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Re: "Go to lunch" or " Go for lunch"?
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Faldage
Today at 06:46 PM
Lisp is a programming language. It stands for [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_(programming_language)LISt Processing language[/url]. The joke backronym was Lots of Insignificant Single Parens because at least the old versions of the language
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Mathematicians want to know!
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wofahulicodoc
Today at 04:57 PM
Now here's some angels for counting on the head of a pin: are they (parentheses) vs. [brackets] vs. {braces}, or are they (round brackets) vs. [square brackets] vs. {curly brackets}?
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Re: Sideburns
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twosleepy
Today at 04:41 PM
Originally Posted By: morphememedleyif I were to succeed in growing a pair of such “patches”, I'd need to come up with a name for them.
If you were to succeed in growing such patches, you wouldn't need to come up with a name for them; ot
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Re: Build Your Vocabulary and Fight Hunger
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BranShea
Today at 11:25 AM
For non native speakers it works anyway. They have changed another thing since november. When I make a mistake, after two new sets of words it puts in the mistaken word again. It helps. So there is a repetition factor added.
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Re: facial hair
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Jackie
Yesterday at 09:54 PM
I haven't shaved in over 25 years And, does your location explain that? ;-) Welcome aBoard!
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Re: Hair
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twosleepy
Yesterday at 06:57 PM
I beg to differ on this one, Anna and of troy. Alopecia is the loss of hair, not the state of being hairless. The opposite of alopecia would be a word meaning the unexplained gaining of hair, which is not the definition of hirsute. This is why I didn
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Re: Capitalization of eponyms?
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Faldage
Yesterday at 06:40 PM
Originally Posted By: latishya decided my English was not strong enough to tell a native speaker something about his own language.
He's from Australia. They don't speak English there.
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Re: apple or banana?
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BranShea
Yesterday at 04:09 PM
> comparing apples and oranges again, jheem?
It just needed that little push from collegues apparently to get to the final truth of the matter. I'm grateful for your combined special efforts. It may not be relevant as to the point of t
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Re: Happy Mothers' Day!!!
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BranShea
Yesterday at 10:54 AM
Yes, messy and decadent. Much better to take your mother out for ,to , at, with, or on lunch.
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Re: Happy Birthday SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM!
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The Pook
05/11/08 12:25 PM
Originally Posted By: MyridonBackronym = The Pook means The Person Of Obscure Knowledge. (unless I guessed that right ;-) ).
You didn't, it's impossible to guess the orgin of The Pook, but I like that. Perhaps I should adopt it. However,
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Re: Synonym for "farmer"
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dalehileman
05/11/08 10:55 AM
tsu thank you once more, if there's a wrong way to do something I will find it
edit: When I go to the Encarta link, I can't find a purple area, but when I go to the last link you provided I only get this error message: Internet Explorer c
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Re: this question begs asking
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Jackie
05/10/08 09:35 PM
Dunno about a name, but I just sent the free rice link (thanks, Steffani) to some friends, and told them to trust their instincts: what your first thought is is often correct, there.
And, besides being so similar in shape, the m and n key
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Re: toil and trouble
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twosleepy
05/10/08 11:19 AM
Hi Steffani! Does you mom say it "shtefahni"? Do you have a nickname "Steffi" (or "shteffi"? I stayed with a German family in Chile, and they had a daughter they called Steffi (with the sh sound). Just curious! :0)
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Re: this/next
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The Pook
05/09/08 10:25 PM
Frappes don't usually have ice cream in them like in Boston. They are usually crushed ice and fruit whipped in a blender. And perhaps some yoghurt, but that would start to be more like a smoothie. Smoothies can be made with milk, skim milk, soy milk,
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Re: kalopsia
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Faldage
05/09/08 06:20 PM
Lookin' Better Every Beer
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Re: micturate
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AnnaStrophic
05/09/08 03:46 PM
I'm with tsuwm. M-W and AHD4 take care of most things for me. Occasionally I'll go to one of the more esoteric dictionaries if I'm looking up a word in a, well, esoteric context.
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Re: jeopardous
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The Pook
05/09/08 09:31 AM
What about a word meaning spotty? Leopardous? Or perhaps describing one who is too prone to wearing dancing hose? Leotardous?
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Re: pantagruelian
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tsuwm
05/08/08 12:58 PM
you didn't wait for the use by date to expire.
-ron o.
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Re: fool on the hill
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Faldage
05/07/08 07:35 PM
This thread is being brought to you by Chepe and Pepe.
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Wordplay and fun
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Re: Laugh of the day
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Faldage
05/07/08 07:31 AM
It doesn't look much like a photoshopped image; it would have to be done by hand and I can't see it looking that good. On the other hand, I love the name of the blog, speaking of ambiguity. Is that with instrumental or possessive?
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Re: words ending 'ous'
by
Faldage
05/07/08 06:14 AM
I don't think either ignious or igneus are anything but misspellings in USn English.
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