Sorry, not going through 23 pages of that to list who said it most!
word usage on the watch
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Sorry, not going through 23 pages of that to list who said it most!
Sorry, not going through 23 pages of that to list who said it most!
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The one usage was by Vader in the Flicks forum talking about a movie version of The Tempest.
Tsk! Tsk! to the Sarge. Three peachy words that he hasn't used. By the way where is the Nulled One. His presence recently has been unnervingly mirroring his moniker?
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The one usage was by Vader in the Flicks forum talking about a movie version of The Tempest.
Tsk! Tsk! to the Sarge. Three peachy words that he hasn't used. By the way where is the Nulled One. His presence recently has been unnervingly mirroring his moniker?
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Inordinate: 69 posts in 52 threads
Ordinate: 3 posts
(Then I looked who those 3 posters were and was like "Cool!")
Anyway, this is just part of my campaign to bring "ordinate" back into (more) common usage.
Ordinate: 3 posts
(Then I looked who those 3 posters were and was like "Cool!")
Anyway, this is just part of my campaign to bring "ordinate" back into (more) common usage.
"People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
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Thanks Linna, you caused me to go and expore a new word. The three posters were interesting (some of my favourite posters on the Watch!). And also interesting: rus was quoting Dickens and Holsety was quoting C.S Lewis (I think). So a veritable host of interesting users of the word.
I was then prompted to do a search of one of my often extolled words:
Ordinary : 1157
Which, interestingly (but not that surprisingly given its spelling), has the same root as ordinate.
I was then prompted to do a search of one of my often extolled words:
Ordinary : 1157
Which, interestingly (but not that surprisingly given its spelling), has the same root as ordinate.
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I LIKE flibbertigibbet. iirc Captain Aubrey uses it to describe Louisa Worgan (within hearing, poor woman)ussusimiel wrote:Fibrillate : 0
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The one usage was by Vader in the Flicks forum talking about a movie version of The Tempest.
Tsk! Tsk! to the Sarge. Three peachy words that he hasn't used. By the way where is the Nulled One. His presence recently has been unnervingly mirroring his moniker?
u.
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Used by a wide range of Watch stalwarts, but not by Sarge. May have something to do with the fact that the mythical country Australia is alleged to be home to many marsupials. Maybe marsupials themselves are also mythical
Here's a picture of a really cute mythical marsupial.
Used by a wide range of Watch stalwarts, but not by Sarge. May have something to do with the fact that the mythical country Australia is alleged to be home to many marsupials. Maybe marsupials themselves are also mythical
Here's a picture of a really cute mythical marsupial.
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thanks for the link to the adorable wombat pic, u!!
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thanks for the link to the adorable wombat pic, u!!
"People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
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Sarge, me, and Vader the fiend quoting me and boasting about his garden again! (Prebe started an elderflower thread but it's mainly elder(space)flower or elderflowers)
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(Edit: is it just me, or is 'flower' one of those words that looks wrong after you've typed it?)
Sarge, me, and Vader the fiend quoting me and boasting about his garden again! (Prebe started an elderflower thread but it's mainly elder(space)flower or elderflowers)
Immatureflower : 0
(Edit: is it just me, or is 'flower' one of those words that looks wrong after you've typed it?)
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Well, it couldn't possibly be The Tank, so I'm going with The Galley.Stonemaybe wrote:and
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I wonder if anyone can guess in which forum it was used 72.19% of those times?
e.g. "Using instant mashed potato in Shepherd's Pie is tantamount to culinary treason."
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20 matches. Nekrimah, new to the Watch today, uses it twice in her maiden post.
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I didn't really know what this was, just always liked the word
Most in the Galley. My ex-Galley favourite is this one from the Tank by Seven Words:
I didn't really know what this was, just always liked the word
Most in the Galley. My ex-Galley favourite is this one from the Tank by Seven Words:
I'm of a mind to form my OWN group called P.E.T.A.
People
Eating
Tasty
Animals
we'd have big meals at our fundraisers, lots of meat
...sausage..burger..ribs...brisket...mmm.....
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"People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"