The Big Apple: “Unwritten rule of the internet: If your debating someone, you better have proper grammar…”

A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.

Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.

Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.

Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.

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Entry from May 30, 2022

“Unwritten rule of the internet: If your debating someone, you better have proper grammar…”

"Unwritten rule of the internet: If your debating someone, you better have proper grammar or you can kiss your point goodbye” was posted on Twitter by Quantum® Fiber on October 15, 2021. “If your debating” should be “If you’re debating,” but that’s part of the joke.

Twitter
Quantum® Fiber
@QNTMFiber
Unwritten rule of the internet: If your debating someone, you better have proper grammar or you can kiss your point goodbye.
2:02 PM · Oct 15, 2021·Buffer

Facebook
im not right in the head.com
May 30, 2022 at 1:06 AM ·
Shared by the always literate Bob Kane
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
Unwritten rule of the internet: If your
debating someone, you better have
proper grammar or you can kiss your
point goodbye.

Twitter
Slow Dan
@SlowDan614
Unwritten rule of the internet: If you’re debating someone, you better be using proper grammar, or you can kiss your point goodbye.
8:48 AM · May 30, 2022·Twitter Web App

Facebook
The Grammar Police
May 30, 2022 at 11:08 AM ·
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
Unwritten rule of the internet: If your
debating someone, you better have
proper grammar or you can kiss your
point goodbye.

Posted by Barry Popik
New York City • Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet • Monday, May 30, 2022 • Permalink