Comments on: Lunchtime Quiz: Romeo & Juliet

By: -@^@-

-@^@- — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:32:26 +0000

If you said something like ‘Wherefore art thou still here? Go take the quiz!’, you could get in the reference to the original line, and for people who don’t know the meaning of ‘wherefore’ (and haven’t read the comments), there’s the possibility of interpreting the sentence as “where are you, still here?”. A win-kinda-win situation! ;^)

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:28:14 +0000

It’s nice to see Uranus’s moons got cool names, as opposed to the planet itself.

By: Sandy Wood

Sandy Wood — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:51:58 +0000

Okay, I’ve changed it so that it now says “take the quiz.” Boring, but to the point.

Of course, you’re not really TAKING the quiz, ’cause it’s still there after you take it.

I give up!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:30:35 +0000

Bonus points for the Supertramp question, though! This was a really good quiz!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:28:15 +0000

I get the joke, but why perpetuate a mistake, especially on a site such as this, which is visited by a much higher percentage of nerds* than most other sites?

That’s the kind of stuff that annoys my people, The Nerds, and thus we all feel compelled to point it out.

*I’m an out-and-proud nerd

Hee! ReCaptcha = demanded retained

By: Sandy Wood

Sandy Wood — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:03:56 +0000

Folks? I know it means “why.” I was just mimicking the line from the play. Thanks for your notes, however.

By: loripop

loripop — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:09:05 +0000

Sigh. Mental Floss! “Wherefore” means “why” not “where.” It’s a common mistake, and therefore, beneath you.

By: -@^@-

-@^@- — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:07:32 +0000

Just to be pedantic, “wherefore” means “why”, not “where”, so “wherefore art the quiz?” would translate as “why is the quiz?”. Presumably that’s not what you meant to say…