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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Things #72509 06/12/02 01:06 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber OP old hand OP wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland Dear Mindworkers at large, Which of the following words, would you consider, denotes a thing? a. manuscript b. novel c. book d. atom e. force f. network well, I'm going to stop here. Maybe it's a wild-goose chase. Regards Werner Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Post deleted by SilkMuse #72510 06/12/02 01:30 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 170 S SilkMuse member SilkMuse member S Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 170 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Things #72511 06/12/02 01:58 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Anything can be a thing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Things #72512 06/12/02 02:36 PM Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 833 Eastern Ontario, Canada M modestgoddess old hand modestgoddess old hand M Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 833 Eastern Ontario, Canada Anything can be a thing. Or a thingamajig or a thingamabob, for that matter. Wade a minnit: can matter be a thing? I thing not. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Things #72513 06/12/02 03:04 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Maybe wsieber was looking for a discussion about concrete things as distinguished from abstractions. I haven't done my homework on that. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Things #72514 06/12/02 04:50 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park one interesting abstract thing is a meme.. its been discussed before, but not to death.. maybe one of the program directors (the folks doing the summer reruns could find it! it came up in a thread started by twuwm, on favorite new words.. a long time ago!) of you'r not familiar with meme's you can google. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Things #72515 06/12/02 05:26 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Here's a good URL about memes. It gave ;me a headache. http://maxwell.lucifer.com/virus/alt.memetics/what.is.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Post deleted by SilkMuse #72516 06/12/02 05:55 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 170 S SilkMuse member SilkMuse member S Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 170 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Meme Scheme #72517 06/12/02 06:16 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 As I perused The use of the muse is to preuse and amuse. By the way (he asked tangentially), do youse pronounce muse to rhyme with peruse or amuse? I am both confused and bemused. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Things #72518 06/12/02 07:20 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City I inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah I Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City <<which of the following ...?>> none but a. manuscript, and only if you remove the period; but if articled: all. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 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. 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