speedwell2
Joined: February 3, 2004 (email not validated)
Number of comments posted: 477
Number of votes received: 385
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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: Email
Actually, there's a perfectly sound and consistent reason wh...
on: No Woman No Cry
Elena: It's spelled "pidgin." And a "hackney" is a taxicab....
on: Email
Mike O's observation is the same as mine. I work at a large...
on: Who’s this Joe?
Here's a fun list, while the link lasts, of verious equivale...
on: The
So, passing by, I suppose that in thirty years of piano stud...
on: Exclusive plural
Oh, do you really think so?...
on: My dad is work at home.
Dave, the one and only way that that could be a correct Engl...
on: Resume, resumé, or résumé?
WE don't. American speakers--I mean U.S. speakers (OK, OK, C...
on: Punctuation Inside ( ) While Ending a Sentence
I like Dave's suggestion....
on: Example
Could this be a clue? Found this partial definition: "cha...
on: P & K
Cool. Thanks, Wrighton :)...
on: My dad is work at home.
OK, Pierre, to make it perfectly clear... We're consideri...
on: Swinging a Cat
Oh, yes. Apparently the "cat" in question is not a love...
on: I’ve got a punctuation Jones
Speaking practically, the best thing you can do is what the ...
on: “Me neither.” or “Me either”
I mean "pronunciation," natch... still have not had my coffe...
on: “Me neither.” or “Me either”
Glenn: "Everyone" is not debating punctuation. I was simpl...
on: Wiener Coffee
Your name is Daisuke? Ooohh. <<very confused Texan internal...
on: Wiener Coffee
Dyske, I think Japanese is unusual in that respect. Wheneve...
on: “Me neither.” or “Me either”
Damn! I am so provincial. Of COURSE many of the United State...
on: “Me neither.” or “Me either”
Michelle, A quick check on the Merriam-Webster Online dic...
on: Y2K
Anonymous, you had better be glad you hid your name. Take i...
on: Resume, resumé, or résumé?
OK, take and spank me with a saguaro.... In the last post I ...
on: Resume, resumé, or résumé?
Ivy, there is a difference of opinion on whether and how wor...
on: Resume, resumé, or résumé?
Yeah. To get the plural, just add an S to your favorite of ...
on: Lacking Smell
Goossun, the word I see most often to refer to "no-smell" ga...
on: Resume, resumé, or résumé?
I typed badly but I'm not in a mood to care about it right n...
on: Resume, resumé, or résumé?
Jun-Dai is strictly correct, but I should add that in most o...
on: Exclusive plural
Not to be pedantic, Jun Dai--although that IS exactly what I...
on: The
It may be useful to compare the common practice in certain R...
on: Octo
And what exactly did you suppose was meant by "the format of...
on: Exclusive plural
bigtop, try recasting the sentence so that it is in standard...
on: ...t you
Incidentally, when used in "got it" as in "I understand" ("O...
on: F word
"Motherfucker," general-purpose noun for something you're in...
on: Punctuation
Jared, this is a style thing. I was originally taught that ...
on: Acronyms That Are Plural
As far as I know, the previously posted rule is true of all ...
on: No Woman No Cry
What you need, sumi, is an explanation by a native Jamaican ...
on: Acronyms That Are Plural
For acronyms, the rule is to use s without the apostrophe fo...
on: He is lost, unlike me, who knows exactly where I’m going.
Hmm. Well, I am a drastic surgeon where I think it preserve...
on: He is lost, unlike me, who knows exactly where I’m going.
I said, "...with a proper noun subject (He) and verb predica...
on: He is lost, unlike me, who knows exactly where I’m going.
Lisa, thanks for the kudos. Appreciate it. I'd like to a...
on: P & K
Goossun, I could not answer the question about silent P any ...
on: Where are the commas?
I'm still brushing ashes out of my hair after the last time ...
on: He is lost, unlike me, who knows exactly where I’m going.
Try this on: "He is lost, but I know exactly where I'm go...
on: A Jew and Jews
I think in my family we'd make up something like "Jewish-y" ...
on: 00′s
Dammit :) You can always tell it's me typing when I switch t...
on: 00′s
Becuase we were too busy answering the question to engage in...
on: Chink
R Helms, I'm going to wild guess that you are in your late f...
on: Am I L-deaf?
