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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Sidebums #176956 05/16/08 03:23 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman OP Pooh-Bah OP dalehileman Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA It's an interesting peculiarity with some PC fonts that "rn" looks like "m", "ri" looks like "n","vv" looks like "w", etc etc. (1) Does this bother anybody else but me who thinks it all ought to be fixed, and (2) Did anyone at first glance misread the heading as "sideburns" dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Sidebums dalehileman #176957 05/16/08 03:37 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass from Tues. Apr 8: the worthless word for the day is: keming [fr. misreading kerning] /KEM ing/ the result of improper kerning (a new typography term: keming ) kerning - the addition or removal of space between individual characters in a piece of typeset text to improve its appearance or alter its fit here are some examples where Book Search software makes this exact mistake: link "Bad keming is rampant in all those twisty groovy captcha phrases." - anon. "Spum Bad Keming" - anon. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Sidebums tsuwm #176960 05/16/08 06:03 PM Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 155 M morphememedley member morphememedley member M Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 155 The stampede of IronicSans commenters who praise the new term reminds me of lemmings. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Sidebums dalehileman #176962 05/16/08 06:59 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague  Originally Posted By: dalehileman (2) Did anyone at first glance misread the heading as "sideburns" Me, no. But I like your word as a headline for our avatars here. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Sidebums BranShea #176969 05/17/08 04:08 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman OP Pooh-Bah OP dalehileman Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Why, thank you Bran, I need a bit of encouragement now and again dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,361 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 751 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,557 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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