Word(s).

Messy · Post by **Messy** » 18-06-2006 23:33

Maybe all these long, time-consuming words we use now will once be considered extremely archaic and inefficient

Isil · Post by **Isil** » 19-06-2006 08:03

Messy wrote: Also, Isil, you fucking spammer! My link to wikipedia made that one oblivious and I was drunk goddammit! (sorry).

$\o/$ Me too! I decided to get completely smashed after I saw the devastating my new wireless internet has on my internet connection.

Messy · Post by **Messy** » 19-06-2006 12:30

You get completely smashed for no reason anyway.

I thought my internet was down, but it turns out Google is down!
Google? Down?! Yes!

BunnyS · Post by **BunnyS** » 19-06-2006 12:47

Yeah it was just a thought

Not everything can be directly related to the surroundings but in some cases it does make sense !

Messy · Post by **Messy** » 19-06-2006 13:13

'Seems to make sense', yes ;p

It's not like we can ever actually know

Until recently, the 'science' of etymology was all about guessing as well

BunnyS · Post by **BunnyS** » 19-06-2006 13:21

Alot of things can be assumed to be right but yeah it's all guess work at the end of the day

This thought came from a voice coach I had once, who was trying to help us achieve the South American accent ^^

Their introduction to accents was basically about things that have already been mentioned, cultural aspects, surroundings and so on. It can be applied to most accents just not all

snackbar · Post by **snackbar** » 20-06-2006 21:21

Merriam-Webster's word of the day, (I get them in my emal

):

palaver • \puh-LAV-er\ • noun
1 a : a long parley usually between persons of different cultures or levels of sophistication b : conference, discussion
2 *a : idle talk b : misleading or beguiling speech

Example sentence:
"Ask folks involved why they opted to make [the movie], and you're not going to get a lot of palaver about high art and noble intentions." (Joshua Rich, Entertainment Weekly, May 19, 2006)

Messy · Post by **Messy** » 20-06-2006 21:32

Hmm..I should subscribe to that

interesting!

Also, I got an Etymological Dictionary today \o.
It's in Dutch, but I plan on getting an English one as well eventually

It's a present for my graduation

so I still have money left for more trivial things (like beer and other such 'important' students' expenditure).

snackbar · Post by **snackbar** » 20-06-2006 21:47

of course

heh.

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/mwwod.pl

There are a lot of spelling games and such too.

Messy · Post by **Messy** » 21-06-2006 11:39

Kinetic was a bit of a letdown this morning

wasn't it?

BunnyS · Post by **BunnyS** » 21-06-2006 12:46

For all of you who have a personalised Google page, there is a word of the day extra :

Toady's is "languor: lack of energy or vitality."

Very fitting word for me today ^^

Messy · Post by **Messy** » 21-06-2006 12:59

Try Tai Chi \o.

(I'm taking my first trial-lesson tomorrow

)

Post by **DavidM** » 21-06-2006 13:58

a perfect thread for messy to practice his number 1 hobby: being a smart ass
play more db!

BunnyS · Post by **BunnyS** » 21-06-2006 14:03

*ahem* pot calling the kettle black I think ^^

snackbar · Post by **snackbar** » 21-06-2006 16:33

Messy wrote: Kinetic was a bit of a letdown this morning wasn't it?

yeah