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English & Linguistics / If I were king of the world,

« on: November 16, 2009, 08:24:44 PM »

Truly, he is a kind and benevolent king.

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English & Linguistics / Funny English and Linguistics stuff...

« on: November 05, 2009, 10:26:21 AM »

That's a classic joke about White Wolf games.  Drew and I once made up the background for a game called "Noun:  The Gerund" that had defenders of the English language fighting in the World of Darkness.

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English & Linguistics / Quotes from work

« on: July 02, 2009, 06:34:50 AM »

Well, with Stephanie Meyers as a benchmark...

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English & Linguistics / Why is the abbreviation for "pounds" "lbs"?

« on: September 17, 2008, 07:36:25 AM »

Steampunk-tastic!!!

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English & Linguistics / Why is the abbreviation for "pounds" "lbs"?

« on: September 15, 2008, 12:54:24 PM »

Yeah, have you *seen* the ascenders and descenders on carolingian miniscule?

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English & Linguistics / The random etymology of the day

« on: August 14, 2007, 02:39:46 PM »

After working for the government for two summers, I became acquainted with far more acronyms than I care to acknowledge.

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English & Linguistics / The random etymology of the day

« on: August 13, 2007, 10:51:52 AM »

I'm curious to know if anyone has enough French background to know what the etymological root of the city name "Flanders" is, and if it has any connection with the french word "filandrier", which as far as I can tell is an occupational byname for one who spins fiber.

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English & Linguistics / Numerical agreement

« on: January 30, 2007, 11:08:36 AM »

Is it correct?  I'm taking off the beginning and going with "pupils get poor education", which sounds right.

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English & Linguistics / The random etymology of the day

« on: January 23, 2007, 09:42:50 AM »

because human kids are hairy and they smell?

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English & Linguistics / The random etymology of the day

« on: September 12, 2006, 04:57:08 PM »

I remember hearing once that "bonnie" meant blue -- that's why Scarlet's baby was named Bonnie, because she had blue eyes.  And there was a confederate flag that was solid blue with a silver star on it, and it was called the Bonnie Blue Flag.

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English & Linguistics / The random etymology of the day

« on: August 24, 2006, 07:52:13 PM »

Wow, the etymologist thinks it's uninteresting?  



Sorry, I couldn't help myself.  I get a kick out of random etymology.  

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English & Linguistics / Ow. My head.

« on: August 16, 2006, 09:00:01 AM »

Man, it is a *really* good thing I wasn't drinking anything.

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English & Linguistics / Ow. My head.

« on: August 16, 2006, 07:55:27 AM »

There's nothing like a good circumlocution in the morning.

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English & Linguistics / How do you pronounce...

« on: May 07, 2006, 09:27:32 PM »

SM : I read the first trilogy, I heard there were new books with only Lyra but I'm not too sure whether I want to read them or not. What about you?

The original HDM trilogy was pretty Lyra-centered, so it sounds a little repetitive to make a new one headlighting her.  Phillip Pullman just isn't one of those authors I keep track of anymore.

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English & Linguistics / How do you pronounce...

« on: May 05, 2006, 10:28:49 AM »

Anna, I read the books, and I always pronounced it Leera like Porter.  How far have you gotten in the trilogy?  I actually prefer his Sally Lockhart series.

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English & Linguistics / Etymology quiz

« on: March 28, 2006, 08:27:19 PM »

I think I missed halibut, tycoon, paparazzi, and facsism, and anther one equaling 50%.  The correct choices sarcasm and parasite sounded vaguely familiar to me.

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English & Linguistics / The random etymology of the day

« on: February 28, 2006, 05:30:08 PM »

No, he's just with the Committee On Experimental Charms

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English & Linguistics / The random etymology of the day

« on: February 28, 2006, 09:43:30 AM »

I have a question -- Does the word "crux" have any relation to "cross" or "crucifix"?

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English & Linguistics / Guess the dialect

« on: February 17, 2006, 07:57:58 AM »

I got the southern ones right, and was dead wrong on the western ones.  I thought the 'car' was 'cow'.  Total, I got five right.  D, K, B, H, and I.

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English & Linguistics / Can I change this?

« on: February 14, 2006, 05:45:22 PM »

Uh, what about "Support"?

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English & Linguistics / The random etymology of the day

« on: January 20, 2006, 02:47:08 PM »

In 1999 I was fourteen.

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English & Linguistics / The random etymology of the day

« on: January 19, 2006, 07:49:07 PM »

Cool!

*moves it up on the list*

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English & Linguistics / The random etymology of the day

« on: January 19, 2006, 07:19:29 PM »

How is that book?  It's on my list of books to read some time in the future.

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English & Linguistics / Why my workplace needs an editor

« on: January 11, 2006, 05:45:02 PM »

Piano Sledding!!!

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English & Linguistics / The random etymology of the day

« on: December 16, 2005, 06:48:53 PM »

I love to learn!