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Raudf Fox

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12-31-2008 12:54

From: Love Hastings

Posting about how you're above it all is hardly better. Being above it all certainly is, but posting that you are... Heh, nevermind me - just in a snarky mood today. Something to do with actually having to work...

I didn't say I was above it all... I said I'm gonna sit on the sidelines and watch.. err pad my post count. I just have nothing to contribute to the main fun, is all. And this argument with Pep does seem like loads of fun, for everyone, including those of us watch..err padding our post counts!

*offers chocolate covered espresso beans for having to work*

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Love Hastings

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12-31-2008 12:55

From: Raudf Fox

*offers chocolate covered espresso beans for having to work*

Oh wow! Thanks! Now I can mock Pep at twice the speed!

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Alyx Sands

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12-31-2008 17:33

From: Lexxi Gynoid

shark with laser beam

Oooh, I got me a Frickin Laser Shark in the 7Seas fishing game a while back! They rock!

(Frickin Laser Shark, btw, is what is called a compound in word-formation. Let's discuss how to tell apart a compound from any random combination of at least two words, shall we? That at least is a worthy discussion in linguistics that has had many linguists at each other's throats for DECADES!)

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Raynor Hammerer

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12-31-2008 18:00

We could, of course, then nicely combine this with a discussion why "laser" in "laser beam" (as mentioned several pages back) is not at all an "adjectival acronym" (whatever THAT might be), but an acronym-turned-noun that just happens to be the first constituent of a two-part substantival compound.

No ...?

I'll go back to lurking, then.

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Lindal Kidd

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12-31-2008 19:34

well, well...nobody's watching the forums, apparently.

IBTL.

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Annabelle Babii

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12-31-2008 20:27

What's next? "Operation Wang Chung"?

oh, and "IBTL"

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Sunspot Pixie

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12-31-2008 21:50

From: Pserendipity Daniels

You are showing your ignorance now, MortVent. Or maybe you are mistakenly referring to the Concise version? The OED (Not "Oxford" but I suppose you are also one of those who indolently and misleadingly drop "street" from the names of roads) tracks changes in the meanings of words through time from Middle English.

Since you are apparently too lazy to look up what I am talking about here is the text from the OED site.

"As the OED is a historical dictionary, its entry structure is very different from that of a dictionary of current English, in which only present-day senses are covered, and in which the most common meanings or senses are described first. For each word in the OED, the various groupings of senses are dealt with in chronological order according to the quotation evidence, i.e. the senses with the earliest quotations appear first, and the senses which have developed more recently appear further down the entry. In a complex entry with many strands, the development over time can be seen in a structure with several 'branches'."

Pep (Is that better?)

Your priggish attempts to own what is in essence an evolving language, one which has been affected deeply by Norse, Norman, and French influences, among others, are laughable.

Someday, I hope your hatred for Americans subsides a bit. I'd also say that I hope that you outgrow your hypocritical tendencies, as well. However, that's a tall order, given the depth and breadth of your all-too-obvious affliction to that end. Really "pep"? Calling your interlocutors pedantic and grammar Nazis, while you personify those traits yourself? Are you at all capable of self-examination?

Lastly, accusing people of being under the influence of something is the refuge of a person who knows they've been bested.

Until your next passive-aggressive, pseudo-intellectual, nationalistic spate of jabbering, cheerio!

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Kaimi Kyomoon

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01-01-2009 00:35

From: Raynor Hammerer

We could, of course, then nicely combine this with a discussion why "laser" in "laser beam" (as mentioned several pages back) is not at all an "adjectival acronym" (whatever THAT might be), but an acronym-turned-noun that just happens to be the first constituent of a two-part substantival compound.

No ...?

I'll go back to lurking, then.

No no. I think this shows a great deal of promise.

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Maggie McArdle

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Happy New Year..

01-01-2009 00:55

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydk8pU8BbNM

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Salacious Charisma

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Happy New Year!!!

01-01-2009 05:18

The year is already starting off right .. IBTL

MzDyamond Beaumont

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01-01-2009 05:58

ibtl

Raudf Fox

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01-01-2009 07:46

Happy new year and here's to hoping that LL's mods come off of vacation tomorrow! IBTL!

