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well that was pretty f'in pointless even for Flash Forward -- nm - giganto Nov 20, 12:05
spoiler - the nubbyphone Nov 20, 12:01 1
- spoiler - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 12:04
I'm not used to ST revelling (OOPS Big word!) in ignorance. This is usually one of the more erudite (I did it again!) places on the web. -- nm - TWuG Nov 20, 12:01 8
- *open google translate* - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 12:08
- I find your suppositions enthralling, and wish to subscribe to your promulgations. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 20, 12:05
- if you're going to keep bringing it up, i'd note that if "revelling" and "erudite" are both $20 words, "matrilinearly" is worth about $2,500. -- nm - TFox Nov 20, 12:04 3
  - Only to people that only use 25 cent words. Some of us have graduated on to higher denominations. - TWuG Nov 20, 12:06
  - I'd say erudite is a lot more obscure. -- nm - Reagen Nov 20, 12:06
  - I concur with this summation. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 12:05
- talk stupider! -- nm - giganto Nov 20, 12:03 1
  - The noblest spirit embiggens us all. -- nm - TWuG Nov 20, 12:04
An awesome new feature at LT: "Get this Book" lists on-line sources, local (chain and not) bookstore availability, libraries. Print, audio, and e- -- (link) - ty97 Nov 20, 11:57 4
- anyone else think that while ST is raging away on vocabulary issues, TY97 is entertaining himself by immersing himself in internet book searches? - Epiphany Nov 20, 11:59 3
  - He went off to look up "matrilinearly" and got distracted? -- nm - TWuG Nov 20, 12:02
  - It's a one-stop shop for book-buying happiness! - ty97 Nov 20, 12:01 1
    - I understand - your IM is my IM -- nm - Epiphany Nov 20, 12:02
i know! names should be handed down patrilogarithmically. - Beryllium Nov 20, 11:55 7
- I don't see how that would work, at all... -- nm - znufrii Nov 20, 11:57 3
  - well, rather than a father/mother lineage based passage of names, each child's last name would be determined by ... - Beryllium Nov 20, 12:03 1
    - this is my favorite post of the day. -- nm - TFox Nov 20, 12:06
  - You need to expand your trigonometry. -- nm - ty97 Nov 20, 11:58
- *ding* -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 11:56
- sweet -- nm - Jim Nov 20, 11:56
- L4 -- nm - TFox Nov 20, 11:56
Just adopt the Spanish version: You have two last names, one from each parent. - ty97 Nov 20, 11:55 8
- just make everyone's last name their ssn - solves lots of problems! -- nm - decline Nov 20, 12:00
- father first, mother second. But it changes when you get married -- nm - Roger More Nov 20, 11:58 2
  - You da Man - Epiphany Nov 20, 12:00 1
    - he is easily pleased -- nm - Roger More Nov 20, 12:03
- It's too bad we don't know any real Spanish people. -- nm - Reagen Nov 20, 11:57
- Then your kids have four last names? -- nm - Dano Nov 20, 11:56 1
  - they get the paternal last name from each parent. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 11:56
- mother first, I believe. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 11:56
As usual, Simmons is way off base. - David Nov 20, 11:55 14 1
- And your rebuttal that the circumstances of the situation made it lower than a 76% of making it? - Name Withheld By Request Nov 20, 11:57 4
  - Simmons failed to bring something else up. - the wrong element, bad guy Nov 20, 12:02 1
    - agreed -- nm - Beaker Nov 20, 12:03
  - My rebuttal is that I haven't read his column since I don't lose a bet. - David Nov 20, 12:01 1
    - He compared the situation to converting a 2 point conversion (which I think is a fair comparison) and the league statistics on that are closer to - pmb Nov 20, 12:07
- I would *love* to see the breakdown on stats that say Peyton Manning has scored on 5 out of every 8 2-minute drills in his career. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 20, 11:57 1
  - I'm pretty sure the stat is "needs a TD for his team to go ahead". It's not all 2 minute drills. -- nm - David Nov 20, 12:01
- Screw Simmons...I'm waiting for your Survivor thoughts. -- nm - Jim Nov 20, 11:55 6
  - We haven't seen the episode yet (we're nursing a sick puppy) but... (spoiler speculation) - David Nov 20, 11:59 5
    - Actuallly...not too good...but I'll let you watch and see. -- nm - Jim Nov 20, 12:01 3
      - Can anyone who is not in love with Russell verify that I was 4 for 4? -- nm - David Nov 20, 12:05 2
        
