|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803 |
walked like a duck
That's Milliard Fillmore.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 5,400
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 5,400 |
i thought it was the fore-court to a hat shop!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,692
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,692 |
It could be a thronging place.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210 |
it's all so thoroughly modern....
formerly known as etaoin...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 742
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 742 |
> English already had a perfectly good word for what US hegemony
I rest my case. Almost every one of those mocking this fine word, in the posts that followed its introduction to the thread, is a USn. Even tsuwm's post ignores the fact that English also had a billion, before American perverted its meaning and used it to erase the milliard. Nuff said.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511 |
Here, have a harrumph® on me, dear.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 742
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 742 |
>Here, have a harrumph® on me, dear. No, no, not at all. Communicating by computer is all about pushing buttons, and my use of that delightful word hegemony certainly seems to have pushed just about everybody's.   wyrd-sisters-e
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542 |
>Even tsuwm's post ignores the fact that English also had a billion, before American perverted its meaning and used it to erase the milliard. Nuff said.
yes, my post not only ignored that fact, but had the temerity to attempt to explain the logic of the perversion through [shudder] the use of irony.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 742
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 742 |
>yes, my post not only ignored that fact, but had the temerity to attempt to explain the logic of the perversion through [shudder] the use of irony.
Yes, I know. That's why your post was such a disappointment to me. Everybody else took the bait, you simply resorted to rational reasoning. Shame on you.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803 |
The word is of French origin. The USn usage corresponds to the French usage. I rest our case.
|
|
|
|
Forums16
Topics13,913
Posts229,317
Members9,182
| |
Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
|
|
|
0 members (),
706
guests, and
1
robot. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|
