re: #433 wrenchwench

How many languages do you pedanticize in? I count three so far.

_{And yes, I neologismed and dangled that participle on purpose.}

English, French and Latin are pretty much the only languages I’m comfortable enough with to be pedantic about (well, maybe also Klingon, but the less said about that the better). I have a middling reading knowledge of a couple of others.

I don’t mind “pedanticize” too much, but I’m not sure about “I neologismed”. It just doesn’t sound like something you should be doing in polite company.

You didn’t dangle a participle; you ended a sentence with a preposition. I don’t object to that (and you’ll notice that I do it too). IMHO the whole stricture against ending sentences with prepositions is such weapons-grade pedantry that I hope never to succumb to it.