Sentences with phrase «get pedantic»

Even since the release of Hyrule Historia, Nintendo really have made an effort to nail down their Zelda lore, with Skyword Sword capitalising on the new Zelda timeline («timelines» if you want to get pedantic) by being a prequel.

But with a cheaper airline they may get pedantic about it, which would be a major downer.

As a grandfather, I don't have to attend parent - teacher conferences or get pedantic notes sent home with my son or daughter addressing the latest concerns of a bunch of thumb - sucking, politically correct, out - of - control idiots.

Never a good sign when Hugh gets pedantic.

Jeez I'm getting pedantic in my old age.

Not exact matches

De Castro's new Yahoo colleagues got a full dose of his strange locution at the company's annual sales meeting, in early 2013, when he berated his sales force with a rangy, pedantic speech.

In either case my message gets lost, whether through pedantic communication or through a muddle of empty verbiage.

Also our very pedantic daughter told us they were donuts, and who can argue with a stubborn two year old who is busy licking chocolate off as many treats as she can get her hands on?

[spelling pedant] Rachael, it's remuneration, not renumeration [/ spelling pedant] As a further pedantic point, all commerce is casino capitalism, in that risks must be borne in order to get reward.

Sorry to get personal and pedantic, but whilst I'd love to read Yet Another Anon's analysis, until s / he learns to punctuate, it is impossible to understand.

I was the first to congratulate Jez on getting the 35 nominations, so I hope this doesn't sound pedantic, but.

If Green ultimately takes too much pride in his hipster references (however nostalgic I got seeing the 2001-esque United Artists logo that used to scare the bejesus out of me as a child, it's self - conscious whims like these that make Undertow sometimes feel superficially invested), the presence of the generally indifferent Bell has a neutralizing effect on Green's tendency towards the pedantic, and the director's championing of old - school values — his dislike of ADR, his fondness for found locations — once again inspires lonely but hearty cries of solidarity.

I loved Amy Poehler's impression of Brit actors doing an American accent in a pedantic, emphatic bass growl, the announcement that Wes Anderson arrived at the ceremony «on a bicycle made of antique tuba parts» and the fact that Boyhood «proves that there are still good roles for women over 40, as long as you get hired when you are under 40».

First, Paulo Gomes gets it and if you are being so pedantic, the game launched in December 2011, I know I was there waiting 45 minutes to log in Lord Calypo.

Maybe I'm pedantic, but it bugs me to no end that this article is saying Ultima III invented «turn - based combat, in which you select a command — you might «Attack» or «Cast» a spell — and then the enemy fighters get their turn.»

Not to get too pedantic here, but the art schools are full of women, and the art world is full of men.

Now this may seem pedantic or irrelevant to some, but I think it's critical if climate scientists want lay people and politicians (and even deniers) to actually understand what you are trying to get across every time with clarity.

This may be a bit pedantic, but I take issue with the claim «[R] eanalyses are effectively the weather forecasts you would have got over the years if we had modern computers and models available».

Enough with the pedantics already — time to dig out the solar oven and get outside and cook!

I see problems with: * you have to be an active promoter of yourself to get articles read * the review process (mainly there is no ability to assess why rejected articles are rejected and the time wasting because of pedantic comments) * project - based funding and treating research like consulting (if I can tell you how much a project will cost, then by definition it is not research) * since academia seems to be drifting towards consulting, researchers start to become underpaid compared to peers in consulting * the focus on the number of publications weighted by the rank of the journal * status is based on if you publish in a high - rank journal, «selected» to be a lead author, and so on, and not whether you do good and creative research, good collaborator, good colleague to peers, etc..

Perhaps too pedantic a point, but it often gets overlooked.