#95206
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Today's A.Word.A.Day uses this quote to illustrate the usage off "Tartarean": > "The late-afternoon skies over lower downtown Denver were Stygian dark and Tartarean dreary, as had been the Rockies in the series with the omnipotent Yankees, when Todd Zeile approached the plate in the culmination of the 10th inning, and there was a fulmination and fulguration of thunder and lightning." Woody Paige; A Ruthian Victory For the Locals; The Denver Post; Jun 21, 2002.< What the hell is that? Culmination of the 10th inning?  I mean, if you don't know the game, don't write about it. It's the bottom of the inning. And how can it be the culmination if they're still playing in the bottom of the 10th as the quote indicates, anyway? Sheesh! And he's gettin' paid to write this stuff? If I ever meet the guy who wrote this in person will somebody please remind me to throw-up on his shoes! Thank you, and good night.
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#95207
02/11/2003 12:14 PM
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What the hell is that?
Well, lessee. AHD4 says:
To reach the highest point or degree; climax:
for culminate. I'm not familiar with the game in question but if the despised Yankees had managed to get a couple of cheap runs in the top of the 10th and it was two outs with runners on 1st and 3rd when Zeile came up to bat, that would seem pretty climactic to me.
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#95208
02/11/2003 12:29 PM
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I also think he was trying to get the "culmination/fulmination" thang going...
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#95209
02/11/2003 1:25 PM
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Its a whole 'nother language. Is this back to the American football thread again or is it, as I suspect from the reference to 'bat', a horse of a different colour (choler)? By the way is that a clockwise or anti-clockwise bat? 
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#95210
02/11/2003 1:45 PM
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I know what baseball is, but what's a linquist?
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#95211
02/11/2003 2:13 PM
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A linguist is a pitcher who throws spitballs.
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#95212
02/11/2003 2:16 PM
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but what's a linquist?... linguaphile! all baseball aside>when Todd Zeile approached the plate in the culmination of the 10th inning, and there was a fulmination and fulguration of thunder and lightning.< I'd lose my lunch on him just for this pile of heavy-handed linquistic calisthenics alone...does anyone here really think this is good writing? Even if he's trying to be "cute and clever" with big words, it ain't workin'!
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#95213
02/11/2003 2:18 PM
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I'd lose my lunch on him
De gustibus non carborundum est.
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#95214
02/11/2003 3:11 PM
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De gustibus non carborundum est.Decipher, please...even the best Latin/English Dictionary on the web can't seem to do it. Particularly gustibus/gusti. Or is this another dose of "Faldage Latin"?  (and, yes, I know carborundum) http://www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Latin/
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#95215
02/11/2003 3:21 PM
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It's a bastard conflation of de gustibus non disputandum est and illegitimi non carborundum.
Gustus, -us, taste
Gustibus is the dative and (more to the point considering de takes the ablative) ablative plural.
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#95216
02/12/2003 10:35 PM
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Although Dr Bill's "spitball" riposte was quite funny, I will repeat my question. This time in caps. Maybe someone with better eyesight will answer me: What is a LINQUIST? Thank you. I feel better now.
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#95217
02/12/2003 10:46 PM
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Would Newsweek's George F. Will qualify?
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#95218
02/12/2003 10:46 PM
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Uhhh, unless you were kidding, or stooping to play off a spelling typo, here (from the AHD):
linguist
SYLLABICATION: lin·guist
PRONUNCIATION: lnggwst
NOUN: 1. A person who speaks several languages fluently. 2. A specialist in linguistics.
ETYMOLOGY: Latin lingua, language; see dgh- in Appendix I + –ist.
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#95219
02/12/2003 10:58 PM
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There are quite a few baseball players named Linquist, and also a ball park.
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#95220
02/12/2003 11:23 PM
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Juan, I was stooping  and setting (you) up for a Scandinavian answer, which Dr Bill readily supplied. Kinda scary, really. I'd say you're batting 1000, Dr Bill, either clockwise or counter.
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#95221
02/13/2003 12:02 AM
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Dear AS: I strike out even if the pitcher were throwing basketballs.
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#95222
02/13/2003 3:00 AM
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Surely, Dr. Bill, you've heard of Sven Linquist, the famous Swedish linguist! 
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#95223
02/13/2003 3:04 AM
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So, AnnaS, you wuz lookin' for a Scandalnavian answer?...are ya sayin' I'm a scandalous knave!? 
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#95224
02/13/2003 3:08 AM
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Of course. I took violin lessons from his uncle, Truls Lagerquist.
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#95225
02/13/2003 3:35 AM
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Oh, really, Doc?...I always thought you studied psychology with his cousin, Karl Junquist.
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#95226
02/13/2003 1:58 PM
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Then, of course, there's that professional Swede spellchecker, Annika Aspenstam Strophquist.
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#95228
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with fear of Yarts falling about me ears, isn't there a Connie Linquist out there somewhere?
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#95229
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Proabably a lingam Linquist also.
Edit: I checked but could find no Yoni Linquist.
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02/13/2003 8:14 PM
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Hey etaoin, looks like everybody is out looking for your friend.
Nobody's minding the store.
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02/13/2003 11:16 PM
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formerly known as etaoin...
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02/14/2003 8:02 AM
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02/14/2003 8:07 AM
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02/14/2003 11:54 AM
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Ha! But is she a seminal player?
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02/14/2003 2:20 PM
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Not so much as Claire Swire.
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02/14/2003 3:17 PM
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Hey! Here’s one – a real Amazon beauty!Googling the Linquists, dxb? 
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02/15/2003 11:50 PM
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Annika Aspenstam Strophquist...who comes to this board on a busman's holiday.
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02/16/2003 12:55 AM
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...bus woman's holiday!
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02/18/2003 1:42 PM
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02/18/2003 1:43 PM
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bustpersonsI like those best...
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bustpersons
I like those best...
*rimshot*
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02/18/2003 1:57 PM
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Oh dear. did I do that?[looking innocent-e]
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03/01/2003 3:56 AM
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Don't forget the famous Swedish soprano --
Jenny Linquist
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