Reminder: MooTour 2006 Part II

A reminder about MooTour II: The Wrath of Kine!

The reviews are in, and the critics all agree -- MooTour 2006 is a hit!

rhysara exults, "Armed only with a digital camera and a map I set forth to brave the the dangers of mad cow disease and bad-cow-puns."

batwrangler raves, "Today, I saw about sixty cows and took almost 800 photos on mabfan and gnomi's MooTour!"

theodosia crows, "I survived the great MooTour of '06, with about a hundred or so new cow pictures..."

And now... From the producers of MooTour 2006 comes...

MooTour II: The Wrath of Kine

Join us on our quest for the occasionally elusive Cow Parade cows!

Date: 20 August 2006

Time: Starting at 11:00 AM

Location: Meet at Park St. Station, by the MBTA Cow. We'll be heading from there to the remaining (approximately 55) cows we did not see on MooTour I.

RSVP to:
MooTour@mabfan.com

Follow-Up From Yesterday's Polls

Thanks to all who voted. The skew on the elbow/elbows was much more clear-cut than the one on the possessives.

I note that my authors split with my fellow editors on the "boxes" question but agreed on the "elbows" and the possessive of names ending with -s. Which overall answers the question I was ultimately seeking an answer to. ::waves to the folks in question::

I'm amused by the number of you who have come out in support of the poor semicolons.

I love having a friends list that appreciates these subtleties in language and engages in civil debate over apostrophe placement.

::hugs all of you::

A Language Question for the Canadians

I'm language-posty-girl these days, apparently. I appreciate you all bearing with me.

This one may be a bit odd.

So, I was listening to the interview with David Hewlett that was posted on GateWorld before the beginning of the current Stargate: Atlantis season. And when talking about the first episode of the season, he says that McKay and Ronon are in the Wraith ship, "side by each" in the cocoons. And I scratched my head and said, "Side by each?"

So, here's the question: is "side by each" a standard Canadian phrase (used where I'd say "side by side")? Or is this just part of his idiolect?

Thanks!

A Language Question for the Canadians

ETA: Sorry for the double posting. Browser crashed, and since they now both have comments, both will stay.

I'm language-posty-girl these days, apparently. I appreciate you all bearing with me.

This one may be a bit odd.

So, I was listening to the interview with David Hewlett that was posted on GateWorld before the beginning of the current Stargate: Atlantis season. And when talking about the first episode of the season, he says that McKay and Ronon are in the Wraith ship, "side by each" in the cocoons. And I scratched my head and said, "Side by each?"

So, here's the question: is "side by each" a standard Canadian phrase (used where I'd say "side by side")? Or is this unique to his idiolect?

Thanks!