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>I don't think the word that started this thread is likely to come in vogue in the U.S. in the near future; here, a diary is a private journal, for writing one's thoughts in. What we put our appointments in, we call a calendar.
I hadn't realised that. If it hangs up it's a calendar. If it is is book form it is a diary.
Stick around Phyllis - we need someone living in South Africa. We also need to bolster up our Kiwi numbers - anyone out there?
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If it hangs up it's a calendar. If it is is book form it is a diary.
We (my immediate family) use the word day-planner. To me: Diary is where you write feelings and stuff, not doctor's appointments; and a calendar hangs on the wall.
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these made-up words certainly are a problem , but at the moment i am struggling to imagineer a solution.
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I'm with you Bean, a diary, is similar to a personal journal.
for daily schedules i might use a day-planner, or just a planner. but i might also use a Franklin, or a day runner.. but what i really do use is a PDA--a personal Digital assistant... a Palm Pilot. but i do my planning on my desk top, and sync the info with the PDA.
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PDA evokes memories of high school. It could get you into trouble. Anyone else familiar with that context?
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struggling to imagineer a solution
Now there's a word I like! A portmanteau word combining the pedestrian process of creating a solution from a set of stock understandings with the not necessarily productive process of thinking up totally new ways to do something.
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Carpal Tunnel
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Public displays of affection!
Yep. And it went much worse for you if you were alone!!
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RE: blue]Public displays of affection!
Yep. And it went much worse for you if you were alone!!
or in my school... i went to an all girl public school! (and an all girl elementary school -- it wasn't till college that i ever went to a co-ed school!)
PDA's in an all girls school were something else again!
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In my high-class New England college it was a Public Demonstration of Affection. Typically on the top step of the entry to Sever Hall at 9:04, in the midst of the passing throngs.
(Never use a shorter word if you have a polysyllabic one available. [t-i-c e] )
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Hmmm. I went to an all-boys school and we had the unique experience of having a girl leave because she was pregnant ...
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