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RE: The THREAD!!! - 1/29/2007 10:14:22 PM

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Nik's a post counter. There's no way it is an accident how many times his logdust happens to show up at the top of a page.

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log! - 1/29/2007 10:27:14 PM

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RE: The THREAD!!! - 1/29/2007 10:31:58 PM

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ALL HAIL THE THREAD

Howdy brother

Hi Speedy. I sent you an email.

Got it brother

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RE: LOG! - 1/29/2007 10:32:54 PM

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I prefer c: A hysterical event.

Kind of like when Speedy sends me a turn showing me his latest strategies....

WTF dumbass?

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RE: log! - 1/29/2007 10:35:46 PM

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jelous(tm)

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Thread - 1/29/2007 10:52:36 PM

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Simple answer: Do not hang out with language snobs and use what ever word you please.

I have learned not to correct my wife when she uses "Upsetted". She will only get upsetted at me.

Here is one: Do you pronounce the "T" in Often? Where I grew up the T was silent. It was pronounced "Off-en"

We also pronounce the thing that keeps your car's enging cool as a "Rad-e-ator" with a short A sound like Rad. It "Rade-e ates" heat however with a long A sound. Drives my wife nuts. Really gets her upsetted at my speech.

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spellin - 1/29/2007 10:59:14 PM

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u say Potato....I say Potato.....

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RE: spellin - 1/29/2007 11:17:19 PM

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u say Potato....I say Potato.....

Potato, potato
Tomato, tomato............

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RE: spellin - 1/29/2007 11:23:15 PM

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Dumberer and dumberest?

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RE: The THREAD!!! - 1/30/2007 12:45:45 AM

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Question 5:

What does "pleural" mean?

Of, or having to do with, the color pleur.

ROFL

Good shot...3 points.

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RE: Thread - 1/30/2007 12:47:31 AM

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Simple answer: Do not hang out with language snobs and use what ever word you please.

I have learned not to correct my wife when she uses "Upsetted". She will only get upsetted at me.

Here is one: Do you pronounce the "T" in Often? Where I grew up the T was silent. It was pronounced "Off-en"

We also pronounce the thing that keeps your car's enging cool as a "Rad-e-ator" with a short A sound like Rad. It "Rade-e ates" heat however with a long A sound. Drives my wife nuts. Really gets her upsetted at my speech.

When I moved to NY from LA I had to repeat myself at least 3 times before the locals could comprehend that I wanted a coffee.

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RE: The THREAD!!! - 1/30/2007 12:57:12 AM

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OK - only the Martian has taken up the challenge!

Thats because the anime character was at work. Not fair, biased, I demand a recount!

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Question 1
A. is the correct answer according to the Language Snob, usage being recommended in the US since at least the time of Mark Twain.

Since when was H a vowel anyway? I bet the An was just something British snobs made up to sound special.

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B. Pleural of money is MONEYS. Someone who has a lot of money is said to be MONEYED (according to The Language Snob).

I thought money was one of those uni-tense words, like "moose". Of course I've heard "moneys" before, but no one would actually use it except in a legal contract. Is a dollar bill "money" but two dollar bills are "moneys"?

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C. ding ding ding ding - Mynok is correct with B.

I guessed B...but that was just it, I guessed. Any actual reason for it being B?

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D. ding ding ding ding - Mynon is correct again. Preferred spelling is "forbade", but it pronounced "for-bad". An alternate spelling is forbad.

I knew that.

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RE: The THREAD!!! - 1/30/2007 2:43:16 AM

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ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

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ORIGINAL: rtrapasso
OK - only the Martian has taken up the challenge!

Thats because the anime character was at work. Not fair, biased, I demand a recount!

quote:

Question 1
A. is the correct answer according to the Language Snob, usage being recommended in the US since at least the time of Mark Twain.

Since when was H a vowel anyway? I bet the An was just something British snobs made up to sound special.

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B. Pleural of money is MONEYS. Someone who has a lot of money is said to be MONEYED (according to The Language Snob).

I thought money was one of those uni-tense words, like "moose". Of course I've heard "moneys" before, but no one would actually use it except in a legal contract. Is a dollar bill "money" but two dollar bills are "moneys"?

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C. ding ding ding ding - Mynok is correct with B.

I guessed B...but that was just it, I guessed. Any actual reason for it being B?

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D. ding ding ding ding - Mynon is correct again. Preferred spelling is "forbade", but it pronounced "for-bad". An alternate spelling is forbad.

I knew that.

The Word Snob said it was because the way the words were derived and evolved but didn't get into a lot of explanation in the interview.

