Since it seems that not everyone has a working dictionary at his or her fingertips, or knows how to use it, it might be helpful for me to define my blog title for those less word-nerdy than myself.
Pedantic - characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules.
Grammarian - a specialist in grammar.
Now, this doesn't mean that I know every part of speech or troublesome spelling by heart, just that I will make fun of you for using words incorrectly, not following conventional grammatical rules, and misspelling words that you could easily have looked up in the dictionary.
Also, since I've used "dictionary" twice in this post before this sentence, let me introduce you to my favorite dictionary, the American Heritage College Dictionary, Fourth Edition (we're up to five uses now!). Not only does it stop me from having to make fun of myself, but it also has pictures!
Anyway, we'll see how this whole blogging thing pans out. I haven't yet decided why I'm doing this, but if Brett Jenkins is doing it, it must be cool.
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