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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Ghits and Whig-ups... #128746 05/25/2004 9:25 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont anybody been following the development of this over at Language Log? http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/ made me think of home... (once this link dies you'll be able to find these in the May 2004 archives at that site) formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ghits and Whig-ups... #128747 05/27/2004 12:11 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I'd just as soon "ghits" not stick around, myself. It resonates with that negative association mentioned, and so IMO should not be applied to such a lovely creation. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ghits and Whig-ups... #128748 05/27/2004 12:32 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 428 Cape Cod, MA, US Flatlander addict Flatlander addict Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 428 Cape Cod, MA, US We may need a national standards committee to make recommendations to a central council standing executive committee which will then report to the membership at large through delegates to a national congress... yawn... I never wanted to become a national standards administrator. I'm a grammarian. Grammar is fun. Grammar is exciting. Ha! Great paragraph. I'm not entirely sure if the last few sentences are intended to be sarcastic or not, but either way it's great. 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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