        You're 1/4...2/4 at best. The one thing you're really wrong about...(last week spoils) - Jim Nov 20, 12:07 1
        
        Spoilers - David Nov 20, 12:10
    - *laughing* -- nm - TFox Nov 20, 12:00
LIR NWBR answers to your questions - link - Beaker Nov 20, 11:49 [Backboard] 4
- Yeah, I don't really accept your arguments. The debt wasn't a nominal thing considering the size of the company. - Name Withheld By Request Nov 20, 12:06
- all told, whether the deal goes through or not the Libs are DUN in NB for a looooong time. A rapid monkey could get elected versus them in someridings -- nm - Beaker Nov 20, 11:51 2
  - and I say this as a lifelong Liberal (and I said it in the letter I wrote to the Liberals and the PC's as well) -- nm - Beaker Nov 20, 11:52 1
    - *drinks the Conservative kool-aid* - Beaker Nov 20, 11:52
SITWAP: New Moon breaks all records and makes 26.3M in Midnight Shows, Beating HP6's 22.2 -- nm - MDH Nov 20, 11:48 7
- Update: Taylor Lautner still not wearing a shirt. -- nm - Dano Nov 20, 11:49 6
  - Turn 18! TURN 18! -- nm - Diva, looking thru her fingers Nov 20, 11:51 5
    - seriously - though I am not going to feel bad when I drool in the theater on Sunday. - Epiphany Nov 20, 11:53 4
      - You're having a three way with Cappie? How many posts will that take? -- nm - David Nov 20, 12:04
      - So funny. -- nm - Diva, still peeking Nov 20, 12:02
      - LOL! -- nm - Epiphany Nov 20, 11:57
      - ?? - peglegpete Nov 20, 11:54
masturbatorium - groiny Nov 20, 11:45 2
- muppetatio -- nm - Max Nov 20, 11:47
- "Good things don't end in -eum, they end with -mania or -teria!" -- nm - Reagen Nov 20, 11:47
TFox: what grade level of vocabulary should be the cap for conversations around here? -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 11:45 81
- Just as long as people work 'propagate' into the conversation a few times a week, I'm happy. -- nm - David Nov 20, 11:56
- I think his whole point was...whether or not the word appears in a Scrabble dictionary is irrelevant. If noone's ever heard it before, it may as - Jim Nov 20, 11:46 53
  - How sheltered must one be to have never heard that word? -- nm - TWuG Nov 20, 11:48 50
    - I see it all the time because of genealogy. I'm a little surprised that people haven't heard it, but outside of genealogy/dna discussions... -- nm - Max Nov 20, 11:55 8
      - And the discussion was about the passing on of names. Pretty much a geneological topic. - TWuG Nov 20, 11:58 7
        
        Dude...if you can't see the humor in TFox's LOTR post...I can't help you. - Jim Nov 20, 12:00 6
        
        No issue with that. It's all the piling on that's making me shake my head. -- nm - TWuG Nov 20, 12:03 3
        
        yeah, if someone like amanda used that word, everyone would be oohing and aaahing. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 12:04 2
        
        well that just warped this whole conversation to a new and uglier place. -- nm - TFox Nov 20, 12:05 1
        
        Word. -- nm - Jim Nov 20, 12:09
        
        I would not hang around with someone who used that work in standard conversation. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 20, 12:02
        
