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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Re: hogwash© for the post-dog-days Faldage #179194 09/20/08 01:24 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania  Originally Posted By: Faldage  Originally Posted By: The Pook The 'Hogmaster' chooses a word from a dictionary that is not well known. It is the word that is not well known, not the dictionary. I only add this comment for the sake of DisplayName, who is not entirely at home in the English language. Ooops, pardon my ambiguous antecedence! I ought to have said "chooses from a dictionary a word that is not well known," or perhaps just "chooses an obscure word from a dictionary." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hogwash© for the post-dog-days The Pook #179198 09/20/08 02:08 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803  Originally Posted By: The Pook  Originally Posted By: Faldage  Originally Posted By: The Pook The 'Hogmaster' chooses a word from a dictionary that is not well known. It is the word that is not well known, not the dictionary. I only add this comment for the sake of DisplayName, who is not entirely at home in the English language. Ooops, pardon my ambiguous antecedence! I ought to have said "chooses from a dictionary a word that is not well known," or perhaps just "chooses an obscure word from a dictionary." I's just saying in case DisplayName is really who he says he is. If he's just a troll who gets his jollies making people act like decent human beings, that's his problem. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,372 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 (), 767 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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