{"id":307,"date":"2002-05-12T01:56:59","date_gmt":"2002-05-12T05:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/?p=307"},"modified":"2007-08-07T17:52:39","modified_gmt":"2007-08-07T21:52:39","slug":"307","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/?p=307","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

finally, a name has been developed for the new words i constantly seem to be inventing
\ne.g., “whorus,” “prossibly” — and my attempts to change english grammar conventions, e.g., “perhapsn’t,” “amn’t” (tho that’s a common one)
\nit is now officially dubbed
\nnomespeak<\/b>
\n(if you can’t see the obvious allusion to orwellian newspeak, get out of my life)
\n(is “obvious allusion” an oxymoron?)
\n(why does the image of a moron using oxy pads come into my mind everytime that word is mentioned?)
\nanyway, back to nomespeak<\/b> — ironically the term was not coined by myself — ’twas rather ingeniously created by colleen montgomery<\/i>
\nlet’s cover a basic rule of nomespeak that spills over into english
\nand this concerns the word “nomes” itself — it’s a noun, it’s my nickname
\nit cannot, absolutely cannot be capitalized
\nnever
\nnot at the beginning of a sentence, not as a proper noun, no nothing at all
\nnomes is nomes
\nso let us examine proper english sentences:
\n“I<\/b> like to eat pizza.”
\nin the case of nomes:
\n“n<\/b>omes likes to eat pizza.”
\nnotice how in the former, the first letter of the sentence is capitalized, however in the latter sentence, it is not — because the first word is “nomes” — and nomes is never capitalized
\nlet me reiterate my point with another example:
\n“Let me introduce you to J<\/b>ohn, he is rather interested in computer hardware.”
\ncompare this with:
\n“Let me introduce you to n<\/b>omes, he is particularly captivated by baklava.”
\nnotice how in the first sentence, the proper noun of the name — “John” — has its first letter capitalized
\nbut in the case of the second sentence, the proper noun — “nomes” — is not capitalized
\ni cannot seem to emphasize this fact, this basic rule of nomespeak AND english enough
\neven my own brother misspells my nickname<\/a>
\nis there no justice in the world?
\ncome on people, it’s spelled “nomes,” never … i cannot even bear to type examples of it being misspelled — for that is how much it effects me — down to my very spinal cord!
\nthank you!<\/p>\n

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finally, a name has been developed for the new words i constantly seem to be inventing e.g., “whorus,” “prossibly” — and my attempts to change english grammar conventions, e.g., “perhapsn’t,” “amn’t” (tho that’s a common one) it is now officially dubbed nomespeak (if you can’t see the obvious allusion to orwellian newspeak, get out of […]<\/p>\n

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