The Pedant Scale

The Pedant Scale is a measure of the degree to which a piece of writing (such as the description of a Halfbakery idea) annoys pedants.

Each tut that a pedant utters on reading the idea's description is equivalent to 1 centipedant (cP) on the Pedant Scale.

A subtle or less significant error, such that only one pedant in 10 would tut at it, is rated at 1 millipedant (mP).

For each error in the idea's description that a pedant feels compelled to publicly correct, the piece of writing gains one decipedant (dP). (In other words, one correction by a pedant is equivalent to 10 tuts.)

If the description contains mistakes irksome enough that even a normal person would correct an error in it, the idea is given a rating of 1 pedant (P) (i.e. it has made a normal person act as a pedant).

A description that contains so many infuriating errors that a pedant reading it would want to physically assault the author scores one decapedant (daP).