#19862
02/21/2001 10:06 PM
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Watching a travel show on PBS--the narrator refered to an Oh bless k-- which i figured out was what i would call an obble isk M-W 10th make that a b(with a schaw) lisk-- and I'd accept that.
It was an american narrator.. so i am wondering-- What would you call "cleopatria's needle*" or "Nelson's pillar"?
(besides calling it a phallic symbol)--
*an ancient egyptian obelisk was "donated" to NY-- and dubbed Cleopatria's Needle. Since the ability to translate hierglyphics, it known the obelish has nothing to do with Cleopatria-- but the name stuck.
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#19863
02/21/2001 11:54 PM
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I'd say that most Americans who don't know what an obelisk is call them "miniature Washington Monuments".
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#19864
02/22/2001 8:24 AM
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At first, I thought that you meant Nelson's column in Trafalgar Square (which I'd call a column), I'd forgotten about Nelson's Pillar in Dublin.
I thought you might like this news story:
Man detained in connection with bombing of Nelson's Pillar
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Gardaí have detained a man for questioning in relation to the bombing of Nelson's Pillar on O'Connell Street in Dublin in 1966. The man, who is from Walkinstown, is being held under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State act. He is being questioned at Store Street garda station and can be held for up to 24 hours.
And the date of the story?
Thursday, September 21 2000 - Someone took the post headed "Slow down", very seriously.
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#19867
02/22/2001 10:21 AM
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btw, what's hard about the pronunciation of the '-isk',
it's like *asterisk* all over again
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#19868
02/22/2001 10:41 AM
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#19869
02/22/2001 3:28 PM
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Enter http://dictionary.msn.com/find/entry.asp?refid=1861726001 Use search and then you may choose to hear the pronunciation they suggest! From Greek obeliskos they say, etc. Hope this address works for you.
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#19870
02/22/2001 4:30 PM
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#19871
02/22/2001 5:00 PM
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Doesn't that sound ridiculous, if you repeat it a few times?!!
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#19872
02/22/2001 5:28 PM
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>Doesn't that sound ridiculous, if you repeat it a few times?!!
Tell me a word that doesn't sound ridiculous if you repeat it a few times!
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#19873
02/22/2001 8:00 PM
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Doesn't that sound ridiculous, if you repeat it a few times?!!Yup--just think of one of those cartoon characters getting bashed somehow, then sitting up, shaking their head rapidly back and forth, while we hear, "Yobbity yobbity yobbity". Great minds think alike, eh, Auntie?  Come to think of it that's what I do after reading some of these posts! 
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#19874
02/24/2001 7:06 PM
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I'd say that most Americans who don't know what an obelisk is call them "miniature Washington Monuments".
or "pointy thingies."
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#19875
02/24/2001 8:20 PM
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Forgive me, but how many words can we think of that end in
"....lisk" ? The only one I can think of at the moment is
"basilisk"
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#19876
02/24/2001 8:26 PM
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so i am wondering-- What would you call "cleopatria's needle*" or "Nelson's pillar"?
Based purely on shape, how about calling them monuments to the tax payer?
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#19877
02/24/2001 8:36 PM
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Tell me a word that doesn't sound ridiculous if you repeat it a few times!Just how ridiculous varies according to your emotional state, anatomical position, and level of self-medication.
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#19878
02/24/2001 8:50 PM
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-lyskos, as it is used to form basilisk and obelisk, is a Greek dimnuitive. Hence the following constructions may be accomplished:
hypnolisk = a very short person who can put you to sleep
romantilisk = someone who engages in brief love affairs
misogynlisk = a person who detests little women.
philanthrolisk = the maker of small contributions to charitable causes
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#19879
02/24/2001 9:06 PM
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My modest circumstances make me a philanthrolisk.
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#19880
02/24/2001 9:14 PM
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My modest circumstances make me a philanthrolisk.
This makes you a penurlisk.
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#19881
02/24/2001 9:26 PM
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Still,that's better than a penislisk.
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#19882
02/24/2001 9:30 PM
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here are three more actual words from various dialects:
flisk - a whim [Scot]
glisk - a glimpse; a glance [Scot]
and lisk itself - the loin or flank
btw, oblisk is an obsolisk variant...
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#19883
02/24/2001 9:35 PM
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Dear tsuwm ~
What is the antonym of "actual"?
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#19884
02/24/2001 11:03 PM
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Forgive me for butting in, but how about "virtual"?
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#19885
02/24/2001 11:07 PM
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odalisk - n. A concubine or woman slave in a harem.
Ali
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#19886
02/25/2001 1:19 AM
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>What is the antonym of "actual"?
too easy -- unactual
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#19887
02/27/2001 1:52 AM
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