MeFi comment:
"When I was in grade school, we called things "corroded." As in, she is so corroded, that is so corroded.
I like that. Let's start spreading it. Who are we going to offend, Iron Man?
Also, languagehat, gotta say I disagre with you..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by batmonkey
Yesterday
MeTa comment:
"Shouldn't we save that for languagehat's birthday?
Seriously. I don't even think Matt likes flameouts." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by roll truck roll
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"I'm sorry, but you couldn't be more wrong. Your use of etymogically as some libelous talking head might use allegedly or technically, or as a yellow tabloid might use scare quotes, is a cheap rhetorical trick. And you are directly encouraging the..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by flatluigi, rokusan, clarahamster
Yesterday
MeFi post:
The women of Bamian.
favorited 14 times, recently by sculpin, nola, Kattullus, Wilder, jokeefe, zarah, BrotherCaine, thebestsophist, infini, hallowdmachine, zippy, mandal, Jaltcoh, Rafaelloello
2 days ago
MeTa comment:
"WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY WINNING?
They are winning what Mrs. Wilbur M. Hubbard of Chestertown, Maryland, won when in 1928 the Women's National Democratic Club offered a prize for the best slogan for the Democrats in that year's elections; for her..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by roombythelake, chihiro, oneirodynia, misha, epersonae
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I had the pleasure of working for Phil for about two years
So you can tell me with authority: how do you pronounce Pirages? Like the word peerages? Pi-RAY-jez? This languagehat must know!
As for "I don't get it": who cares? You..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Mephisto, aramaic
2 days ago
Ask comment:
"The "public executions by hanging" derivation is ridiculous. People, read the OED entry quoted above: it originally meant "to become familiar with the proper wielding or use of a tool." If your or someone else's bright idea..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by gubo, enn, MythMaker, Stylus Happenstance, grouse, sweetkid
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Where is languagehat when we need him? Etymology =/= meaning! The fact that the use off the word "gay" to mean "lame" originates in it's reference to homosexual men does not mean that current usage necessarily has any connection..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by fatehunter
2 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Could we have a moratorium on the incessant "FTW"?
Tsk, nobody's bothered to answer the question, so I will:
No." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Heretic, theora55
3 days ago
MeTa comment:
"I think the only fair thing to do at this point is call a FTW thunderdome.
Fine with me, chucklehead. I'm The Man With The Blood On His Hands, and I was weaned on chicken milk and cocaine...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by misha
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Not everyone is happy with Marshall.
Wow, that guy sounds completely insane. He not only spews hatred of Josh Marshall and virtually every other liberal commentator (while not expressing any actual disagreement with them), he says this about..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JHarris
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"remember, if you think Updike sucks, you hate America
Nah, Updike's pretty much sucked for a while now. Too bad, he used to be a good writer. But it's hard to avoid late-career suckage; Hemingway is the classic example. Just one more reason..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ifjuly
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Two of the best translators working now are Peavar and Volkhonsky
Excuse me, but what are you basing that on, their blurbs? Do you read Russian, and have you compared their versions to the originals? Here's a verdict by someone who does and..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by dyoneo, kittyprecious
4 days ago
Ask comment:
"I second what nasreddin said about Davies, though his own choices are a little... specialized. (Nikolai Fedorov?! How would you even read him? The only English translation is "Currently unavailable. We don't know when or if this title will be in..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by GalaxieFiveHundred
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Before going to look at the link, I'm going to predict it's about the Westernized youth of well-off North Tehran, who wear designer clothes under their chadors and party down to American music at home, where they're safe from the morality squads...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Phalene
6 days ago
MeTa comment:
"In the same spirit, anyone who cites a low usernumber as some kind of authority, or chides someone with a high usernumber for speaking out of turn, should be removed from the site.
If you were a 14K'er, you'd know better than to make a suggestion..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lukemeister
6 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Nice site, if a little too summary to be really useful. For those who want to know more, I don't know the Crystal book that's been recommended, but he's a good and sensible scholar, so I'm sure it's worth reading. Myself, I use Barbara Strang's A..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by nasreddin, jedicus
6 days ago
MeFi comment:
"When Americans remembered "the Fifties," they thought of Joe McCarthy witch hunts, of an "age of anxiety," of the "shook-up generation" diving under their desks during A-Bomb drills, of the Man in the Gray Flannel Suit..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Phalene
7 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Look, my post might have been inflammatory, but that's not the issue at hand.
Yes it is. Next time, don't be so fucking inflammatory. Better yet, when you show up in AskMe, answer the question...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Solon and Thanks, GuyZero, Blazecock Pileon
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Yeti!
