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RE: Is Chaucer readable?
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June 12, 2018 19:47
RE: Is Chaucer readable?
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Yes, that last emboldened part was what I was referring to. I guess you are right about not actuall......
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June 12, 2018 19:42
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June 08, 2018 19:12
RE: Is Chaucer readable?
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“Queynte”, spelled later as “quaint”, is a ......
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June 08, 2018 18:58
RE: Is Chaucer readable?
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Ah well. This conversation would be best in person, I think. Just like the spelling isn't exactly......
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June 08, 2018 18:51
RE: World's WORST jokes (part one)
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A businessman got an invitation to an IRS meeting for an audit. He asked his accountant what he shou......
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June 07, 2018 18:58
RE: Is Chaucer readable?
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Kalleh, I'm not saying the translation is wrong. I don't care about the translation. I'm taking issu......
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June 05, 2018 20:38
RE: Is Chaucer readable?
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I don't purport to be a translator of Chaucer, goofy. But others spend their entire lives at it. Y......
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June 05, 2018 20:00
RE: Is Chaucer readable?
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Hmm... "Bit" is French slang for penis. Any connection in this discussion?...
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June 05, 2018 14:00
RE: Is Chaucer readable?
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Wait what? The translation is not really relevant to my point. They translated ......
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June 05, 2018 13:17
RE: Is Chaucer readable?
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Wow, you don't even believe the master translators. Good for you for being so confident!...
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June 05, 2018 11:39
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Also Wikipedia says '"Quaint" was probably pronounced in Middle English in much the same way as "cun......
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June 04, 2018 21:04
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I think it is translated ......
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June 04, 2018 20:40
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June 04, 2018 20:09
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Aha! And here is a word that my sister had recently (for 72 blanking points!), "amis." I looked it......
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June 04, 2018 19:51
deportment vs. comportment
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When I was in elementary school, there was a category on our report cards for deportment, or behavio......
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June 04, 2018 19:47
Limerick Game: Kohler
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Shu's word for the next limerick game is Kohler, Wisconsin. We have spent many a weekend at the won......
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June 04, 2018 10:45
RE: The dis- game
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June 04, 2018 06:16
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Circular. Wikipedia says of ......
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June 03, 2018 21:16
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What do these words have in common? Wi-Fi SOS Idaho Zumba Ginsu Kpdak Halitosis Corinthian l......
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June 01, 2018 12:24
The Oxnard Companion to Limericks
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Eight is enough (or, rather, that's as many as we're gonna get, I think). Choose your favorite: 1.......
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May 26, 2018 18:28
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What are your thoughts about this column by Eric Zorn on the word "hereby?" ......
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May 24, 2018 19:19
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May 22, 2018 20:28
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And it came to pass that a virgin named Mary was visited by the Holy Spirit and did conceive. Mary w......
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May 20, 2018 16:57
“You did that THREE TIMES ?!!??”
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May 19, 2018 18:45
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In the future it's easy to see A world where no one will be free. So for now let us smother All thou......
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May 16, 2018 12:11
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May 13, 2018 15:05
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A venue in Las Vegas is promoting a world-record-breaking orgy next month. The previous record was o......
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Is NcCain with Trump's talk points complying? No, the words from the prez, he's not buying. He says ......
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AP headline Prosecutor: Ex-mobster feared murder victim would testify against him Do ead men tell ......
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In this article she says something similar. ......
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Boroditsky says ......
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What did you think of her comments about languages with gender nouns attributing gender descriptors ......
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May 08, 2018 19:54
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Since we've been around for awhile now, I think we've talked about this before. Do bi-weekly, bi-mo......
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May 08, 2018 19:41
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May 07, 2018 08:52
RE: Does language shape thinking?
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Chomsky said that languages were only superficially different. At a deeper level all languages are t......
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May 06, 2018 20:18
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I had not heard of Zipf's Law. Doesn't the Ted Talk by Boroditsky also support Chomsky, at least to......
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May 06, 2018 19:48
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Interesting, Goofy. Isn't this similar to Chomsky's view?...
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We talked about it ......
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May 06, 2018 19:35
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It isn't easy summarizing a poem in a limerick. I have enough trouble writing a limerick for a venu......
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May 06, 2018 19:31
RE: World's WORST jokes (part one)
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He; Do you have any pictures of you naked? She: Of course not! He: Have you checked the internet lat......
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May 06, 2018 17:50
RE: The dis- game
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May 06, 2018 17:42
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Hey where is everybody? Try it, you will like it (can you tell I'm doing ......
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Oh, well, it's just cranky old me spouting off. Too many years of reading James J. Kilpatrick. ......
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