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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 6 of 10 1 2 … 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Re: Vicissitudes of Davids #90420 12/30/02 08:58 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... ...oh, and yes, Juan comes from WO'n, but the real question is 'where does it go'. No...Juan came from musick, nick-namer extraodinaire! but, then, so did WO'N...BTW, should we bring up looser/loser for the new folks?...naaaa. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Three Kings #90421 12/30/02 09:30 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 alright, already! Or, if you prefer, "All right, all ready! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Flash (sort of) #90422 12/30/02 09:59 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... So I will continue to try to be thoughful, while not embracing the extremes of our wiccan sisters! Ah, but, see, magimaria...there are also Wiccan brothers! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: PC gone mad #90423 12/30/02 10:41 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Just thought I'd point to to recent similar threads to keep all the PC references together on this, and throw everything into the pot (as it were). Here's one on the historical designations BC/AD ...and the new BCE: The Language Mutates http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=83689 The Founding Brothers http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=89888 Niggardly/Offensive terms/PC another recent, extensive discussion from September, '02 http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=80265 Political Correctness 6/12/02 http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=72847 And the granddaddy (grandmommy, grandcodger? ) of all the PC threads, the original Political Correctness, from 7/20/2000, alphatized by the one and only tsuwm ...a lengthy and intriguing discussion: http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=2786 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: PC gone mad #90424 12/30/02 11:27 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 >a lengthy and intriguing discussion.. not only, but also a good example of what happens (eventually) when you take a thread beyond 99 posts. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: PC gone sane #90425 12/30/02 11:34 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... [all kidding aside] I think, ultimately, that the most appropriately PC historic event will be when the United States has its first Native American president. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Three Kings #90426 12/31/02 12:20 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,542 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA alright, already! Or, if you prefer, "All right, all ready! Or yet again, as they say in _my_stomping grounds, "Arright, arreddy!" (East Bronx. Note the pronunciation blurring between "l" and "r".) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Three Kings #90427 12/31/02 12:34 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont no, I think that's "awright"... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Three Kings #90428 12/31/02 01:23 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I think that's "awright" In many places, perhaps, but in the East Bronx, perhaps not. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Twee Kings #90429 12/31/02 01:27 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont In many places, perhaps, but in the East Bronx, perhaps not. twoo, sowwy. formerly known as etaoin... 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