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- Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:58 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Pun Times
- Replies: 287
- Views: 947429
Today I mentioned to someone that the cold snap we had here in Asheville was nothing to what they are reporting for Canada. He mused that he had some friends in Quebec, and that he should give them a call to see how they are making out. I replied that that is probably what they are doing to keep wa...
- Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:37 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Hanukkah!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 65857
The years with only 28 days in February should be called the leap years. Weird... Right again! Y'all are so schmart. OK, being as we are the Arbiters of the Englishish lingo, it's incumbent upon us to fix this. Suppose we start calling the quadrennial correction Deep Years ? We can take our time to...
- Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:28 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Hanukkah!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 65857
- Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:23 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Hanukkah!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 65857
When do you want that time? December 31, 2008, will be one second longer than a normal day. I wonder if they'll notice it in Times Square? That's right. The atomic clock in Colorado will be powering up to jump ahead one whole second. For those of us who have been looking for that little extra time ...
- Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:10 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: Plattdeutsch
- Replies: 6
- Views: 24607
Oh, I almost forgot this: Plattdeutsch or Niederdeutsch are the modern High German names for a non-standardised language spoken in nothern Germany (north of the so-called Benrather Linie isogloss) and in the north-east Netherlands. Some varieties are also spoken overseas in North America and Siberia...
- Sun Dec 28, 2008 9:06 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: Plattdeutsch
- Replies: 6
- Views: 24607
Plattdeutsch
While in South Carolina this weekend, I was introduced to a woman who was obviously, by her accent, German. She had a wonderful sense of humor. As I was listening to her talk, I could hear a slight bit of a southern drawl to her heavily accented but well spoken English. This was indicative of her li...
- Sun Dec 28, 2008 7:55 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Hanukkah!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 65857
Very interesting guys! I sure know that if anything out there gets my curiosity up, I can count on at least one of you to fill me in with some knowledgeable onfo in the subject! I hope other people out there know that there is a plethora of knowledge to be had here. Oh, and slugo, I'll pass on the c...
- Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:47 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Hanukkah!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 65857
Re: Hanukkah!
I often make red-nosed candy cane reindeer for my friends and co-workers. I make a special one for my Jewish friends and co-workers. Happy Hanukkah! Hey! That looks like the back of the modern day coin from Israel I once held so near and dear! Speaking of...well...whatever. I came across something ...
- Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:12 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: A Walk Through Bethlehem
- Replies: 3
- Views: 16394
Re: A Walk Through Bethlehem
Sure thing, BI loved your story huny, I wish you'd sent it to me.
B.
But I'll tell you, I sure didn't love it when it was all going down. Funny now, tho'.
- Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:26 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: A Walk Through Bethlehem
- Replies: 3
- Views: 16394
A Walk Through Bethlehem
I thought this an aptly timed Christmas story. Yesterday, a group of friends and I went on an " interactive " walk through Bethlehem that is put together annually by a rather large Baptist church with plenty of spare land, in Macon, GA. Keep in mind this was a church function. Just outside...
- Sun Dec 21, 2008 3:11 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Words Derived From Names
- Replies: 23
- Views: 55834
Y'know Huny- every time I read your sig line I wonder if you're threatening to leave us again :( (/offtopic) Actually, no. It is in reference to my leaving my job of seven years ( this was about two weeks ago). The half-ling that was my acting manager was rude, crude, and sociably unacceptable. He ...
- Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:26 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Words Derived From Names
- Replies: 23
- Views: 55834
in Brazilian Portuguese, chewing gum is commonly called chiclete (from Chiclets) Are you sure about this one? I've heard that Chiclets are so called because they were made from chickle. Or is this a matter of what goes around comes around? One language stole it, and then the other stole it back? I ...
- Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:22 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Words Derived From Names
- Replies: 23
- Views: 55834
- Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:59 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: insolitology
- Replies: 9
- Views: 19306
Finally! A word that describes my quirky curiosity in things that start off normal and progressively become weirder. But I guess the word has been there all along and have only just now come across it by gazing upon eberntson's Good Word Suggestion. Well done! I only wish I had the word tucked up so...
- Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:08 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: TOBOGGAN
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12795
A toboggan fer yer noggin? :shock: I, too have never heard of the word used in regards to head gear. I always heard it refered to as a skull cap. I wish my sweet ( and very southern) grandmother was still alive so I could ask her what her take on the word is. I figured I would have heard it somewher...