anyone have the illustrated version?
yah dude, I have this. the illustrations are cute, and big ups to the editors for modernizing the text a bit and correcting some of the early 20th c. gender bias. however, this
By the time this paragraph sees print, psyched, nerd, ripoff, dude, geek and funkywill be the words of yesteryear.
...is practically hate speech, and I advise you to do a lot of soul-searching before buying this edition.
― unregistered, Tuesday, 21 April 2009 17:50 (fifteen years ago) link
i like a little old-fashioned gender bias in my style guides
― trouble child (harbl), Tuesday, 21 April 2009 18:23 (fifteen years ago) link
it's more real
― jergins, Tuesday, 21 April 2009 18:29 (fifteen years ago) link
gender-neutral "he/she" "s/he" "(s)he" pronouns are TEDIOUS and BAD, I admit. I don't remember if the style guide sticks up for them or not.
― unregistered, Tuesday, 21 April 2009 18:35 (fifteen years ago) link
zie
― trouble child (harbl), Tuesday, 21 April 2009 18:40 (fifteen years ago) link
I once suggested to LJ that he read this book
― step hen faps in September 2008 (step hen faps), Tuesday, 21 April 2009 19:04 (fifteen years ago) link