        This. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 20, 12:01
    - Well you try living in an igloo. It ain't the Ritz that's for sure. -- nm - Shaun Nov 20, 11:55
    - Word -- nm - SyrDragon Nov 20, 11:53
    - I got it in context, because I have good vocab skills, but I wouldn't have bet even $10 that it was an actual word. -- nm - TFox Nov 20, 11:53
    - /raises hand/ - Dr.Vermin Nov 20, 11:51
    - Just seeing the word in this thread and missing any discussion on B2, I have no idea what it means -- nm - The wraith of oblique Nov 20, 11:50
    - *raises hand* I'd like to think I'm pretty smart, pretty versed in vocab and would figure it out, but that's very likely the first time I've ever - Will Hunting Nov 20, 11:50 27
      - that's cool. I learn new things on ST all the time and I appreciate it. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 11:51 25
        
        I'm not saying I don't appreciate learning something new, but an argument over something like this - Will Hunting Nov 20, 11:52 24
        
        pretty much -- nm - Roger More Nov 20, 11:53
        
        My main point was, why pick in znufrii over a word? that's dumb. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 11:53 21
        
        Because this is a public message baord. He put it out there, so it is fair game. -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 11:56 2
        
        why thanks, Spawn. You just defended me picking on TFox. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 11:57 1
        
        Of course. That is what we do here. Some of us just don't pretend to know everything and have to be the exception to every rule. -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 12:00
        
        I read it largely as a joke mixed with a LOTR reference. I read *your* 'advice' about his vocab skills... - Dr.Vermin Nov 20, 11:55 8
        
        TFox is a big boy. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 11:55 7
        
        "clarity is the burden of the speaker, hon" - Dr.Vermin Nov 20, 11:57 6
        
        that is an excellent quote, and exactly right. -- nm - TFox Nov 20, 11:58 5
        
        but you yourself admitted that you knew what I meant, so your objection is a purely stylistic one, rather than based on a lack of clarity. -- nm - znufrii Nov 20, 12:00 4
        
        i understand most everything. it took me longer to pause and piece that together than it would have to read more common phrasing, without a doubt. -- nm - TFox Nov 20, 12:02 2
        
        what level should we use so we don't hurt your head? -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 12:03 1
        
        *shrug* it's up to y'all to determine how you like to communicate, and up to me to shiv you brilliantly when it goes to plaid. -- nm - TFox Nov 20, 12:05
        
        to which I say... - znufrii Nov 20, 12:02
        
        znu can take care of himself, with his 'thereofs' and 'eleemosynary's :) -- nm - Roger More Nov 20, 11:54
        
        Becuase it's a znufrii'ism. Using a ten-dollar word for a ten-cent discussion. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 20, 11:54
        
        Because that's what TFox does. nm - Jim Nov 20, 11:54 6
        
        and you know what? it was a funny shiv, as usual. nm - TFox Nov 20, 11:54 5
        
        I was quite amused, even. -- nm - znufrii Nov 20, 12:08
        
        yes...it was. -- nm - Jim Nov 20, 11:56
        
        you've done better. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 11:56 1
        
        i've set the bar so absurdly high, loosi. -- nm - TFox Nov 20, 11:57
        
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        agreed. -- nm - znufrii Nov 20, 11:53
      - Thank you Mr. Hunting. -- nm - Jim Nov 20, 11:50
    - Seriously? While I'm sharp enough to know what the word means...I have never heard nor seen that word. - Jim Nov 20, 11:49 7
      - I'm serious. If you do any type of reading that concerns science, geneology, parentage, genetics, etc, it's a very common and very precise word. -- nm - TWuG Nov 20, 11:53 5
        
        off the top of my head, egyptian and native american society both follow matriarchal succession rules -- nm - SyrDragon Nov 20, 11:57
        
        Yeah...I'd read more on that, but those books are always checked out of the library. nm -- nm - Jim Nov 20, 11:55 2
        
        This is kind of an odd statement to make if you think they're putting down your intelligence. -- nm - Reagen Nov 20, 12:00 1
        
