speedwell2
Joined: February 3, 2004 (email not validated)
Number of comments posted: 477
Number of votes received: 386
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Taking the Name, in vain or in earnest
Thought of one. I’m aware that there is an area of controve...
Recent Comments
on: Films
It's also correct in American English to spell it "orangutan...
on: Jigsaw evidence
Frankly, Olga, I'm not surprised that you're confused. The ...
on: Jigsaw evidence
That is extremely strange. The writer evidently meant to ...
on: State of the Art
From www.wordorigins.org : "This term arose in engineerin...
on: Conceptual Art
The Free Online Dictionary, at www.thefreedictionary.com, ha...
on: Zorbing? What’s that?
A speck more reasearch would have revealed the official Zorb...
on: fill in the blanks!
Debbie, this site describes all of the applicable laws and f...
on: Murphy’s Law
There's a list? Awesome. I bet it's in the book... I ne...
on: The Term “Foreigner”
What, is Texas not in America, now? "Public servant" may ...
on: One Love
Well, I originally intended to be ironic (that's what the sm...
on: BCC
This post has some good thoughts: http://www.painintheenglis...
on: Ya’ese
No, Jay. "Menopause" and "geripause" (I've never heard the ...
on: Why so few diacritics in English?
It's used to represent the sound that "sh" represents in Eng...
on: Why so few diacritics in English?
Joachim, could the ess-tzed be part of the explanation for w...
on: Newfoundland Expression
Oh, that's terrific! (thinks about going home and making som...
on: According to ME, you, him....
Oh, it's possible to have that construction in English--ther...
on: BCC
Oh, it's a secretary question. Yippee :) You would send "...
on: Bios
P.S. The proper Latin for "Speedwell" is "Veronica spp."...
on: Bios
I got the impression that the writer was trying to use it in...
on: Hairy
While I can easily understand the term as a reference to (se...
on: Ya’ese
My mom referred to menopause itself as "the change of life."...
on: One Love
It's anti-atheist hate propaganda. ;)...
on: Footnote references and punctuations
Circumflex macron? ^¯...
on: Newfoundland Expression
Incidentally, I always thought "pease pudding" was thick, co...
on: Bios
I'll save you! :D It's the Greek word for "life." You ca...
on: Newfoundland Expression
Found this mention online: "Jiggs was a comic strip chara...
on: “Tilting at Windmills”
Actually, goossun, I do agree. I think he was doing it to d...
on: Broad
It's the breadth of the woman as seen from behind. I'm sure...
on: Usage of “come”
"Fixin' to" is one of my favorite expressions. Billy Bard d...
on: “Tilting at Windmills”
Well, Satan is something akin to a deity, too, but I'm just ...
on: Afraid not
I suppose I could try answering your question. :) "I'm af...
on: Afraid not
I always understood "I'm afraid not" to mean something like,...
on: rubber meets the road?
Don't mean to help hijack the thread, but I always understoo...
on: See you laters???
Sully, I think you just gave me my new sig line! :) (Thanks...
on: Looking for a word
I think the word wanted is "schlemiel."...
on: Murphy’s Law
Oh, there WAS a Murphy! The version of the Law I gave below...
on: Irregardless?
It's just irregular, MM. One of those head-scratching idios...
on: Murphy’s Law
Murphy's Law is literally, "If anything can go wrong, it wil...
on: “Tilting at Windmills”
Some uses, via Google: "The United States can ill-afford...
on: “Tilting at Windmills”
It's from the book "Don Quixote" by Cervantes, summarized, r...
on: Water
Sue you? For what? How much money do you have? ;) To clar...
on: Color of People
Terry, in the US the phrase is reserved for the racially dis...
on: Hyphen, N-dash, M-dash
Um, "anonymous" was me, below there....
on: Water
Somewhat relevant.... Don't be surprised if you are in Te...
on: Water
I have an idea why some (clueless) Americans would object to...
on: tuitions in graffiti
Fun and relevant: http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-...
on: Double header
Yes! It's two baseball games in a row. The endurance of t...
on: tuitions in graffiti
Instead of "kevrob" might I suggest "goody two-shoes?"...
on: Gerund and Present Participle
Further discussion of the difference between gerund and part...
on: Something X Anything
Oh, there's nothing at all ungrammatical about your use of "...
on: Film titles
Dave, read this (though it is somewhat unlikely to make you ...
on: Usage of “come”
That is, "...you'll have them ready when the next [cooling] ...
on: Usage of “come”
Cole, I think this usage is related to the specific meaning ...
on: I don’t think...
