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I'm constantly noticing how uneducated the judges sound (and some of the contestants). Here's a place to post their biggest abuses of the English language. 

 

For example, in the most recent episode as I type this ("Players Choice"--Episode 13 of Season 6--where the artists tattoo NFL players), we get the criticism that a tattoo is "unlegible", made by human toothpick holder Oliver Peck.

 

Some real BS also comes out of Nunez' mouth, but Peck definitely had the lions share in that episode. Later in the same episode rather than say he couldn't make up his mind, he declared "I'm in a hung jury". Mind you, he was just speaking about his own lack of a decision, not about the other judges splitting their votes. He really thinks that if a single person can't make up their mind how to vote, that's what a "hung jury" is.

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Watching "Inmkmaster Redemption" reminded me of one of the "classics" for Toothpick Man.  Remember when he was telling off Season 5's Julia for making her canvas walk off?  Peck's statement to her was: "You unprovocably told him to go fuck himself!"

 

Seeing that again (thanks to Inkmaster Redemption's flashback) gave me a real giggle at what this hobo considers the English language.

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Another Toothpickism in the "Active Duty" episode.  He says "If it at least just had one perimeter outline around this guy's facial shape".  Now "facial" is an actual word, but it's not even close to correct in that context.


And at the end of the episode, to Duffy "You definitely are on par to pass your Master by leaps and bounds over the next ten, twenty, whatever years of tattooin'!"

 

A sentence that's awkward at best, but I also think it misuses the word "par" (because he's talking about her EXCEEDING Kruseman, not equaling him).

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A sentence that's awkward at best, but I also think it misuses the word "par" (because he's talking about her EXCEEDING Kruseman, not equaling him).

No, his use of "par" is correct. He's saying that she's consistent with the norm in being on her way to accomplishing that result. It's a bit like saying that a person on a cross-country trip is on par to passing a particular city by Tuesday or Wednesday.

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No, his use of "par" is correct. He's saying that she's consistent with the norm in being on her way to accomplishing that result. It's a bit like saying that a person on a cross-country trip is on par to passing a particular city by Tuesday or Wednesday.

I dunno. Every definition I've ever seen is not that it means "normal", but rather that it means "equal".  The two concepts are different, in my opinion. Not that "equal" quite works in that sentence either.

 

Most people would construct that thought as "You definitely are on schedule to pass your Master by leaps and bounds over the next ten, twenty, whatever years of tattooin'!"

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I dunno. Every definition I've ever seen is not that it means "normal", but rather that it means "equal".  The two concepts are different, in my opinion. Not that "equal" quite works in that sentence either.

I probably would have said "on track". I think another way to say it that stays close to his phrasing would be that she's on par with someone destined to greatly exceed her master.

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Oliver Peck (who else?) dinged someone's tattoos tonight as being "unprecise."  Dictionary.com (because I'm lazy) states that's an acceptable form, but I'm pretty darn sure Oliver meant "imprecise."

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Toothpeck (my new nickname for him, because I realized it's funnier than just "Toothpick" or "Toothpick Man") is worse than ever this season. Too much bad English to even cite it all.  It's practically every sentence.

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52 minutes ago, Kromm said:

Toothpeck (my new nickname for him, because I realized it's funnier than just "Toothpick" or "Toothpick Man") is worse than ever this season. Too much bad English to even cite it all.  It's practically every sentence.

Love the nickname!  I pretty much tune out what he says.  

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I rarely tune out Oliver.  In spite of the butchering of the English language, the man knows his shit.  Having had the opportunity to get critique and advice from him great improved my tattooing back when I was in the game.

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