Paul.w.bennett

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enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.

de-2Dieser Benutzer hat fortgeschrittene Deutschkenntnisse.

fr-1Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau élémentaire de français.

es-1Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel básico de español.

el-0Αυτός ο χρήστης δεν καταλαβαίνει ελληνικά.

la-0Hic usor linguam latinam non intellegit aut eam intellegit aegre.

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əThis user has a native-like understanding of the International Phonetic Alphabet.

theyThis user considers singular they standard English usage.

snkThis user says either sneaked or snuck.

to¦goThis user chooses to sometimes use split infinitives.

byThe passive voice may be used by this user.

…in.Ending a sentence with a preposition is something that this user is okay with.

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kindRegarding gender, this user prefers the vernacular, not what is politically correct.

“,;:’This user is a punctuation stickler.

. TheThis user does not put two spaces after a full stop.

A, B, and CThis user prefers the serial comma.

"…"This user favours typewriter style quotation marks over typographic ones.

UKThis user uses British English.

USThis user uses American English.

LE-1This user's been known to screw up the occasional sentence and make the occasional typo, but is otherwise pretty accurate with regards to English.

CRS-4This geezer well rabbits Chitty Chitty Bang Bang nearly as if 'e were a right David 'Ockney.

SoE-2This here user has an intermediate understandin' of Southern American English, occasionally using "y'all" and at times even a "ain't".

BS-0This person does not understand Bullshit (or understands it with considerable difficulties or does not wish to communicate in Bullshit).

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Introduction

I'm 5'8", with red hair down to my shoulder blades (which almost always stays in a pony tail), and a facial hair that varies in configuration. As of December 2006, I'm sporting a full set, up to around 3 inches long (though I keep the moustache trimmed enough that my mouth isn't obscured).

Areas of interest:

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Harry Potter
• I am a "law and order" / minarchist Libertarian, more or less in the mold of Bastiat
• Covers, especially those with changed genres
• Many different aspects of Information Technology, in both Computing and Communications terms
• Star Trek
• The Stargate TV series
• Linguistics, especially conlangs and the Indo-European language family
• English grammar, spelling, usage, and punctuation, from a viewpoint that is almost entirely descriptivist, with the single prescription that correctness is defined by popular contemporary usage
• Race
• Special:Random

I'm technically both highly gifted and learning disabled, which is occasionally interesting.

The places

Have lived in:	(current), (born/raised)
More specifically:	(current), (born/raised)
Have visited:	, , , , , ,
Ancestry:
	Idea acquired from Ceyockey who burgled from Grutness who lifted from Moriori who half-inched from Calton who nicked it from Salsb who stole it from Guettarda who borrowed it from Coolcat