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by Apoclima
Sat Feb 12, 2005 1:44 am
Forum: WELCOME HOME!
Topic: Welcome to our new Agora
Replies: 99
Views: 361644

Good luck, Doctor! Glad to see you are up and running with the ball again!

I wish you all the success in the world!

Apoclima (aka Sitran)
by Apoclima
Sat Feb 12, 2005 1:31 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: INFANTRY
Replies: 16
Views: 34963

Truly fascinating, Doctor!

I love that about words, you use them and hear them, and don't always think about them much, and then, when someone points out their origins or etymology, it is quite beyond your imagination.

"Infantry!" What a journey!

Thank you!

Apo
by Apoclima
Sat Feb 12, 2005 1:25 am
Forum: Idioms
Topic: "Just kill me now!"
Replies: 7
Views: 26971

Very funny, Doctor! I think it might be impossible to find the first time that this phrase was used. It may have been meant literally, or maybe not, but it has come to mean that one doesn't not want to face the danger, agony, punishment, uncertainty, sadness, or humiliation of the near-present or ne...
by Apoclima
Fri Feb 11, 2005 6:05 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: MANTRA
Replies: 11
Views: 23526

Sure, Apo, is fine! That's what my friend call me!

Just don't let it become a mantra!

Apo
by Apoclima
Fri Feb 11, 2005 4:25 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: MANTRA
Replies: 11
Views: 23526

It's great getting to know new people, isn't it?

Apoclima
by Apoclima
Fri Feb 11, 2005 3:37 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Metaphor
Replies: 6
Views: 17898

Sorry, Doc! I didn't mean that to be a definition of the word "metaphor," I was just quoting from the article. I should have used more quotes, but perhaps you missed the word "literally." Sure, a metaphor is used because part of it applies, but that certainly does not mean that t...
by Apoclima
Fri Feb 11, 2005 2:34 am
Forum: Idioms
Topic: I'm going to go home and unthaw the meatloaf.
Replies: 16
Views: 54413

Yeah, but pitted olives don't have pits, aren't they really unpitted?...no wait, that's with the pits.

Very confusing!

Apoclima
by Apoclima
Fri Feb 11, 2005 2:27 am
Forum: Etymology
Topic: I don't want to look stupid, but irregardless I want to know
Replies: 135
Views: 1979583

Grammar Trap: Regardless vs. Irregardless
"Regardless" is standard usage for despite or in spite of something.
"Irregardless," on the other hand, is nonstandard usage for "regardless."
Apoclima
by Apoclima
Fri Feb 11, 2005 2:20 am
Forum: Grammar
Topic: "Question Tags" they are important, aren't they?
Replies: 28
Views: 104341

It can be done in Vietnamese with a interrogative particle for simple statements. In Vietnamese, simple questions are formed 1. by adding a question word (interrogative particle) to the end of some statements, thus forming a question 2. by using a question word made up of two particles with other st...
by Apoclima
Fri Feb 11, 2005 2:12 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Metaphor
Replies: 6
Views: 17898

Metaphor

I found this very interesting article on metaphor and language and I thought that it might be interesting to others too. Metaphor: How We Speak The study of metaphor presents a number of obvious problems: how to determine its truth value (literally, metaphors are almost always false) and how to reco...
by Apoclima
Fri Feb 11, 2005 2:07 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Hello!
Replies: 6
Views: 20231

I like it! Sesquipedalians make better Alpha-Agorists!

Good one, n0my!

Apoclima
by Apoclima
Fri Feb 11, 2005 2:02 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: MANTRA
Replies: 11
Views: 23526

He kept harping on that same old mantra about how blood is thicker than water until I finally said, "Look! You are only my step-brother! There is no blood to be thicker with! And I am not loaning you the money just to get drunk and gamble! Got it!"

Apoclima
by Apoclima
Fri Feb 11, 2005 1:57 am
Forum: WELCOME HOME!
Topic: Welcome to our new Agora
Replies: 99
Views: 361644

I'm here under (another) pseudonym. I was hoping to have some fun with it, but I guess my style is a dead giveaway!

Someone already knows who I am.

Apoclima
by Apoclima
Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:06 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: HUSBANDRY
Replies: 8
Views: 21726

Hello, old friend!

Shh! You'll blow my cover!

Apoclima
by Apoclima
Thu Feb 10, 2005 5:04 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: HUSBANDRY
Replies: 8
Views: 21726

Very cool! So husband comes from "householder." Always a good choice for a woman!

Apoclima

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