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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread A "pareil tale of bridled passion." #154015 01/17/2006 3:56 AM Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 1 Phixit_Phox stranger Phixit_Phox stranger Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 1 In 1994, the New Yorker publixhed a delicious essay entitled "How I Met My Wife," full of the nonexistent positives of adjectives, that is now on-line at http://paul.merton.ox.ac.uk/language/gruntled.html. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: A "pareil tale of bridled passion." #154016 01/17/2006 4:44 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Your link seems to have acquired an extra full stop. It should read: http://paul.merton.ox.ac.uk/language/gruntled.html Welcome aboard. Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: A "pareil tale of bridled passion." #154017 01/17/2006 11:56 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Quote: Your link seems to have acquired an extra full stop. How many full stops can there be? Were there any full starts in there? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: A "pareil tale of bridled passion." #154018 01/17/2006 3:51 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Suffering from period pains, Fong? Welcome, Phixit - thanks for the link. Last edited by maverick; 01/17/2006 3:51 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit 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 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 Topics13,915 Posts230,285 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 23 A C Bowden 6 JerryC 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,140 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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