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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: crackpots , lunatics, and other in(s)anities #43910 10/09/2001 11:40 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 Bean old hand Bean old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 I read a great novel this summer called "Crackpot" by Adele Wiseman. During the introduction (by Margaret Laurence), the word crackpot and how it can come to be applied to the main character is discussed in detail. An awesome but strange read. I can't explain it; you'll just have to all read it yourselves. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Radical Geoff 10/06/2001 10:21 PM Re: Radical tsuwm 10/07/2001 1:52 AM Re: Radical Jackie 10/07/2001 3:12 AM Re: Radical Capital Kiwi 10/07/2001 3:50 AM Re: Radical Jackie 10/07/2001 4:11 AM Re: Radical wwh 10/07/2001 12:35 PM Re: Radical plutarch 10/13/2001 12:14 AM Re: Radical Rapunzel 10/13/2001 11:03 PM Re: Radical xara 10/07/2001 5:04 PM crackpots , lunatics, and other in(s)anities wofahulicodoc 10/08/2001 8:18 PM Re: crackpots , lunatics, and other in(s)anities Bean 10/09/2001 11:40 AM Crackpot Sparteye 10/12/2001 11:19 PM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 10/12/2001 11:48 PM Re: Crackpotamus Geoff 10/13/2001 12:15 AM "Stranger" in the dark plutarch 10/13/2001 12:23 AM Max Quordlepleen 10/13/2001 12:46 AM Re: "Stranger" in the dark Keiva 10/13/2001 3:09 AM Max Quordlepleen 10/13/2001 3:51 AM Re: "Stranger" in the dark Capital Kiwi 10/13/2001 6:42 AM Re: "Stranger" in the dark wwh 10/13/2001 1:41 PM Max Quordlepleen 10/13/2001 10:23 PM Re: "Stranger" than ever, in the dark Geoff 10/13/2001 10:54 PM Max Quordlepleen 10/14/2001 3:54 AM Re: "Stranger" in the dark Jackie 10/14/2001 1:29 AM Re: "Stranger" in the dark of troy 10/14/2001 2:59 AM Max Quordlepleen 10/14/2001 3:51 AM Re: special characters Keiva 10/14/2001 12:50 PM Re: special characters of troy 10/14/2001 3:59 PM Max Quordlepleen 10/14/2001 7:53 PM Re: special characters Keiva 10/14/2001 8:07 PM I couldn't find the schma symbol. TEd Remington 10/15/2001 4:28 PM Max Quordlepleen 10/14/2001 5:12 AM Re: "Stranger" in the dark Keiva 10/13/2001 2:55 PM Caught in the Glare plutarch 10/14/2001 4:15 PM Re: Caught in the Glare of troy 10/14/2001 5:28 PM Re: "Stranger" in the dark Geoff 10/13/2001 1:52 PM Re: Radical stales 10/07/2001 4:43 PM Re: Radical stales 10/07/2001 4:43 PM Free: Radical doc_comfort 10/08/2001 12:17 AM Re: Free: Radical Capital Kiwi 10/08/2001 7:06 AM Re: Free: Radical Geoff 10/08/2001 12:11 PM Re: Free: Radical Jackie 10/08/2001 3:48 PM Re: Free: Radical Keiva 10/08/2001 4:27 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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