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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread how diverting #85404 11/01/2002 5:42 PM Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 322 Toronto, Canada boronia enthusiast boronia enthusiast Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 322 Toronto, Canada I looked over someone's shoulder on the subway today and saw that the puzzles/games page of the freebie newspaper he was reading was titled 'Detours'. The snob in me smirked a bit and wondered whether someone at the paper just looked up a synonym for 'Diversions'. Or is that a legit usage? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: how diverting #85405 11/01/2002 6:06 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Hmm. (Dang it, boronia, I want to give you a nickname, but I want to be sure everyone knows I'd pronounce it bor-OWN, and I'm afraid that if I write boron, people might think of it as BORE-on. Possibly your...uh oh, another tangent coming on, but I'll try and finish one thought at a time for a change. {Note to self: come on, fingers.} And I'm sure not going to put you as bor!) Okay, back to hmm: perhaps the editors meant to give their readers' minds some detours off the beaten paths of their normal routines? Thought # 2: I started to write that possibly your fellow countryman who yells names in her mind might be worried by a misleading spelling. (No offense, old Bean!) Then I thought I should put countrywoman. THEN I thought that using "fellow" with countrywoman was really a contradiction in terms. So THEN, Thought # 3: Is there a feminine counterpart to "fellow" that is used in this sense? Is there any other word at all? (Whew, I feel a little dizzy...) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: how diverting #85406 11/01/2002 6:12 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass you guys crack me up! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: how diverting #85407 11/01/2002 7:38 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York boronia, is it a publication specifically aimed at commuters? Thence, perhaps, the name. Jackie, you're a reg'lar Virginia Woolf! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: how diverting #85408 11/01/2002 7:54 PM Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 322 Toronto, Canada boronia enthusiast boronia enthusiast Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 322 Toronto, Canada Sounds plausible. Really must de-snob-ify myself and think a little more. 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 View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,281 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 25 A C Bowden 7 JerryC 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,136 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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