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English & Linguistics / The random etymology of the day

« on: July 30, 2007, 09:33:10 AM »

I think the pertinent imagery is you plowing through dusty old tomes, reading glasses perched low on your nose as you research.  Think Gandalf researching the ring in Fellowship.

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English & Linguistics / Editing politically charged phrases

« on: May 17, 2006, 05:12:58 PM »

The administration certainly thinks it's actions in those countries are part of the war on terror.  Could you change it to something like 'Afghanistan and other countries'?

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English & Linguistics / Can I change this?

« on: February 14, 2006, 05:45:27 PM »

Dude, you forgot supportocity.  Or supportocituitiveness.

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English & Linguistics / Anyhoot

« on: July 29, 2005, 08:02:58 AM »

I've seen anyhoo, but not anyhoot.  Are these people, perhaps, owls?

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English & Linguistics / More Comic Sans

« on: July 28, 2005, 03:25:00 PM »

That meets their animated gif requirement for bad webpages.  They are probably only lacking midi music.

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English & Linguistics / More Comic Sans

« on: July 28, 2005, 03:15:56 PM »

What not to do on your business webpage

I especially like "Serving Mapland Customers since 1993".  It should be followed by "Website not updated since 1995".

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English & Linguistics / A linguistic question finally answered

« on: May 10, 2005, 07:47:00 AM »

It's like you're trying to speak to me, I know it.

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English & Linguistics / Quick quiz

« on: March 23, 2005, 02:22:21 PM »

If I remembered what you were referring to, I most likely would have.

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English & Linguistics / Quick quiz

« on: March 23, 2005, 02:14:42 PM »

You need a better fantasy life, my friend.

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English & Linguistics / Funny spellchecker suggestions

« on: February 23, 2005, 11:55:08 AM »

Word 2002 offers up Irate, Irritate and Irrigate, Icarus.

When I worked for Corel, we once got a call from a customer that pointed out the the first suggestion for when you misspell judgment is 'Goddamned'.

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English & Linguistics / What the heck is a fever chart?

« on: December 03, 2004, 09:47:04 AM »

Nope.  I wouldn't get it either, at the very least without some doubt still lingering.

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English & Linguistics / A linguistic survey

« on: November 22, 2004, 12:12:08 PM »

Picked the second choice, grew up in Virginia.

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English & Linguistics / Forum Group Names

« on: November 17, 2004, 09:18:40 AM »

Did you just make Saquero up?  Haven't heard that one before.  I don't have one for my site, but off the top of my head, Smaqtards has a nice ring to it.  Hmmm.

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English & Linguistics / "I speak a foreign language." How do you respond?

« on: October 21, 2004, 09:37:59 AM »

I had a coach teacher that did the 'family life aka sex ed' in my health class.  Fun times that.

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English & Linguistics / "I speak a foreign language." How do you respond?

« on: October 20, 2004, 08:48:29 AM »

Uh, how else would you pronounce it?  Ah-mond?  That's just dorky.