I can has cheezberger (humour)
Offline On the way to New Market (Vocational Skills Center that I split time between with my local high school), I got into one of the stupidest debates ever.
Silas and I had both seen a video in class where a cat is in a 2d room with cheezbergers (like cheeseburgers, but less real and more 2-dimensional) floating and bouncing off walls. The cat says "I can has cheezberger." There was no punctuation mark, as the words were spoke, which is where the debate comes in.
Silas argued that "I can has cheezberger" is a question, arguing that because the cheezbergers were not in its possession, it could not be saying it already has them.
I argued that "I can has cheezberger" is a statement, based on the logic that no other "responsive" entities were around to ask. The cat was simply stating that it could eat a cheezberger.
What do you guys think? I wish I could show you the video, because it was quite funny, but it was made by a classmate and I'm not sure I can view it outside of class -_-
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When I say "what do you guys think," I'm asking if you think its a question or a statement.
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Eather way it is piss pour english.
Is it a question or statement? It can be eather, it depends only on the inflection of the voice, I didn't see or hear the video.
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If the words were spoken, then wouldn't you be able to tell by the tone of the voice?
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http://icanhascheezburger.com/
All will be revealed...
i can has cheezburger is a question. In fact, the original 4chan meme was "i can has cheezburger plz" which is obviously a question.
I hate it when 4chan memes explode and then there are people who have no idea what 4chan is are quoting it and saying that they found it on ebaums world.
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It's a question. And I urge people not to go to 4chan. If you do you'll never leave...
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It is a sign as revealed by Ceiling Cat.. that you have far too much free time.
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It's a question, like Zymotic has confirmed. In fact, there's a linguistic reason it's a question, even if it's a rhetorical one(you're logic doesn't work; the lolcat can respond to itself). Lolcat grammar often takes the form of english with oddly conjugated verbs, a disregard for syntax and completely lacking particles. 'I can has cheezburger' is most likely a question because of the form it takes compared to other Lolcat 'phrases'. There's more reasons than just that, but I think it's pretty clear.
BigUniverse wrote,
"Well the things that happen less often are more likely to be the result of the supper natural. A thing like loosing my keys in the morning is not likely supper natural, but finding a thousand dollars or meeting a celebrity might be."
So being the linguist that you are, why would "I has can cheezburger" not be correct in lolcat? Presumably the strange placement of the auxiliary verb? Or is it that English word order is preserved in lolcat? (Cf. "I has can", making "can" a noun, or "I can cheezburger, u arnt" which is presumably nonsensical.)
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Really, the question of what punctuation the sentence should end in is simple. It should end in an ellipsis, as it's obvious the cat will have much more to say on the subject of canning and hasing cheeseburgers.
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nonsensicat?
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Umm... in the case of 'I can cheezburger, u arnt' I can tell you the corruption is more complex. Then again, it may very well be intended to be nonsense. Afterall, Lolcat has come into the mainstream and who knows if the original 'rules' for 'corrupting' English are preserved? (Rhetorical, they probably aren't.)
BigUniverse wrote,
"Well the things that happen less often are more likely to be the result of the supper natural. A thing like loosing my keys in the morning is not likely supper natural, but finding a thousand dollars or meeting a celebrity might be."
The cat in question clearly desires said cheezburgers, or it wouldn't have brought it up in the first place. But can cat has more 2 say? Cat bearly noes speaking.
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I love that you answered the question seriously. Love it. You can has all cheezburger.
Saint Will: no gyration without funkstification.
fabulae! nil satis firmi video quam ob rem accipere hunc mi expediat metum. - Terence
or: Kitteh noes need gud speekins to eloosidayt on subjekt ofs cheezeburgerz.
"Anyone can repress a woman, but you need 'dictated' scriptures to feel you're really right in repressing her. In the same way, homophobes thrive everywhere. But you must feel you've got scripture on your side to come up with the tedious 'Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve' style arguments instead of just recognising that some people are different." - Douglas Murray
Schrodinger invented a box for disposing of incoherent, English abusing cats. I like to call it the Felinal Solution.
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Sometimes " The Majority " only means that all the fools are on the same side.
"Anyone can repress a woman, but you need 'dictated' scriptures to feel you're really right in repressing her. In the same way, homophobes thrive everywhere. But you must feel you've got scripture on your side to come up with the tedious 'Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve' style arguments instead of just recognising that some people are different." - Douglas Murray
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Oh, it always gets rid of them. They may be dead, they may be alive, but either way I don't have to listen to them. I also suspect that if you leave the cat in the box long enough, the probability of death equals 100% regardless of the state of subatomic particles. This is greatly expedited by making the box airtight.
It takes a village to raise an idiot.
Save a tree, eat a vegetarian.
Sometimes " The Majority " only means that all the fools are on the same side.
Which reminds me:
One day Erwin Schrödinger and Werner Heisenberg went for a Sunday morning drive. They got talking about their favorite subject and Heisenberg lost track of his speed, and they were pulled over by a traffic cop.
The cop swaggers over to the driver's window and asks Heisenberg; "Do you know how fast you were going?"
Heisenberg glances up at a crossroads sign and answers: "No, but I know exactly where I am."
The cop huffily returns to his patrol car to check their registration and insurance. Heisenberg turns to Schrödinger and asks; "You think he'll give me a ticket?"
Schrödinger shrugs and answers; "Yes and no."
"Anyone can repress a woman, but you need 'dictated' scriptures to feel you're really right in repressing her. In the same way, homophobes thrive everywhere. But you must feel you've got scripture on your side to come up with the tedious 'Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve' style arguments instead of just recognising that some people are different." - Douglas Murray
BigUniverse wrote,
"Well the things that happen less often are more likely to be the result of the supper natural. A thing like loosing my keys in the morning is not likely supper natural, but finding a thousand dollars or meeting a celebrity might be."
I LOL'd so hard. It's the combination of two things I love... lolcats and programming.
After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him.
The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.
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