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11-10-2007, 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Mermaid on the breakwater
hahaha. Fuck, baron, you've got me going with that one.
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11-10-2007, 10:40 PM
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Cut it out possums or I’ll start pelting you with gladioli's.
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Originally Posted by BOURBON
unfortunately, Oxikins, a grown up sense of humour is wasted in this kindergarten...
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11-11-2007, 12:11 AM
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Wordsmith
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Originally Posted by The Backward OX
Cut it out possums or I’ll start pelting you with gladioli's.
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11-11-2007, 12:39 AM
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I think I might hate being a professional editor.
You know, and I know, that the singular is “gladiolus” and that the plural is “gladioli.” But I also know that many peeps use the plural for the singular, and so, considering that my words here might just reach a wider audience, decided to go with the more plebeian approach. My problem was then compounded by writing “gladiolis” – that didn’t look right.
Final solution – for which I have been picked up previously – apostrophise the damn thing and hope for the best.
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Originally Posted by BOURBON
unfortunately, Oxikins, a grown up sense of humour is wasted in this kindergarten...
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11-11-2007, 07:52 AM
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Or just use the proper word and hope for the best.
I didn't know it was gladioli until just now but I'd sure rather that you use that if you know it rather than write it improperly and hope for the best.
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11-11-2007, 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by alanmt
you have only to wish it, and I will make it so.
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Alan, I would love to see you in one of those big 'ol wigs, but you have to still wear your cowboy outfit. Your avatar is of course you isn't it? I see you as the rebel lawyer cowboy.
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11-11-2007, 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Foxee
Or just use the proper word and hope for the best.
I didn't know it was gladioli until just now but I'd sure rather that you use that if you know it rather than write it improperly and hope for the best.
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Point taken. You're correct.
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Originally Posted by BOURBON
unfortunately, Oxikins, a grown up sense of humour is wasted in this kindergarten...
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11-11-2007, 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Nicco
Would you object if I required the wedding party to dress as 18th century French courtiers?
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Rococo rocks. Is she being led to the guillotine?
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11-11-2007, 11:24 AM
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No, she's just out for a walk with her boyfriend and pet slave I think. I'm pretty sure all people destined for the guillotine were brought there in some kind of wagon.
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11-11-2007, 01:41 PM
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I'm not a cowboy, but I do live in cattle country.
Although I have branded cattle, cut off their parts, driven them from pasture to pasture on horseback, and had a pet cow once, and then ate her after she was butchered. I have cowboy boots and western gear, including a wide leather belt with my name on it and a huge silver buckle, but mainly wear them on occasion to the gay bar, not the rodeo.  I have irrigated, fenced, and shot coyotes. I use the word "howdy" a lot. I entered my chickens in the state fair as exhibits as a kid.
Is that close enough, joanna?
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Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum europe vincendarum
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11-11-2007, 02:54 PM
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Yep, now put that wig on and let's have a look at you
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11-11-2007, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Baron
The thought of Dame Edna Ox is quite frightening really, isn't it?
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It's certainly different. hahaha. |
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11-11-2007, 05:43 PM
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I'm new here so I probably shouldn't butt in, but was "voodoo" the kid from Nashville?
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...and still, two years later, he continues to write aimlessly with no apparent purpose in mind.
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11-11-2007, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by adrianhayter
I'm new here so I probably shouldn't butt in, but was "voodoo" the kid from Nashville?
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Yes. |
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11-11-2007, 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by adrianhayter
I'm new here so I probably shouldn't butt in, but was "voodoo" the kid from Nashville?
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What a shame. There's a general tendency to put down young writers as naive. I hear it all the time - 'how can you write anything substantial, you've never even lived.' That boy impressed me. I was hoping to learn something from him.
Adrian
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...and still, two years later, he continues to write aimlessly with no apparent purpose in mind.
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