Comments on: A Word I Don’t Like http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/02/a-word-i-dont-like/ Scattered values and the chance of philosophy. May contain funny. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:48:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Spinsterella http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/02/a-word-i-dont-like/#comment-487 Tue, 07 Feb 2006 03:02:00 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/02/a-word-i-dont-like/#comment-487 The people I used to work with all thought that "infact" was all one word. I had to get the dictionary out to prove to them it wasn't. Idiots. The people I used to work with all thought that “infact” was all one word.

I had to get the dictionary out to prove to them it wasn’t.

Idiots.

]]> by: tristan http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/02/a-word-i-dont-like/#comment-486 Mon, 06 Feb 2006 01:17:00 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/02/a-word-i-dont-like/#comment-486 an academic i used to know was very fond of using "however" and "nevertheless" and "notwithstanding" symptoms of obsessive-compulsive verbosity perhaps an academic i used to know was very fond of using “however” and “nevertheless” and “notwithstanding”

symptoms of obsessive-compulsive verbosity perhaps

]]> by: ScroobiousScrivener http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/02/a-word-i-dont-like/#comment-485 Sun, 05 Feb 2006 22:45:00 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/02/a-word-i-dont-like/#comment-485 Had me working hard with that "albeit mach three", there. For sheer euphony, I love purple. But you have to say it without the u. Sort of purr it. Prpl trtl. Mmmmm. Anyway, now you've got me softly going "pnk... pnk." Had me working hard with that “albeit mach three”, there.

For sheer euphony, I love purple. But you have to say it without the u. Sort of purr it. Prpl trtl. Mmmmm. Anyway, now you’ve got me softly going “pnk… pnk.”

]]> by: Zen Unbound http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/02/a-word-i-dont-like/#comment-484 Sat, 04 Feb 2006 23:44:00 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/02/a-word-i-dont-like/#comment-484 Manual Trackback. This post is cited in Blogmandu, <a HREF="http://zenunbound.com/2006/02/roundup-for-jan-29-feb-4-2006.html" rel="nofollow">Roundup for Jan 29 - Feb 4</A>. Manual Trackback. This post is cited in Blogmandu, Roundup for Jan 29 - Feb 4.

]]> by: meesteryan http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/02/a-word-i-dont-like/#comment-483 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 20:35:00 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/02/a-word-i-dont-like/#comment-483 me, i don't like 'therapeutic'... i'm not even sure i can spell it. it's always used by people who want to sound 'chilled' (which is nearly as bad, in this context) and a lot more hippy than their capitalist pig real self. me, i don’t like ‘therapeutic’… i’m not even sure i can spell it. it’s always used by people who want to sound ‘chilled’ (which is nearly as bad, in this context) and a lot more hippy than their capitalist pig real self.

]]> by: Zen Unbound http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/02/a-word-i-dont-like/#comment-482 Thu, 02 Feb 2006 22:28:00 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/02/a-word-i-dont-like/#comment-482 Me, I'm a lover of <I>spatula</I> and a hater of <I>dollop</I>. I could turn over pancakes for days if I didn't have to put a dollop of batter on the grill first. <I>Spatula</I> it is so sweet to say. SPATULA. I just met a kitchen tool named SPATULA. And suddenly I've found how wonderful a sound can be!! Say it loud, and the eggs are frying! Say it soft, and it's almost like chewing. SPATULA. I'll never stop saying SPAT-U-LA! Me, I’m a lover of spatula and a hater of dollop.

I could turn over pancakes for days if I didn’t have to put a dollop of batter on the grill first.

Spatula it is so sweet to say.

SPATULA. I just met a kitchen tool named SPATULA. And suddenly I’ve found how wonderful a sound can be!! Say it loud, and the eggs are frying! Say it soft, and it’s almost like chewing. SPATULA. I’ll never stop saying SPAT-U-LA!

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