"Excuse" has only one U, dear....
on: Commas and Quotation Marks
Yes, yes, I know there are exceptions. This might be one, b...
on: Use of Firstly, Secondly, Thirdly, etc.
"Language existed for many hundreds of years before people s...
on: V-cards
Cool. I did not know that. Well, OK, then the word must ...
on: I don’t think...
Newcomers should realize that this is a question about perso...
on: Why so few diacritics in English?
Clarissa, that works for me! Thanks!...
on: Plural of word “rum”
You use "hairs" in sentences like, "The fairy godmother told...
on: Commas and Quotation Marks
"Test.prg," "Test2.prg," and "Test3.prg." is correct sta...
on: Why so few diacritics in English?
Wow, Berger, terrific post. Tell your Welsh friend that i...
on: I don’t think...
(shrug) Whatever it is you're talking about (and frankly I'm...
on: See you laters???
Yeah, I've heard it... it is not standard. You would only u...
on: Why so few diacritics in English?
Preliminary research suggests that English does not use diac...
on: I don’t think...
Ladylucy, a question in the form "I don't think (something)"...
on: Why so few diacritics in English?
English doesn't use ANY diacritics. Any that you may see ar...
on: The Term “Foreigner”
Eduardo, I'm ashamed to admit that it probably sounds fast t...
on: The Term “Foreigner”
"Aliens." LOL I don't think anyone I know uses that word ...
on: The Term “Foreigner”
Eduardo, you might try "Portuguese as a Second Language," if...
on: Quotation Marks in Parenthetical Statement
Johanna, just so. Thanks. Houston is in Texas, and Texas i...
on: Is it sunday or sunduh?
Perenna, you really cannot do better than this: http://www.o...
on: Lux’ or Lux’s
Generally, yes, but here the confusion arose between the wri...
on: @ mark
The news that Japanese is a different languiage from English...
on: The Term “Foreigner”
Perenna, you're from Great Britain? (I don't think governme...
on: The Term “Foreigner”
OK, here's another thought. I sense you may be looking for ...
on: The Term “Foreigner”
Stuart, please go out of your way to avoid using the word. ...
on: Different than
Mike wrote: "X differs from Y" "X is different than Y" ...
on: Right Question For this Answer (about count/rank/order)
Forgive me for being didactic about a word that does not eve...
on: Resume, resumé, or résumé?
Since English does not use accent marks, I do not use accent...
on: Go + noun? Idiom or bad grammar?
Heh. I couldn't see anything wrong with it, so I thought I'...
on: Different than
Bad edit, sorry... the example sentence above should read "....
on: Different than
Personally, I hate "different than" and go out of my way to ...
on: Fifty G’s if you get this one
Nate, that's cool. I've never heard it. A Google search on...
on: Screw The Pooch
Yeah, Jimmy, that's what I was avoiding... :)...
on: Two Weeks Notice
No, Jappy, Merge is only partially correct, because their so...
on: Fifty G’s if you get this one
Second question first. Did you know that the term "buck" ...
on: Realize or realise?
Well, now, that's true. I've never been to England, though....
on: Realize or realise?
What an interesting observation. I've always thought that t...
on: F word
Elizabeth, that's a lovely and sane sentiment, but you're ne...
on: V-cards
I think you're right and the word must have been "raise." A ...
on: Couldn’t Care Less
Actually double negatives have nothing at all to do with it....
on: @ mark
Oh, well, if you want to take MICROSOFT'S word for everythin...
on: silent autumn
It's "ha'penny." And lots of people I know from the Illinois...
on: couple vs couple of
Dominic, your instincts are correct. "A couple of X" is sim...
on: silent autumn
Wow, look what I just found. Not only did the word lose a f...
on: silent autumn
Working on it. In the meantime enjoy this representative li...
on: @ mark
What I'm about to say is just philosophical play, not offici...
on: begin from page 10
"Let's begin with page 10"? Let's begin doing what with p...
December 30, 2004, 11:34am • 0 vote
on: S
Goossun, Qov's list is correct for standard American and Bri...