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- Mon Feb 15, 2010 4:11 pm
- Forum: Suggestions
- Topic: Sentences sentenced to head-on collisions
- Replies: 28
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Sentences sentenced to head-on collisions
I've brought this up before but as an observation that I'd like to turn into a suggestion: I'd like to be able to double-space after a sentence. I kind of resent having everything closed up and standardized to one space, such as the one that won't show up here>. The site is pretty good about allowin...
- Mon Feb 15, 2010 3:50 pm
- Forum: Idioms
- Topic: "Damp Squib"?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 82800
- Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:29 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Chaos II
- Replies: 16
- Views: 33677
Saparris, your entries thus far have been at least to these eyes thoughtful, well-conceived and entirely enriching, so perish the thought. Intermemberial greetings have been a time-honoured tradition here, and without the jolly quips, puns and light cuts, it would be a dull place to be indeed. Nor h...
- Sun Feb 14, 2010 4:44 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Valentine's Day:
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8888
- Sun Feb 14, 2010 4:28 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Valentine's Day:
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8888
- Sun Feb 14, 2010 4:07 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Valentine's Day:
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8888
Much better. More on this in Lupercalia Incidentally, this forum isn't for GoodWord Suggestions, but for discussions of the GW of the Day, where Doc usually posts the original. But somehow, today's Valentine entry was not posted this year. So here's the older post , with attendant commentary for th...
- Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:51 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: RORULENT
- Replies: 23
- Views: 31218
I'll have to think about that. I'm not sure I give a handful for the difference beween a thread and a chatroom. Virtually every topic I've seen here is off target by the fourth or fifth post, even among the many, many threads in which I have not taken an active role. Most participants seem to be en...
- Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:29 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Chaos II
- Replies: 16
- Views: 33677
- Fri Feb 12, 2010 10:28 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: tarradiddle
- Replies: 12
- Views: 16773
Very cool suggestion for WotD. I didn't know this was an actual word; I'd thought it was a scat: To say she is his mother is an utter bit of folly! (Oh, fie! our Strephon's not a rogue!) Perhaps his brain is addled, and it's very melancholy! (Taradiddle, taradiddle, tol lol lay!) I wouldn't say a wo...
- Thu Feb 11, 2010 10:38 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Chaos II
- Replies: 16
- Views: 33677
To clarify what I'm sure you mean, Slava, it's really not a matter of enthusiasm, but the simple discretion of --and there's no other way to put this-- actually having something to say before opening the dialogue box. This is the value of a site dedicated to a specific interest-- it demands that one...
- Thu Feb 11, 2010 9:34 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Chaos II
- Replies: 16
- Views: 33677
Chaos II
I've found myself (as I suspect many have), recalling the concerns of Brazilian Dude just before he discontinued his erudite commentary here. At the time I thought BD was being a bit sensitive, as our diversions at that time were at least on the original subjects. And maybe the perspective is relati...
- Tue Feb 09, 2010 3:48 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: FISHWIFE
- Replies: 61
- Views: 69229
- Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:30 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: haywire
- Replies: 12
- Views: 16998
- Tue Feb 09, 2010 12:39 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: haywire
- Replies: 12
- Views: 16998
Re: haywire
I used this word in a blog post complaining about the operating system on my "new" media player (Archos 605 Wifi 160GB) and it occurred to me that non-Americans may have little idea what it means... Those of us who have worked with Archos equipment over the years know too well what it mea...
- Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:01 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: FISHWIFE
- Replies: 61
- Views: 69229
Abilone. You're just being shellfish.
If it's punny snappers you're after we'll have to go back to this...
If it's punny snappers you're after we'll have to go back to this...