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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Bill Gates - Metaphor? #164837 01/06/07 06:18 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman OP Pooh-Bah OP dalehileman Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Yet the hyphen is a good habit in the case of compound adjectives and I commend you for it. No doubt you recall the purple people eater dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Bill Gates - Metaphor? #164838 01/06/07 11:06 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Quote: No doubt you recall the purple people eater The one that everybody except a few recalcitrant English majors understood was purple and ate normally colored people? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Bill Gates - Metaphor? #164839 01/06/07 11:27 PM Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... T themilum veteran themilum veteran T Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... Quote: Quote: No doubt you recall the purple people eater The one that everybody except a few recalcitrant English majors understood was purple and ate normally colored people? I think, dear Faldage, that you meant...normally people of color. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: coloring #164840 01/06/07 11:52 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 Quote: The one that everybody except a few recalcitrant English majors understood was purple and ate normally colored people? I think, dear Faldage, that you meant...normally people of color. Please pardon me while I ROTFLMAO! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: coloring #164841 01/07/07 12:50 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC That's me on the floor right beside you, Betsy, the one KFIA. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Bill Gates - Metaphor? #164842 01/07/07 03:17 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Quote: Quote: Quote: No doubt you recall the purple people eater The one that everybody except a few recalcitrant English majors understood was purple and ate normally colored people? I think, dear Faldage, that you meant...normally people of color. And what, pray tell, Mr. Wannabe Recalcitrant English Major, does the adverb "normally" modify in your oh so recalcitrant english majorish deconstruction of my unhyphenated phrase? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 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 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 View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,351 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (A C Bowden), 642 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,549 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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