Talk:Lil' Strong Bad
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| + | ::::I should mention that I certainly sympathize with you, Polly. One of my jobs here at the printing company where I work is copyeditor, and I have changed ''Lil'<nowiki></nowiki>'' to ''Li'l<nowiki></nowiki>'' in the past. But ultimately we're transcribing what TBC do, not correcting it. Here's another example that really bugs me: most people think that to form a possessive on a singular word that ends in ''-s'', you just add an apostrophe. Wrong! Good style books say that for ''all'' singular nouns, you add ''<nowiki></nowiki>-'s''. Most newspapers, which try to save space wherever they can, get this wrong. Most magazines, books, and well-written articles get this right. TBC get this wrong in the phrase "Bubs' Concession Stand." They even get it wrong when the second ''-s'' is ''clearly'' pronounced, as in "sell these down at Bubs's," (which they spell "...at Bubs' "). Even then, however, if that's how they spells it, that's how I types it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:23, 27 Jul 2005 (UTC) | ||
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It says "He wears underwear. . . unlike his grown-up counterpart", so I think the latest edit can sorta be reverted, or at least rephrased.
Sould this be moved to Li'l Strong Bad? that what he is called in the record book and his birthday sign. — Elcool (talk)(contribs) 11:01, 25 Jul 2005 (UTC)
inverted
maybe a comment about his eye shine (or whatever its called) is inverted compared to the strongbad of today
Article name
There are now at least two references to "Lil'" (as opposed to "Little") Strong Bad on the official site, origins and record book. I can find no mention of the other spelling. Should we change the article name here? — It's dot com 15:50, 25 Jul 2005 (UTC)
- In stand-up, Coach Z does enunciate the word "little", but we could view that simply as an adjective. — It's dot com
- Nobody replied to this, but I see that the article has been moved, so somebody must have agreed. — It's dot com 04:59, 27 Jul 2005 (UTC)
Wrong place, wrong place!!
Hey, woah, hey, you guys. It's "Li'l", not "Lil'". That's... how "little" gets abbreviated. Oh man. *Woah.* Apostrophe... wrong place... can't happen... -Polly 06:01, 27 Jul 2005 (UTC)
- Unfortunately for obsessive-compulsive people like us, Lil' is how it appears in record book. —BazookaJoe 06:03, 27 Jul 2005 (UTC)
- First of all, it's whoa, not woah. Second, it would technically be Li'l'. Third, Lil' is a common spelling. Fourth, neither is listed in most dictionaries. Last, like BazookaJoe said, TBC spell it Lil or Lil'. — It's dot com 06:09, 27 Jul 2005 (UTC)
- Yeah... All right, you win. -Polly 10:21, 27 Jul 2005 (UTC)
- I should mention that I certainly sympathize with you, Polly. One of my jobs here at the printing company where I work is copyeditor, and I have changed Lil' to Li'l in the past. But ultimately we're transcribing what TBC do, not correcting it. Here's another example that really bugs me: most people think that to form a possessive on a singular word that ends in -s, you just add an apostrophe. Wrong! Good style books say that for all singular nouns, you add -'s. Most newspapers, which try to save space wherever they can, get this wrong. Most magazines, books, and well-written articles get this right. TBC get this wrong in the phrase "Bubs' Concession Stand." They even get it wrong when the second -s is clearly pronounced, as in "sell these down at Bubs's," (which they spell "...at Bubs' "). Even then, however, if that's how they spells it, that's how I types it. — It's dot com 14:23, 27 Jul 2005 (UTC)
