The Mozzling Thread - Page 4

Taylor514ce · 05-28-2008, 02:24 PM

Full Noodle Frontity.

zelda_pinwheel · 05-28-2008, 02:25 PM

exactly.

slayda · 05-28-2008, 03:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

there is no possible justification for men wearing strings. ever. under no circumstances. i hope y'all are listening, collectively.

Yeah, let's just all take them off.

Much more comfortable that way.

Donnageddon · 05-28-2008, 07:14 PM

I was going to comment on the likely hood of strings being swallowed up by black holes, but I won't.

I do not understand the underlying physics well enough.

But it might involve the influence of Uranus.

montsnmags · 05-28-2008, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

...
I suffer from mild/moderate aphasia (the inability to vocalize a word, in my case, even though I can think the word). I once famously (in my circle of friends) asked someone to hand me "the, the, the... you know, those... the Meat Tweezers".

I am reminded instantly of the time on The Simpsons when Homer was listening in his sleep to what was meant to be a subliminal weight-reducing tape, but instead was a vocabulary-improver. In the end, after he'd given it up (and after we got to watch Homer use all sorts of delightfully tasty words), there's a final scene...

Homer: Marge, where's that... metal deely... you use to... dig... food...
Marge: You mean, a spoon?
Homer: Yeah, yeah!

I don't quote this to make light (well, okay, maybe a little), T. I say it because its instant recollection is because I am known (mostly to the Loved One, to whom I can't prepare and fake otherwise) for being unable to get the words out. For me it's "the...thing...with the thing...you know...for turning...barbecue...".

Cheers,
Marc

zelda_pinwheel · 05-28-2008, 08:12 PM

you'd never know it, to read your posts...

(i'm far more eloquent in writing than in person too...)

Taylor514ce · 05-28-2008, 08:49 PM

We'd have a fun picnic indeed, complete with food shovels, meat tweezers and the thing for turning barbecue.

montsnmags · 05-28-2008, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

We'd have a fun picnic indeed, complete with food shovels, meat tweezers and the thing for turning barbecue.

Maybe we should all make sure we bring our Moleskines and just communicate Mini Me style.

Cheers,
Marc

zelda_pinwheel · 05-28-2008, 09:37 PM

then again, it would be the perfect occasion to exhaust the list of synonyms for "thingummy", "trucmuche" and "dingsbums"....

montsnmags · 05-28-2008, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

then again, it would be the perfect occasion to exhaust the list of synonyms for "thingummy", "trucmuche" and "dingsbums"....

Ooo, meta-segue...nice!

Cheers,
Marc

slayda · 05-29-2008, 09:39 AM

I would like to express my heart-felt

thanks to this thread for the word "chronophageous". Where I work, we often have chronophageous meetings to discuss our hemi-dollarthongeous projects, most of which are quite costly.

zelda_pinwheel · 05-29-2008, 10:06 AM

i'm thrilled you like it.

i find it a very useful word as well.

akiburis · 05-29-2008, 10:16 AM

Another pedantic wet blanket (I'm sorry, I can't help myself, and I've tried): the English equivalent of chronophage, correctly formed, would be "chronophagous," not "chronophageous." Which is probably why there is not an English equivalent of chronophage.

zelda_pinwheel · 05-29-2008, 10:18 AM

but if there is no e after the g, it would be pronounced as a hard g (as in "green"), not as a soft g (as in "gentle"). this is why i added the e, the same as why there is an e but no u in french (hard g would be spelled chronophague).

what is the rule that you are basing your spelling on ?

(oh and no need to apologise for pedantry here... you're among friends...)

slayda · 05-29-2008, 10:22 AM

Are there any spelling rules in English? If so then how could the words; to, too, and two (or if you prefer so, sow, and sew) all be pronounced the same.

05-28-2008, 07:14 PM	#49
Donnageddon Now you lishen here... Posts: 2,494 Karma: 479498 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Seattle-ish Device: Sony PRS-650. Kobo Touch, Kindle Fire	I was going to comment on the likely hood of strings being swallowed up by black holes, but I won't. I do not understand the underlying physics well enough. But it might involve the influence of Uranus. Last edited by Donnageddon; 05-28-2008 at 07:14 PM. Reason: I am an idiot

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05-28-2008, 02:24 PM	#46
Taylor514ce Actively passive. Posts: 2,042 Karma: 478376 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-505/LC	Full Noodle Frontity.

05-28-2008, 02:25 PM	#47
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	exactly.

05-28-2008, 08:12 PM	#51
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	you'd never know it, to read your posts... (i'm far more eloquent in writing than in person too...)

05-28-2008, 08:49 PM	#52
Taylor514ce Actively passive. Posts: 2,042 Karma: 478376 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-505/LC	We'd have a fun picnic indeed, complete with food shovels, meat tweezers and the thing for turning barbecue.

05-28-2008, 09:37 PM	#54
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	then again, it would be the perfect occasion to exhaust the list of synonyms for "thingummy", "trucmuche" and "dingsbums"....

05-29-2008, 09:39 AM	#56
slayda Retired & reading more! Posts: 2,764 Karma: 1884247 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Alabama, USA Device: Kindle 1, iPad Air 2, iPhone 6S+, Kobo Aura One	I would like to express my heart-felt thanks to this thread for the word "chronophageous". Where I work, we often have chronophageous meetings to discuss our hemi-dollarthongeous projects, most of which are quite costly.

05-29-2008, 10:06 AM	#57
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	i'm thrilled you like it. i find it a very useful word as well.

05-29-2008, 10:16 AM	#58
akiburis Connoisseur Posts: 66 Karma: 614 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York Device: Sony PRS-505, iLiad Book Edition	Another pedantic wet blanket (I'm sorry, I can't help myself, and I've tried): the English equivalent of chronophage, correctly formed, would be "chronophagous," not "chronophageous." Which is probably why there is not an English equivalent of chronophage.

05-29-2008, 10:18 AM	#59
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	but if there is no e after the g, it would be pronounced as a hard g (as in "green"), not as a soft g (as in "gentle"). this is why i added the e, the same as why there is an e but no u in french (hard g would be spelled chronophague). what is the rule that you are basing your spelling on ? (oh and no need to apologise for pedantry here... you're among friends...)

05-29-2008, 10:22 AM	#60
slayda Retired & reading more! Posts: 2,764 Karma: 1884247 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Alabama, USA Device: Kindle 1, iPad Air 2, iPhone 6S+, Kobo Aura One	Are there any spelling rules in English? If so then how could the words; to, too, and two (or if you prefer so, sow, and sew) all be pronounced the same.