>>>>
>>>>> Thus:
>>>>>
>>>>> According to Mr Harris, "I were [sic] waiting in the queue at the chippy
>>>>> when this bloke jumps [sic] out and started 'aving a go at this other
>>>>> geezer, 'e gave 'im a right kicking. 'E were going at it 'ammer and
>>>>> prongs [sic], I tell you, 'ammer and prongs."
>>>>
>>>>
http://www.marysrosaries.com/collaboration/index.php?title=File:Prongs_and_Hammer_002.jpg
>>>>
>>>
>>> I think I've been whooshed. Prongs don't look much like tongs.
>>
>> I don't understand why Helen posted the image link, except that the
>> caption happens to coincide
>
> I thought it would amuse you. Didn't it?
I did laugh when I saw it, yes. But when Robert asked about it, I