Apparently he's very big in Greece; a lot of comments there are like petrucci2005's fervent "come to greece god peter." This comment is interesting as being Cyrillicized Greek/English:
опапапапапапа!!!!!
петя соу..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by topynate
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I guess lexicographers probably aren't that interested in that (quite the opposite, maybe) but surely linguists would be.
That's exactly right. Lexicographers are interested (professionally, that is) in words they can put in dictionaries. They..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger
10 days ago
MeTa comment:
"You know, I just checked the OED and found there's a separate entry for ladies:
Usually preceded by the. A public toilet or washroom for women. Cf. MEN'S n.
1918 ‘K. MANSFIELD’ Jrnl. 140 Also, when she goes to the ‘Ladies’, for some..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by misha, Kattullus
10 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Hey, at least you were in double-A. I wound up on the single-A Wasilla Goatse. You should have seen their mascot." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by pineapple
10 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Tell the "truth".
I like the way this guy thinks. Can we offer him a trial membership in the Illuminati? If it doesn't work out we'll just wipe his memory and dump him Kazakhstan like we did the others...." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by orrnyereg, Nattie, koeselitz, Mayor Curley
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"The article is a good summary of the situation, and the end is excellent:John McCain says that partly because of his persistent support of the surge, we are now winning the Iraq war. He defines victory as an Iraq that is a democratic ally. Yet he..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by jlbartosa, Marisa Stole the Precious Thing
11 days ago
MeTa comment:
"you were in fact kind of a dick about it in there and you've been a dick in here too.
Yeah, I don't understand why klang, an intelligent and thoughtful guy, is unwilling or unable to curb his automatic dickishness. And jessamyn, I don't really..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by tyrantkitty, mediareport, terrapin, bettafish, ignignokt
11 days ago
MeTa comment:
"I have never had a job where artistic nudity was not safe (with a caveat I'll explain in a moment), and I kind of feel that folks arguing that any nudity at all is NSFW are being silly
This is not about your employment history, klang. You know..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by johnstein, ignignokt, Snyder
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Her nam Byrhtric cing Offan dohtor Eadburge
I've spent way too much time on the internet. The first thing I thought of when I saw this:
if I looking for frog
her nam Byrhtric green frog
I lost my frog
Love, Eadburg
P.S. I'll find..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by litlnemo
11 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Boy, for someone who's quick to admonish on dickery, you sure don't seem to abstain.
Fair enough, but hey, it takes one to know one!" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Meatbomb
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Be sure to check out the table of contents, which includes such New Depression essentials as:
...
Non-monogamous Relationships
What the fuck do "Non-monogamous Relationships" have to do with anything?
Also, I'd like to thank Mutant..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by dejah420
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm going to suggest that the only people who are eligible are Metafilter members with an "N" in their username.
I approve of this, but not the $425,000 per "N" add-on, which strikes me as inflationary...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Popular Ethics
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"You know what really pisses me off? The Mets. WTF.
Damn right.
Something else you're not going to see? People walking around wearing barrels instead of clothing.
I'm wearing a barrel right now. Because of the fucking Mets...." [
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favorited 15 times, recently by tizzie, ChuqD, Reto, Kattullus, Jofus, dejah420, drezdn, retronic, delmoi, uncleozzy, Mister_A, Burritos Inc., Divine_Wino, neroli, Your Time Machine Sucks
11 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Well, when I read the story, it made me angry and sad, because I hated that the writer had used a group of people about whom I feel very strongly--hospice patients--to puff himself up.
So the only acceptable way to tell this story would be for the..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by bookish, misha, nickyskye, scody, jonmc, Stewriffic, panboi
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"To quote Kenneth Koch's "Fresh Air":
Summer in the trees! "It is time to strangle several bad poets."" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by greasepig
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Excellent James Fallows analysis of the debate. Conclusion:For years and years, Democrats have wondered how their candidates could "win" the debates on logical points -- that is, tactics -- but lose the larger struggle because these seemed..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lodurr
13 days ago
MeFi comment:
"An excellent read, thanks for posting it. And the fear and loathing inspired by even this mild glimpse into the reality of slavery is visible in the comments:
I would say your interpretation to be as inaccurate as you claim of Edgerton.
You..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by skoosh, aeschenkarnos
13 days ago
MeTa comment:
"More to the point, al, you've cited one question. This isn't a widespread problem.
Bullshit. This is a widespread problem, and it's infuriating enough it causes me to post cranky answers that get deleted. Read the fucking question, people,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by MLIS
13 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I despise this competition to be more pro-Georgian and anti-Russian, but it's not going to effect the outcome, so what the hell." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Kadin2048, dhartung
2 weeks ago
