Topic: Is "whom" a word?
Possibly !4et0YaTXO. started this discussion 15 years ago #7,427
I say yes.
| Poll option | Votes | Percentage | Graph |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes. | 23 | 88% | |
| No. | 3 | 12% |
benny !poISOnioxc joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 36 seconds later[^] [v] #129,757
yes
Voice of !WisdomHsuU joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 50 seconds later, 1 minute after the original post[^] [v] #129,758
No one uses it anymore, and with good reason. Why use such an archaic-odd form when "who" does the job just fine?
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Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,759
@previous (Voice of !WisdomHsuU)
Kinda this. I still use it in certain circumstances though, sometimes it just sounds better than using "who".
Kinda this. I still use it in certain circumstances though, sometimes it just sounds better than using "who".
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 4 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,762
postmortem !!Qe8ScDbX+ joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 5 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,764
@129,758 (Voice of !WisdomHsuU)
http://web.ku.edu/~edit/whom.html
read this, you grammar retarded shitcake.
http://web.ku.edu/~edit/whom.html
read this, you grammar retarded shitcake.
Anonymous E replied with this 15 years ago, 57 seconds later, 6 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,765
> No. Whom is still current.
And it's not meant to be interchangeable with who.
And it's not meant to be interchangeable with who.
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Voice of !WisdomHsuU replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 7 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,767
@129,764 (postmortem !!Qe8ScDbX+)
I had no clue that web.ku.edu was the authority of the English language.
@previous (E)
> And it's not meant to be interchangeable with who.
Says who?
I had no clue that web.ku.edu was the authority of the English language.
@previous (E)
> And it's not meant to be interchangeable with who.
Says who?
Voice of !WisdomHsuU double-posted this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 9 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,768
nimjeliepimjelieimj joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 6 seconds later, 9 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,769
Voice of !WisdomHsuU replied with this 15 years ago, 55 seconds later, 10 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,770
@previous (nimjeliepimjelieimj)
Who > Whom
It's shorter AND easier to use. Besides, only hipsters and old farts use it now.
Who > Whom
It's shorter AND easier to use. Besides, only hipsters and old farts use it now.
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 22 seconds later, 10 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,771
Anonymous H double-posted this 15 years ago, 38 seconds later, 11 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,772
postmortem !!Qe8ScDbX+ replied with this 15 years ago, 12 seconds later, 11 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,773
Voice of !WisdomHsuU replied with this 15 years ago, 19 seconds later, 12 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,774
Anonymous H replied with this 15 years ago, 36 seconds later, 12 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,775
postmortem !!Qe8ScDbX+ replied with this 15 years ago, 6 seconds later, 12 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,776
You guys are seriously grinding my gears.
Voice of !WisdomHsuU replied with this 15 years ago, 55 seconds later, 13 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,778
@129,772 (H)
> implying English isn't a garbled pile of misused loanwords
@129,773 (postmortem !!Qe8ScDbX+)
> implying whom is even used in this regional dialect
> implying English isn't a garbled pile of misused loanwords
@129,773 (postmortem !!Qe8ScDbX+)
> implying whom is even used in this regional dialect
postmortem !!Qe8ScDbX+ replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 14 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,781
Voice of !WisdomHsuU replied with this 15 years ago, 40 seconds later, 15 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,783
Anonymous H replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 17 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,784
postmortem !!Qe8ScDbX+ replied with this 15 years ago, 38 seconds later, 17 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,786
@129,783 (Voice of !WisdomHsuU)
who is a nigger? WOULD BE CORRECT. "a nigger is whom" is your option if you want to use "whom"
who is a nigger? WOULD BE CORRECT. "a nigger is whom" is your option if you want to use "whom"
Voice of !WisdomHsuU replied with this 15 years ago, 54 seconds later, 18 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,788
postmortem !!Qe8ScDbX+ replied with this 15 years ago, 34 seconds later, 19 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,789
then "who is a nigger"
Voice of !WisdomHsuU replied with this 15 years ago, 38 seconds later, 19 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,790
> whom
> 2011
> 2011
Anonymous E replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 22 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,793
Voice of Jizzdom, just admit you're wrong. Or at least do a Google search for "difference between who and whom" and quietly blush.
postmortem !!Qe8ScDbX+ replied with this 15 years ago, 52 seconds later, 22 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,795
Voice of !WisdomHsuU replied with this 15 years ago, 24 seconds later, 23 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,796
postmortem !!Qe8ScDbX+ replied with this 15 years ago, 54 seconds later, 24 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,798
@previous (Voice of !WisdomHsuU)
You don't have to use the word, you'll just look like a nigger if you don't. Oh wait...
