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Topic Options #187825 - 11/15/09 11:02 PM Interesting phrase Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 10392 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky There was an article in the Heifer International magazine that I read this afternoon, about a woman who attempted something rather grand (in her own mind, at least), and failed miserably--at first. It said she went away and regrouped; returned, and 'attacked the problem with patience'. I thought that 'attack with patience' was a very interesting conceptualization. Top #187826 - 11/16/09 05:53 AM Re: Interesting phrase [Re: Jackie] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 3755 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague A hasty attack seldomly turns out to be succesful, I think. Specially watching how animals approach their prey. The other word: "regroupe" has been on my list of asking for a while. I received a letter from a friend who said: "For the moment I am regrouping". I am regrouping sounds kind of funny to me. How do you regroup as a single person? What does it really mean? Top #187827 - 11/16/09 07:44 AM Re: Interesting phrase [Re: BranShea] twosleepy old hand Registered: 02/28/08 Posts: 796 Loc: western NY Spelled "regroup" in my area of the world, I think people are referring to a mental process, as in "regrouping my thoughts/ideas". It's fairly new, and quite popular. I like it, and use it. I like that phrase, too, Jackie. I've never heard it, though, I don't think. Just goes to show ya... :0) Top #187828 - 11/16/09 08:35 AM Re: Interesting phrase [Re: twosleepy] TheFallibleFiend veteran Registered: 01/23/02 Posts: 1351 Loc: Virginia, USA Maybe "attack with patience" is another way of saying "stalk." Top #187830 - 11/16/09 02:50 PM Re: Interesting phrase [Re: twosleepy] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 3755 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague Thanks, twosleepy . It isn't spelled at all in my arena of the world, so I spelled it wrong. Stalking counts for living things, but maybe you could use it for problems as well. Top #187831 - 11/16/09 02:51 PM Re: Interesting phrase [Re: TheFallibleFiend] olly addict Registered: 12/18/06 Posts: 663 Loc: Auckland, New Zealand Maybe "attack with patience" is another way of saying "stalk." Sounds good to me. I was thinking as in a game of chess type scenario. Top #187832 - 11/16/09 10:02 PM Re: Interesting phrase [Re: olly] Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 10392 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky Oh dear--something told me I should have gone into more detail--sorry. No, she had decided a.) that the lives of a group of apparently impoverished women needed improving and b.) that she knew how this could/should be done. They had other ideas. Her mental regrouping consisted of taking the time to think through what had gone wrong and why, and what changes she needed to make in her next attempt. (Which I hope for her sake was a different group: allegedly one of them poisoned her.) I gather that her subsequent "attack with patience" mode meant that she had pushed too hard and too fast in the first attempt. Top #187838 - 11/17/09 01:10 PM Re: Interesting phrase [Re: Jackie] LukeJavan8 old hand Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 999 Loc: Frozenwastesistan Act without reacting. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 7256 Members 16 Forums 12811 Topics 189705 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 1 registered (doc_comfort), 9 Guests and 24 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Newest Members Alan, jincy crow, aml, Goodspeaker, W1343 7256 Registered Users Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 12530 Jackie 10392 tsuwm 9576 Buffalo Shrdlu 6690 AnnaStrophic 6489 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400 maverick 4683 WhitmanO'Neill 4189 March Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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