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- Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:06 am
- Forum: Spelling
- Topic: Dilemma/dilemna
- Replies: 36
- Views: 196820
- Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:03 am
- Forum: Spelling
- Topic: Dilemma/dilemna
- Replies: 36
- Views: 196820
- Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:02 am
- Forum: Spelling
- Topic: Dilemma/dilemna
- Replies: 36
- Views: 196820
- Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:55 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Constate
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17510
- Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:45 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Shebang
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6681
- Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:31 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Arsoner
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6590
- Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:21 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: EUPHEMISM
- Replies: 12
- Views: 16814
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 2:42 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: texting & email language & back-slang
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11363
-but I suspect Melissa would be our resident dialectician on this ... ZOMG IM TEH 1337 dialexxor here? :roll: SRSLY tho Claire, I think you're right that texting slang is used mostly to keep others (meaning parents and other authority figures) out of the loop, and I avoid most of it, admitting that...
- Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:14 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: CHOW
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11782
chow
Is it really slang? Wasn't aware of the slur but the few restaurants that still serve 'chow mein' probably aren't either. And dog chow is standard at least in the states. Grub is common in the west, 'chow down' is common in most parts. -Parodi- yes their seal of approval precedes them, barking. -mel...
- Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:52 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: ECDYSIAST
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14297
- Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:34 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Christ
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14646
resurrection
Curious- save for Hallowe'en and the tangential Maypole, ye olde cross-quarter days have gone unsung. Well the Maypole is by definition tangential, 1. pertaining to or of the nature of a tangent; being or moving in the direction of a tangent. (Dictionary.com). And Easter never really took off, exce...
- Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:48 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: funny signs
- Replies: 41
- Views: 100171
Ok Res Diversae ... Does it bother anyone else that the words LANE FIRE adorn many urban streets? Who decided that the average person would read large letters in the pavement as slowly as a Burma-Shave sign? For that matter, ECNALUBMA (wish I had the font available). Tax dollars at work etc. If it's...
- Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:25 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: up to you.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 14331
since you brought it up...
hehe U-P, good one. It is strange though, as 'up' is generally considered positive, but often takes the place of 'down', as in "your time is up", which seems totally non-intuitive to me. The device of using verb+prep is very productive in Germanic languages, and overloads a lot of words li...
- Sat Dec 22, 2007 11:36 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Solstice
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7736
- Sat Dec 22, 2007 11:04 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Swaddle
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7256
swathe -> swad definitely in Brooklyn, but as Sluggo said, not generally southern. And yes, child services would normally be called and in order if someone were caught doing that now. The biblical equivalent of locking the baby in a closet for its own good, the current idea being that it's healthy f...