        Ah...while these topics may loom large in your personal library...sorry, they don't in mine. - Jim Nov 20, 12:05
        
        also sociology or anthropology. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 11:53
      - First time on ST. Wish we could still search TT. -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 11:50
  - a lot of us have heard that word, even if you haven't. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 11:47 1
    - *sigh* Way to ignore the whole purpose of that post. nm - Jim Nov 20, 11:49
- whatever level works in actual communication. i tell you what, go out and drop "matrilinearly" in conversation a bunch. - TFox Nov 20, 11:46 22
  - I've heard it used in discussing Judaism and mitochondria. -- nm - Dano Nov 20, 11:53 1
    - I read the last words as "midichlorians". -- nm - Shaun Nov 20, 11:56
  - It's actually more timely and succint to use one word that means the exact thing than try to use several others to explain the concept -- nm - SyrDragon Nov 20, 11:49 1
    - not necessarily at all, as I outline below. -- nm - TFox Nov 20, 11:50
  - If it's relevant to the discuss at hand, I don't see a problem with it. -- nm - znufrii Nov 20, 11:48 8
    - i just think its another case of "being so concise that you end up being less concise once you explain it". - TFox Nov 20, 11:49 7
      - so he is guilty of overestimating teh group intelligence. it's a compliment. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 11:50 6
        
        we all understood it, and yet most of our brains screamed like a million philosophy majors' souls were instantly extinguished. -- nm - TFox Nov 20, 11:51
        
        if one of my friends dropped that 25 point word on me in conversation - groiny Nov 20, 11:51 4
        
        to check his ID because he's clearly an imposter. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 11:52 3
        
        I am not friends with Kurt Vonnegut. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 20, 11:53 2
        
        You can't be. He's dead. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 11:55 1
        
        probably because someone he knew used that word in a conversation. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 20, 11:56
  - "who's that bitch who thinks she is fucking thesaurus or some shit." nm -- nm - groiny Nov 20, 11:47
  - my friends understand it just fine. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 11:47 7
    - a) that's awesome for you, and b) I actually don't believe you. -- nm - TFox Nov 20, 11:48 6
      - If you haven't learned this yet...she's way smarter than you. Therefore, her circle of friends is way smarter than you. nm - Jim Nov 20, 11:50
      - oh puhlease, it's not quantum mechanics. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 11:49 3
        
        nobody uses that word in a standard conversation. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 20, 11:50 2
        
        not when your conversation is 90% about farts and cocks. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 11:50 1
        
        100% of the people understand farts and cocks. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 20, 11:51
      - Hey, they both do! -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 11:48
- Low enough that you will leave. -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 11:46 1
  - That's...harsh. -- nm - Shaun Nov 20, 11:51
- 2 -- nm - groiny Nov 20, 11:46
don't go using no fifty cent words on this board! -- nm - giganto Nov 20, 11:45
Also, society should bring back dowries. - Dr.Vermin Nov 20, 11:44 11
- why do you hate America? - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 12:07
- My favorite argument against marriage traditionalist who are against same-sex marriage is to point out what marriage was for the majority of history. - Dano Nov 20, 11:48 5
  - to their uncles! -- nm - Max Nov 20, 11:49 4
    - wasn't an entire religion pretty much invented so Henry VIII could get a divorce? - Andie Nov 20, 11:52 2
      - yes -- nm - Epiphany Nov 20, 11:56
      - Are you saying there are fake religions!? -- nm - Shaun Nov 20, 11:53
    - I believe in traditional marriage: I'm going to force my 13-year-old daughter to marry my 30-year-old rich cousin! -- nm - Dano Nov 20, 11:50
- Something I found out recently - Grace Kelly's family paid a rather substantial dowry to Monaco. -- nm - Reagen Nov 20, 11:45 1
  - foggy memory coming up here ... hasn't that happened a lot in Europe -- many of the titled folk have run out of money and htey marry rich foreigners? -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 11:46
- Totally. I'm not marrying anyone unless she has a few fields coming with her. -- nm - Loyola Nov 20, 11:45
- or, better yet, the richest family pays for the wedding, and the couple takes their last name. -- nm - znufrii Nov 20, 11:44

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