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RE: The THREAD!!! - 1/30/2007 3:42:44 AM

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OK - for you language snobs (just listening to "The Language Snob" on the radio:

and the posed these questions

Question 1:
Which is the correct usage?
a. A historical event

or

b. An historical event

Depends on whether or not you have a Cockney accent.

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Question 2:
What is the pleural spelling of MONEY?...

"Megabucks"

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Question 3:
Is the correct usage
a. Oblivious to
or
b. Oblivious of?

I can never remember...

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Question 4:
What is the correct pronunciation of the past tense of the word "forbid"?

"Prohibited"

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RE: The THREAD!!! - 1/30/2007 3:47:09 AM

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The Word Snob said it was because the way the words were derived and evolved but didn't get into a lot of explanation in the interview.

Its not that I'm not satisfied with the answers, they all sound "fair and reasonable" (fyi, thats a new phrase I learned since I started in the insurance industry), but much like Snopes and such, I sometimes wonder where they get this stuff.

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RE: The THREAD!!! - 1/30/2007 3:49:25 AM

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Depends on whether or not you have a Cockney accent.

You cant say "an historical event" with a Cockney accent....you would trip over your own tongue and send your brain into overload.

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"Megabucks"

Gameshow Network?

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"Prohibited"

Waskawy wabbit....

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The Thread - 5/9/2007 9:45:35 PM

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I've been studying history, since I'm still relatively new around here

..... and I lost it at my desk when I saw this blast from the past:

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2) If any of those "artistic" images might have caused Mr. Pilat () to vanquish our socio-religious movement it was the picture of the darn naked cat!

Brother Honda, you are right!

Which one - this one?

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RE: The Thread - 5/9/2007 9:53:51 PM

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Now you know why they call Lucifer "Old Scratch"........

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RE: The Thread - 5/9/2007 9:54:50 PM

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Now you know why they call Lucifer "Old Scratch"........

No doubt!

I actually love cats, but that looks like Evil Incarnate!

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RE: The Thread - 5/9/2007 9:57:11 PM

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I'm a cat guy too.....but that one.......well. There's some eye of newt and tail of bat in that monstrosity.

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RE: The Thread - 6/4/2007 6:36:31 PM

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WTF - the Thread suddenly lost about 670 pages!!!

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RE: The Thread - 6/4/2007 6:38:59 PM

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I thought it had suddenly been deleted while I was away...like the original Thread.

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RE: The Thread - 6/4/2007 6:39:19 PM

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Well, it might have been me ... I was doing some "maintenance"

and the whole thing seemed to disappear for a while ... maybe it is comming back slooowly. Is the stuff really gone?

(I've asked the Matrix server guys to help - we'll try to get it all back!)

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RE: The Thread - 6/4/2007 6:40:28 PM

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Plus Im pretty sure I lost about 900 posts from my post count....must be something wonky (or horked) with the forums servers.

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RE: The Thread - 6/4/2007 6:40:31 PM

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Well, it might have been me ... I was doing some "maintenance" and the whole thing seemed to disappear for a while ... maybe it is comming back slooowly. Is the stuff really gone?

(I've asked the Matrix server guys to help - we'll try to get it all back!)

i believe we were on page 1889 - so about 679 pages are missing...

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RE: The Thread - 6/4/2007 6:40:31 PM

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RE: The Thread - 6/4/2007 6:40:48 PM

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WTF - the Thread suddenly lost about 1000 pages!!!

Strange. I blame communists, the Red Menace is here people

. On the plus side, the recent pages of bitching and griping between forum members have gone, never to return (I hope)

EDIT: Maybe someone has invented an incredibly localised time machine

Remember, retro stuff is cool again

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RE: The Thread - 6/4/2007 6:42:28 PM

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Plus Im pretty sure I lost about 900 posts from my post count....must be something wonky (or horked) with the forums servers.

Well, if the Thread posts are gone, then that might acount for it... i've lost about 3400 or so posts...

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RE: The Thread - 6/4/2007 6:42:34 PM

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Well, it might have been me ... I was doing some "maintenance" and the whole thing seemed to disappear for a while ... maybe it is comming back slooowly. Is the stuff really gone?

(I've asked the Matrix server guys to help - we'll try to get it all back!)

Thanks for letting us know jwilkerson...must not lose all the vast wisdom and knowledge contained in the Thread!

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RE: The Thread - 6/4/2007 6:44:32 PM

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WTF - the Thread suddenly lost about 1000 pages!!!

Strange. I blame communists, the Red Menace is here people . On the plus side, the recent pages of bitching and griping between forum members have gone, never to return (I hope)

EDIT: Maybe someone has invented an incredibly localised time machine Remember, retro stuff is cool again

Thank God of Chavez of Venezuela...if he weren't keeping communism alive we would have to find someone else to find fault with.

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