My dad pronounces it very slightly (his first language is no...
on: Para
Yeah. Found this... http://www.eu25.org/html/events/athi...
on: Para
Sweetie, you're reading postmodernists again, aren't you. (s...
on: Discrepancy
Could use a preview mode on this thing.... "...intervenin...
on: Discrepancy
Or, alternatively (continuing with what Rich has posted), "t...
on: “me too”
In the cases above cited, I would say, "I do, too." Of co...
on: Two Weeks Notice
Oh, and Joachim is perfectly correct. This is a spelling ru...
on: Two Weeks Notice
Fernando, my hourly rate for freelance work is fifty dollars...
on: Where are the commas?
The point about the conjunction is a good one. I should have...
on: Chink
Older people = more literate people with wider vocabularies....
on: Where are the commas?
My opinion on this amounts to an unreasonable and dogmatic b...
on: Pronouns
Goossun... Yes, that's possible. I tend to lean more toward...
on: ta-ta & ho-ho
I'll see if I can rent a copy this weekend. Now I've just G...
on: Smileys and other emoticons within parentheses
That's a great question. If I know for certain that the p...
on: ta-ta & ho-ho
*absolutely stumped*...
on: Multi-disciplinary
AC, I always thought "bastardized" was identical in meaning ...
on: Pronouns
Alec, that rule you mentioned was considered correct up unti...
on: Either Is or Am
"Firm's" is correct. Look on the home page, Susie, for ...
on: Multi-disciplinary
It means that the artist deserves to be disciplined at least...
on: Either Is or Am
I thought of recasting the statement with "neither:" "Nei...
on: ir
Oh, AC, that's passe... the "one word" necesary has now been...
on: ‘A while’ vs. ‘awhile’
According to my spot research, I notice that yes, both are p...
on: Colon and Semi Colon
Sam, you are oversimplifying....
on: Oral vs. Aural
Karen, I'm from Texas. But you just excellently described w...
on: Is “much” plural?
Yes, that's right. "Much" takes the singular verb. Compare...
on: Pronouns
While I'm off the subject... It's apparently NOT inapprop...
on: Pronouns
Dyske said: "I wish that the government would step in and of...
on: Pronouns
It probably goes without saying that if an individual's sex ...
on: Pronouns
I haven't ever had a problem avoiding the use of "he" and "s...
on: Isn’t it odd?
"There must be a measure." There is; the measure is wheth...
on: Isn’t it odd?
Oh, God, Derrida. That man is completely incomprehensible i...
on: Be-martyred
Boy, I am doing badly on this, aren't I. "Beheaded" is an...
on: ir
mpt, you must tell us what you think the correct English wor...
on: Will-Call
To the best of my knowledge and belief, the phrase comes fro...
on: Oral vs. Aural
I somewhat self-consciously pronounce "oral" with a sound th...
on: Be-martyred
I'm not making myself clear. What I mean is that in modern ...
on: Be-martyred
Yes, that's right... "benighted," "besieged," "bewitched," a...
on: Be-martyred
Goossun, "martyred" is sufficient in this case. The use o...
on: G-string
From http://www.takeourword.com/TOW131/page2.html we have th...
on: ir
It's not strictly "correct," but I LOVE IT. KEEP IT. OR I ...
on: Isn’t it odd?
goossun: You made the word according to known English rul...
on: English schools
yes, I am a monolingual idiot and it's surprising I ever lea...
on: Gerontophile?
It's not found in most dictionaries, but based on the known ...
on: 10 Head of Cattle
Actually it has everything to do with synecdoche--it's one o...
on: What does this mean?: “IF only she were mine”
Nope, goossun... you explained it better than most native En...
on: English schools
Wow, this IS interesting. I found this site: http://www....
on: 10 Head of Cattle
It's called a "synecdoche," which rhymes (sort of) with "Sch...
on: English schools
This is not easy! http://www.berlitz.us/default.htm?lcid...
on: English schools
An English school in NYC, and I'm in Texas, a thousand miles...
on: Following the Joe
"ward" should, of course, be "word" in the previous post. ...
on: Following the Joe
Oh, this is a good one. :) "Jack" is a diminutive of the ...
on: Identical
Joe, you're goddamn brilliant. "Your problem is one of synt...
August 2, 2004, 1:03pm • 0 vote
on: Email
Anonymous: 1) I'm certainly not suggesting that the word ...