You don't have to use the word, you'll just look like a nigger if you don't. Oh wait...
Voice of !WisdomHsuU replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 25 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,804
@previous (postmortem !!Qe8ScDbX+)
I haven't had the chance to even use the word. In order to even use it, one must bend-over-backwards with the structure (which is something I don't enjoy doing) and that is pointless.
I haven't had the chance to even use the word. In order to even use it, one must bend-over-backwards with the structure (which is something I don't enjoy doing) and that is pointless.
Meals !pwXlx86ASM joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 28 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,810
I propose we bring back "thou" and "thee", since we so obviously are missing them so much. On another note, who(m) is the only interrogative pronoun with inflection. Slowly all of pronouns are losing inflection; it is only a matter of time before "me" replaces "I" in all situations. But honestly who gives a fuck? Inflection is for the birds.
Meals !pwXlx86ASM double-posted this 15 years ago, 43 seconds later, 28 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,813
Voice of !WisdomHsuU replied with this 15 years ago, 58 seconds later, 29 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,814
@129,810 (Meals !pwXlx86ASM)
Agreed, though "thou" and "thee" are shit and "thee" is confused with "the". What we really need is a gender-neutral pronoun that is like "it", but without a social stigma.
Agreed, though "thou" and "thee" are shit and "thee" is confused with "the". What we really need is a gender-neutral pronoun that is like "it", but without a social stigma.
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Anonymous E replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 31 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,818
@129,795 (postmortem !!Qe8ScDbX+)
but it's k to pop a chubby over grammar lol
so don't feel bad, man
but it's k to pop a chubby over grammar lol
so don't feel bad, man
Possibly !4et0YaTXO. (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 13 seconds later, 31 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,820
Voice of !WisdomHsuU replied with this 15 years ago, 43 seconds later, 32 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,822
I suggest we go the way of the brits and replace "is" with "are" and the like.
postmortem !!Qe8ScDbX+ replied with this 15 years ago, 53 seconds later, 32 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,823
Voice of !WisdomHsuU replied with this 15 years ago, 44 seconds later, 33 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,824
Oh, and j and g are to be separated.
Meals !pwXlx86ASM replied with this 15 years ago, 3 seconds later, 33 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,825
@129,822 (Voice of !WisdomHsuU)
We could just lose all inflection. As a language ages inflection seems to die. Just look at Chinese. It has no inflection, although at one point it did.
We could just lose all inflection. As a language ages inflection seems to die. Just look at Chinese. It has no inflection, although at one point it did.
mountainman !4EB6xd.Oos joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 8 minutes later, 42 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,844
Chinese sucks and is confusing@previous (Meals !pwXlx86ASM)
Meals !pwXlx86ASM replied with this 15 years ago, 4 minutes later, 46 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,850
@previous (mountainman !4EB6xd.Oos)
Bahasa sucks and is confusing. Too many idioms... besides Bahasa is a inflected language too.
Bahasa sucks and is confusing. Too many idioms... besides Bahasa is a inflected language too.
Voice of !WisdomHsuU replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 49 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,852
Norwegian is best language of Europe, followed by Italian.
mountainman !4EB6xd.Oos replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 53 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,857
Meals !pwXlx86ASM replied with this 15 years ago, 16 seconds later, 53 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #129,860
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I didn't vote.
I didn't vote.
Meals !pwXlx86ASM double-posted this 15 years ago, 13 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #129,871
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Choose which option for which to vote, and I will do it.
Choose which option for which to vote, and I will do it.
Syntax joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 hour later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #129,980
@129,810 (Meals !pwXlx86ASM)
I use Thee Thy or I and Me Myself and I or I
So how is being one of DM's Anal Warts working out for you?
I use Thee Thy or I and Me Myself and I or I
So how is being one of DM's Anal Warts working out for you?
Syntax double-posted this 15 years ago, 4 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #129,982
We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers of blood have flowed to forget the feuds of a thousand years.
-Winston Churchill
"To those whom much is given, much is expected."
— John F. Kennedy
For Whom the Bell Tolls
-novel by Ernest Hemingway.
-Winston Churchill
"To those whom much is given, much is expected."
— John F. Kennedy
For Whom the Bell Tolls
-novel by Ernest Hemingway.
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bobby2sox !!ztPBX/o0I joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 4 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #130,669
"To whom it may concern......
Smegma !J5VkSmegmA joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #130,697
I think whom definitely has a place even now.
That being said, it has turned into one of those words that is very seldom used in casual conversation/writing.
Instead, it is used in more formal and academic writings. I'm okay with that.
That being said, it has turned into one of those words that is very seldom used in casual conversation/writing.
Instead, it is used in more formal and academic writings. I'm okay with that.