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most of what we do here could be looked at as taking glory in our language. do you think many of the folks who took scattershots at English today will stick around when they see what we're about?
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Do you think many of the folks who took scattershots at English today will stick around when they see what we're about?
Perhaps they have been around but never posted anything before. I tend to think of this board as an insular little community, but it obviously can't be since it has over 2000 members. Which brings up one of my own ruminations...what do all of those non-participating members do with the board? Do they read it but not post, look at it every once in a while, or perhaps forget that they ever signed up at all? In the (admittedly short) time that I've been here, I've only seen about 35-40 members post on any regular basis.
Another observation/question-- why did so many of the people responding to "English as a Global Language" create their own threads instead of just adding to Anu's initial post? Perhaps just lack of familiarity with the format...
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Well, Anu's invitation certainly bore fruit. I couldn't imagine what had happened, until very late in the day when I finally got around to that post--only read the WAD late, too.
There were some strong opinions, weren't there? Some very eloquent, and some strongly backed by personal experience.
I can't know, of course, but my instinct tells me that most will post the one time, then depart.
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Another observation/question-- why did so many of the people responding to "English as a Global Language" create their own threads instead of just adding to Anu's initial post? Perhaps just lack of familiarity with the format...I was surprised also, when I had a look in the Weekly Themes. Looking more closely, I think it is a lack of familiarity spawning the new threads. When I joined AWAD little over a week ago, I read for a couple days before saying anything myself. The message board programs can be pretty different from site to site, and as I mentioned to one of my welcomers, I didn't want to put my foot in my mouth with the first step.  I guess the urgency to speak on the topic was greater than any concern for structure... Ali
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I can't know, of course, but my instinct tells me that most will post the one time, then depart.ya think? i don't know... as satin and many of the other recent newcomers to this board (myself included) have pointed out, it's easy to like it here... and i think many of us are so impressed with the intellect and xyresic wit of the 'founding members' that we hang around - if nothing else, just hoping some of it will eventually rub off on us. 
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>xyresic wit
and then there's the xeric wit, joe responded dryly.
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and then there's the xeric wit
...which we collectively xertz gleefully, as well.
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will eventually rub off on us
Xertz rent-a-pun?
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In looking for a "z" word for possible pun on the "x...." words, ran into a new term:(not found by "Search"
zeugma (edit,copy, edit paste produces some queer changes from text as it appears in my WNW CD.
zeug-ma (zyoog me, zoog-)
n.
L < Gr, lit., YOKE
1 SYLLEPSIS
2 a figure of speech in which a single word, usually a verb or adjective, is syntactically related to two or more words, though having a different sense in relation to each (Ex.: The room was not light, but his fingers were)
zeug-mat'ic
adj.
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zeugma
What a great word. Thanks.
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