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10/13/2000 11:07 AM
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Fishman,
Thought you'd be interested in knowing that by fairly general consensus, we have named the AWAD spell-checker "Enigma."
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What, because it translates meaningless gibberish into highly pertinent information?
That's anastrophic to any spell-checker I've ever met before.
Now, strictly speaking spell-checkers are anathema to me (stuck-up spelling bee), but I'm going to click the button and watch Enigma do something wonderful before posting this!
How does it look?
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I see why it's called Enigma now!!
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Bingley - Sarah Jane Smith is the telling one! Yes, couldn't agree more.
Jo - ah, but let's not forget Blake's Seven, which came out about the same time as Star Wars but with effects poorer than most episodes of Dr. Who!
And I'm watching a re-run of Thunderbirds at the moment, telling my 3 year old son what's what. And it IS high-tech.
Gerry Anderson is The Man for serious-looking harware. Look how long it took Hollywood to catch up in terms of making vehicles look dirty and used. Shame about the puppets, that's all...
Oops a wee bit off-thread there. Neer mind, I'll just change the title.
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Shame about the puppets, that's all...
I will not hear a single word against Lady Penelope. 
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10/14/2000 11:32 PM
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a single word against Lady Penelope.
"No, Mi'lady!"
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10/14/2000 11:43 PM
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Thank-you thank-you Bingley. I was racking my brains trying to figure out what show you were talking about. In my youth, ours was mostly a French household so all show titles were translated from the English. There were several in which marionettes were involved. When you mentioned Lady Penelope (Pénélope) I knew you were talking about Les sentinelles de l’air. We (seven kids) never missed an episode. What was the one based in the sea?
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Marvelous, tks mav! It IS Stingray. I remember there was always a background song about <Marina>. And I think some reruns are not all that bad. It’s fun, even if they were put together for kitsch value. Or is my age showing there  .
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10/15/2000 10:30 PM
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Sorry Bingley, I have to agree with Mav. After all, Lady Penelope pretty much was Sylvia Anderson (or was it the other way around?) and she gave my mate Gerry a hard time!
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10/15/2000 10:33 PM
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Thanks, Bingley - those references are great.
I particularly like the Thunderbirds one - all you need to know on one page.
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10/15/2000 10:47 PM
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bel,
So "Thunderbirds" became "Les sentinelles de l'air"? I suppose that's a more informative title, really, though not as exciting IMHO. But is there not a French equivalent for "thunderbird"?
"Tonnereoiseau"?? Uh, maybe not that literal!
Actually, I'll have to see if "thunderbird" is in the English dictionary. I suspect not.
Was Stingray's title translated too?
It's always interesting how translation is hardly ever a matter of swapping words for supposed equivalents in another language.
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10/15/2000 11:02 PM
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I saw an article a while ago protesting that the re-runs filling TV now just show the ages of the TV programmers
Well, mav, the programmers' ages (or at least their knowledge of past programs) has to be a factor in their choice of what to re-run. In the case of most Gerry Anderson stuff, it's fine by me.
Every time Thunderbirds is shown it appears to grab a new generation, quite apart from the fogeys like me that are enjoying it, what, 3rd time around? I think Gerry Anderson really plugged into what kids love with the show.
In other words, it is a classic!
(A very moderate statement from a very moderate fish)
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Oops a wee bit off-thread there
FishonaBike, now that you've had a chance to look about a bit, would you care to define "off-thread" in a way that would make sense in AWAD terms?
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would you care to define "off-thread" in a way that would make sense in AWAD terms?
Hmmm, I think this is a similar problem to that of defining when a creature has evolved into a different species.
Or better:
If you start with a caterpillar and end up with a butterfly (or more likely, a whole - errr - sprocketpool of them) does the butterfly contain the caterpillar?
Does it matter?
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fish with cycling abilitiesWell, Fishy, we've long accepted this board seems to have revolutionary tendencies, but now... well I guess the only difference between the two is getting your Rs in gear 
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10/17/2000 12:21 AM
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This is ridiculously late I know, but I just had a small epiphany (an epiphanette?) - I realised that one new word that I like very much is one used widely here. Emoticon is, I think, a wonderful neologism. Just saying the word makes me think smiley thoughts. It is interesting that even here, among people with very exacting standards of language, emoticon seems to have become right at home. If those whose language skills I envy are comfortable using it, emoticon must be a very acceptable new word.
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10/17/2000 12:37 AM
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getting your Rs in gearSadly I haven't yet managed to find Reverse gear on any of my bikes, mav. But if we're talking revolution, I can always just turn back the way I came. Here we go round the goldfish bowl The goldfish bowl, the goldfish bowl... 
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emoticon must be a very acceptable new wordI'm inclined to agree, Max... though I have a bit of a / relationship with emoticons myself, has to be said.
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i am a newbie, and just found this thread which is still going strong...
I like grok- and think its a wonderful word and
AnnaStrophic-- loved your responce to "what is a senior moment"
Its not the senior moments that get me, it's the momentum (the phrase is stolen... i can't rememeber where i first heard it!)
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Its not the senior moments that get me, it's the momentum
Hey Hey Helen - this quote is brilliant! And soooo poignant.
Any Awadees know where it originated?
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10/21/2000 12:16 AM
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Any Awadees
'Scuse me, but...AACK! I do not want to be called an
"AWADEE" any more than I do a poster! Bleah!
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this seems almost too obvious and also very close to the original "Awadee" which started this whole foobaz, but if you post here aren't you 'a waddy? [well, it *sounds different when I read it]
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my own overuse of "?!" punctuation reminds me of a punctuation mark introduced in 1962, which hasn't really caught on (but I remain ever hopeful)... interrobang - a punctuation mark designed for use especially at the end of an exclamatory rhetorical question, comprising an exclamation point superimposed on a question mark. [this can only be approximated with the standard keyboard as: isn't that a great idea?!] here's a swell graphic: http://www.interrobang-mks.com/
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What a great idea! How can we make it happen?
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10/21/2000 12:33 PM
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And what's the pronunciation of awad anyway?
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10/21/2000 12:36 PM
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awadwinners?
awad-in-your-ear?
diurnal logomanes?
Will try to think up more...
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10/21/2000 12:40 PM
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any more than I do a poster!
How about Pin Up then?
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10/21/2000 12:48 PM
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>awadwinners
AWADtalkers
awadwhingers/awadwhiners
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10/21/2000 12:50 PM
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>And what's the pronunciation of awad anyway?
/AY wad/
(certainly NOT /awd/ or /ah WAD/?!)
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'wad' - what's the value the 'a' takes?
Please help UK-English speaker here for whom cot and cart have different vowel sounds...
cheer
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wad, as in a fistful of dollars. 8-)
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Ah so.
Then perhaps we could be Astacks?
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...but wouldn't that lead to the unfortunate Aseeds?
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Exactly - the worst term of disapprobation on this board. We can be too polite...
I'm voting for Astacks!
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Has anybody suggested AWADeers? "All for words, and words for all"?
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AWADeers? "All for words, and words for all
This has my vote, Max! I love the motto!
Anu, are you listening, Dear?
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