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- Tue Feb 16, 2010 10:34 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Manicule
- Replies: 43
- Views: 82081
- Tue Feb 16, 2010 10:27 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Manicule
- Replies: 43
- Views: 82081
- Tue Feb 16, 2010 6:45 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: BOXING DAY
- Replies: 27
- Views: 41940
- Tue Feb 16, 2010 6:16 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: BOXING DAY
- Replies: 12
- Views: 17714
There were probably no short-sleeved shirts in existence at the time. I've never seen such a thing in old photos. In the American West, as in other desert areas, people dressed to cover themselves completely - convergent evolution, if you will. Think of Arab garments or African dashikis. The only ot...
- Tue Feb 16, 2010 12:26 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: SEMPITERNAL
- Replies: 27
- Views: 46475
It may not work so well in reverse, because of the lack of any cold-hardiness in most southern plants. East-to-west (and vice versa) probably is fairly common. I can imagine woodland plant seeds from the riparian environment along the Mississippi - or even prairie plants - being transported over the...
- Tue Feb 16, 2010 12:21 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: BOXING DAY
- Replies: 12
- Views: 17714
- Mon Feb 15, 2010 11:37 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: BOXING DAY
- Replies: 12
- Views: 17714
- Mon Feb 15, 2010 11:24 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: zoetrope
- Replies: 15
- Views: 20046
Had I thought so, I'd've written it that way and hidden my ignorance. I was using my best Hollywood version of the Queen's English, and I actually considered keeping mum, since I've heard that the b-word is at least a five on the Dirty-Word Scale out there on the fringes of the English-speaking world.
- Mon Feb 15, 2010 11:20 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: BOXING DAY
- Replies: 27
- Views: 41940
- Mon Feb 15, 2010 11:15 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: BOXING DAY
- Replies: 12
- Views: 17714
- Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:57 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: zoetrope
- Replies: 15
- Views: 20046
- Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:54 pm
- Forum: Suggestions
- Topic: Sentences sentenced to head-on collisions
- Replies: 28
- Views: 143761
- Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:41 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: BOXING DAY
- Replies: 27
- Views: 41940
- Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:37 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: BOXING DAY
- Replies: 12
- Views: 17714
- Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:12 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Chaos II
- Replies: 16
- Views: 32766