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RE: Shall/Should
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I'd say those are some of the most complicated usage notes I've ever read on dictionary.com, illustr......
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August 04, 2005 21:04
RE: Why-Fi?
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You're right zmjezhd, Ackerman wasn't intending it to be derogatory, although it fairly soon became ......
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August 03, 2005 19:42
RE: Why-Fi?
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Sci-fi originated as a derogatory term, kind of like "Big Bang". The American Sci-fi channel shows ......
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August 02, 2005 21:01
RE: Well-meaning but incorrect grammar "rules"
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So, I would never say "There is none left", however, I would certainly say "There's none left", whic......
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August 02, 2005 20:57
RE: Well-meaning but incorrect grammar "rules"
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I don't like I would ever say "none is left", that sounds terribly ungrammatical to me, while "none ......
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August 02, 2005 06:15
RE: Why-Fi?
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Yes, it is a decent attempt at a pun, sorry I didn't mention that, but it is the same pun as Sci-Fi.......
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August 02, 2005 05:56
RE: Why-Fi?
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The Wi is for Wireless. Many people have laptops with wireless internet cards, and many coffee shop......
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August 01, 2005 20:32
RE: Language-creation by metaphor
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To go to grad school in engineering, you take the GRE, and they basically ignore the verbal score. ......
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July 30, 2005 21:41
RE: Language-creation by metaphor
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I would imagine it is a euphemism for poor. Most of the engineers I knew in college thought that a ......
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July 29, 2005 06:01
RE: Language-creation by metaphor
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I thought it was "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously". Back in college, my first linguistics pro......
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July 28, 2005 05:56
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July 27, 2005 19:52
RE: Kissing a fool: chiasmus
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From the Daily Show tonight, "George Bush declined to speak for the NAACP for five years in a row, d......
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July 26, 2005 20:41
RE: Language-creation by metaphor
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Kalleh, if you read neveu's post again, you'll see "three". ......
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July 23, 2005 21:16
RE: A poem question
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I'm just too good for this world. I usually pick up on subtle racial insults, to the sense that I h......
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July 23, 2005 21:15
RE: Harry Potter - alliteration
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If one were to randomly pick names, one would have 1 in 26 chance of alliteration. Obviously, there......
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July 23, 2005 07:10
RE: A poem question
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Well, I read it 3 times, and it is pretty short, so it is very open. However, my interpretation was......
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July 23, 2005 06:57
RE: What's the word for....?
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I was going from homo = same, logos = word, but that didn't really capture it. What I was going for......
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July 20, 2005 05:45
RE: What's the word for....?
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My initial gut feeling is homologue(homolog)?...
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July 19, 2005 17:29
RE: Rhetorical Device
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Is seems a bit like irony, as simple as that sounds. The definition of irony is, as sung brilliantl......
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July 18, 2005 19:52
RE: Kissing a fool: chiasmus
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I'm not quite sure how that fits into the category of Chiasmus, but then again, I don't quite get an......
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July 17, 2005 13:11
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