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Raudf Fox (ra-ow-th) Join date: 25 Feb 2005 Posts: 5,119	12-31-2008 12:54 From: Love Hastings Posting about how you're above it all is hardly better. Being above it all certainly is, but posting that you are... Heh, nevermind me - just in a snarky mood today. Something to do with actually having to work... I didn't say I was above it all... I said I'm gonna sit on the sidelines and watch.. err pad my post count. I just have nothing to contribute to the main fun, is all. And this argument with Pep does seem like loads of fun, for everyone, including those of us watch..err padding our post counts! offers chocolate covered espresso beans for having to work _____________________ DiamonX Studios, the place of the Victorian Times series of gowns and dresses - Located at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Fushida/224/176 Want more attachment points for your avatar's wearing pleasure? Then please vote for https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-1065?
Love Hastings #66666 Join date: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 4,094	12-31-2008 12:55 From: Raudf Fox offers chocolate covered espresso beans for having to work Oh wow! Thanks! Now I can mock Pep at twice the speed! _____________________
Alyx Sands Mental Mentor Linguist Join date: 17 Feb 2007 Posts: 2,432	12-31-2008 17:33 From: Lexxi Gynoid shark with laser beam Oooh, I got me a Frickin Laser Shark in the 7Seas fishing game a while back! They rock! (Frickin Laser Shark, btw, is what is called a compound in word-formation. Let's discuss how to tell apart a compound from any random combination of at least two words, shall we? That at least is a worthy discussion in linguistics that has had many linguists at each other's throats for DECADES!) _____________________ ~~I'm a linguist. RL sucks, but right now it's decided to be a little less nasty to me - you can still be nice to me if you want! ~~ ->Potestatem obscuri lateris nescitis.<-
Raynor Hammerer Linguistic Rabbit Join date: 21 Feb 2007 Posts: 404	12-31-2008 18:00 We could, of course, then nicely combine this with a discussion why "laser" in "laser beam" (as mentioned several pages back) is not at all an "adjectival acronym" (whatever THAT might be), but an acronym-turned-noun that just happens to be the first constituent of a two-part substantival compound. No ...? I'll go back to lurking, then. _____________________ Do not meddle in the affairs of linguists, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
Lindal Kidd Dances With Noobs Join date: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 8,371	12-31-2008 19:34 well, well...nobody's watching the forums, apparently. IBTL. _____________________ It's still My World and My Imagination! So there. Lindal Kidd
Annabelle Babii Unholier than thou Join date: 2 Jun 2007 Posts: 1,797	12-31-2008 20:27 What's next? "Operation Wang Chung"? oh, and "IBTL" _____________________ Deep inside we're all the same - we're an amorphous fog clouod.
Sunspot Pixie dread heliotrope Join date: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 493	12-31-2008 21:50 From: Pserendipity Daniels You are showing your ignorance now, MortVent. Or maybe you are mistakenly referring to the Concise version? The OED (Not "Oxford" but I suppose you are also one of those who indolently and misleadingly drop "street" from the names of roads) tracks changes in the meanings of words through time from Middle English. Since you are apparently too lazy to look up what I am talking about here is the text from the OED site. "As the OED is a historical dictionary, its entry structure is very different from that of a dictionary of current English, in which only present-day senses are covered, and in which the most common meanings or senses are described first. For each word in the OED, the various groupings of senses are dealt with in chronological order according to the quotation evidence, i.e. the senses with the earliest quotations appear first, and the senses which have developed more recently appear further down the entry. In a complex entry with many strands, the development over time can be seen in a structure with several 'branches'." Pep (Is that better?) Your priggish attempts to own what is in essence an evolving language, one which has been affected deeply by Norse, Norman, and French influences, among others, are laughable. Someday, I hope your hatred for Americans subsides a bit. I'd also say that I hope that you outgrow your hypocritical tendencies, as well. However, that's a tall order, given the depth and breadth of your all-too-obvious affliction to that end. Really "pep"? Calling your interlocutors pedantic and grammar Nazis, while you personify those traits yourself? Are you at all capable of self-examination? Lastly, accusing people of being under the influence of something is the refuge of a person who knows they've been bested. Until your next passive-aggressive, pseudo-intellectual, nationalistic spate of jabbering, cheerio! _____________________ If we eat our soup in the rain, we'll never run out...
Kaimi Kyomoon Kah-EE-mee Join date: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 5,664	01-01-2009 00:35 From: Raynor Hammerer We could, of course, then nicely combine this with a discussion why "laser" in "laser beam" (as mentioned several pages back) is not at all an "adjectival acronym" (whatever THAT might be), but an acronym-turned-noun that just happens to be the first constituent of a two-part substantival compound. No ...? I'll go back to lurking, then. No no. I think this shows a great deal of promise. _____________________ Kaimi's Normal Wear From: 3Ring Binder i think people are afraid of me or something.
Maggie McArdle FIOS hates puppies Join date: 8 May 2006 Posts: 2,855	Happy New Year.. 01-01-2009 00:55 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydk8pU8BbNM _____________________ There's, uh, probably a lot of things you didn't know about lindens. Another, another interesting, uh, lindenism, uh, there are only three jobs available to a linden. The first is making shoes at night while, you know, while the old cobbler sleeps.You can bake cookies in a tree. But the third job, some call it, uh, "the show" or "the big dance," it's the profession that every linden aspires to.
Salacious Charisma Registered User Join date: 1 Jan 2009 Posts: 5	Happy New Year!!! 01-01-2009 05:18 The year is already starting off right .. IBTL
MzDyamond Beaumont Registered User Join date: 25 Sep 2008 Posts: 1	01-01-2009 05:58 ibtl
Raudf Fox (ra-ow-th) Join date: 25 Feb 2005 Posts: 5,119	01-01-2009 07:46 Happy new year and here's to hoping that LL's mods come off of vacation tomorrow! IBTL! _____________________ DiamonX Studios, the place of the Victorian Times series of gowns and dresses - Located at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Fushida/224/176 Want more attachment points for your avatar's wearing pleasure? Then please vote for https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-1065?

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