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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Re: A controversial Phrase #96050 02/18/03 08:20 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Ah-ite. Were y'all interpreting sue as a name or a verb? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A controversial Phrase #96051 02/18/03 08:22 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont verb formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A controversial Phrase #96052 02/18/03 08:37 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 need I say verb? -tsu-wm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A controversial Phrase #96053 02/18/03 10:58 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago A name. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter What's in a name? #96054 02/18/03 11:31 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA ...a pseudonym, if you please, and unless the bearer chooses to explain it our interpretations say more about us than about the owner :-) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter What is in a name? #96055 02/19/03 12:03 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago I've heard "A boy named Sue" more than I've spoke to "A girl named Sue", but, so. (er.. should that be "so, but."?) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A controversial Phrase #96056 02/19/03 12:49 AM Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 833 Eastern Ontario, Canada M modestgoddess old hand modestgoddess old hand M Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 833 Eastern Ontario, Canada Me three! Me four! And I was taking it as a verb....akshually. But Suede Devil is also rather good, isn't it? Very nifty moniker, any way you read it, sez I! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A controversial Phrase #96057 02/19/03 01:10 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta In reply to: i would never use the term vermilion for red ink Nor would I, but isn't vermilion also the name of a red dye? That was certainly the way I took it. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A controversial Phrase #96058 02/19/03 01:59 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Anatomy books call the lips vermilion. The etymology would not make osculation more appealing. The root is said to be "vermis" = worm. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A controversial Phrase #96059 02/19/03 02:52 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont how'sa bout sueded evil? with, like, fringe or sumpthin'... formerly known as etaoin... 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