Just saw this at the bottom of the page:
We have 1000 registered users
Congrats all around, especially to our gracious hosts!
Now where's the party??
We have a milestone...
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- Grand Panjandrum
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We have a milestone...
Stop! Murder us not, tonsured rumpots! Knife no one, fink!
We thought that you had been at a party, what with your "lost weeks of May". (Where were you boy?)
BTW. I just noticed that one of the searches one can do on the memberlist, is to look up the top 10 posters. Unfortunately number 1 (Brazilian Dude) and number 4 (M. Henri Day) seem to have abandoned us.
BTW. I just noticed that one of the searches one can do on the memberlist, is to look up the top 10 posters. Unfortunately number 1 (Brazilian Dude) and number 4 (M. Henri Day) seem to have abandoned us.
"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. Lately it hasn't been working."
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- Grand Panjandrum
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Well, you know, Maypoles and Beltaine... no, I wuz around, actually home in Asheville more than usual. Thing is, I usually stop by in response to an e-mail notification about a running post, and those seemed to dry up in that period. Not enough being talked about!We thought that you had been at a party, what with your "lost weeks of May". (Where were you boy?)
Aye, more's the pity.BTW. I just noticed that one of the searches one can do on the memberlist, is to look up the top 10 posters. Unfortunately number 1 (Brazilian Dude) and number 4 (M. Henri Day) seem to have abandoned us.
Stop! Murder us not, tonsured rumpots! Knife no one, fink!
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- Grand Panjandrum
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off lack of topic, Perry employs here a usage that I've always found curious. Understood, but curious. So for the grammatical technicians among ye, what is the function of the word what in the phrase 'what with'?We thought that you had been at a party, what with your "lost weeks of May". (Where were you boy?)
Does its function have a name?
Whence came it?
Can this site diagram sentences (please say no)?
This probably belongs in the Grammar forum, what with the subdivisions we already have. But maybe nobody's interested... [/reverse psychology]
Hey, I'm just planting more reasons to come back.
(offofftopic off)
Stop! Murder us not, tonsured rumpots! Knife no one, fink!
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- Great Grand Panjandrum
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I thought we passed that milestone some time ago, only to have the number reduced after spammers and others of their ilk were removed.
Regards//Larry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
It seems clausible that "what with" follows the same format as "what up".off lack of topic, Perry employs here a usage that I've always found curious. Understood, but curious. So for the grammatical technicians among ye, what is the function of the word what in the phrase 'what with'?
Does its function have a name?
Whence came it?
Can this site diagram sentences (please say no)?
-gailr
who can no longer remember sister marcella's sentence diagrams...
But is it plausible?It seems clausible that "what with" follows the same format as "what up".off lack of topic, Perry employs here a usage that I've always found curious. Understood, but curious. So for the grammatical technicians among ye, what is the function of the word what in the phrase 'what with'?
Does its function have a name?
Whence came it?
Can this site diagram sentences (please say no)?
-gailr
who can no longer remember sister marcella's sentence diagrams...
"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. Lately it hasn't been working."
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- Grand Panjandrum
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Ah but that would be a question (what's with), no?It seems clausible that "what with" follows the same format as "what up".
Sorry, no gold star for gailr.
--So what's with what with?
Nunsense, they're in there... think.. think baaack...-gailr
who can no longer remember sister marcella's sentence diagrams...
If it's any consolation, I liked clausible. It santa ring of recognition up the cerebral chimney.
Stop! Murder us not, tonsured rumpots! Knife no one, fink!
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- Great Grand Panjandrum
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Don't get me started on the difference between a cat and a comma ...Clausible -- able to be formed into a clause.
Regards//Larry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
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