tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post1419382818184395791..comments2024-03-27T12:30:52.619-04:00Comments on Lost in the Bozone: WordsMRMacrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01414173517957120477noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-7042906658125067962009-08-06T21:30:05.377-04:002009-08-06T21:30:05.377-04:00Have I made my point? :-)Have I made my point? :-)BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-73205629021945230672009-08-06T21:29:49.278-04:002009-08-06T21:29:49.278-04:00Words and wordsmiths that keep making up new compl...Words and wordsmiths that keep making up new complicated words for simple words that have been around for ages is really stupid. <br /><br />I guess it gives them the delusion of higher intelligence, I just tell them to fuck off. <br /><br />I keep my words as simple as possible because others in other country's often read them and it's stupid to assume that they have English mastered. <br /><br />Let alone assume that they have an English dictionary or thesaurus. When these high smug wordsmiths talk to others they tone it down. Every notice that? <br /><br />Meaning, we don't need those fancy words to communicate well with each other.<br /><br />Utah Savage, always copy your text before sending a comment, then if it gets lost in the fray you just have to paste it into the comment box again.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-50021291514566359792009-08-06T21:29:43.205-04:002009-08-06T21:29:43.205-04:00Words and wordsmiths that keep making up new compl...Words and wordsmiths that keep making up new complicated words for simple words that have been around for ages is really stupid. <br /><br />I guess it gives them the delusion of higher intelligence, I just tell them to fuck off. <br /><br />I keep my words as simple as possible because others in other country's often read them and it's stupid to assume that they have English mastered. <br /><br />Let alone assume that they have an English dictionary or thesaurus. When these high smug wordsmiths talk to others they tone it down. Every notice that? <br /><br />Meaning, we don't need those fancy words to communicate well with each other.<br /><br />Utah Savage, always copy your text before sending a comment, then if it gets lost in the fray you just have to paste it into the comment box again.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-86533070762523012732009-08-06T21:29:37.025-04:002009-08-06T21:29:37.025-04:00Words and wordsmiths that keep making up new compl...Words and wordsmiths that keep making up new complicated words for simple words that have been around for ages is really stupid. <br /><br />I guess it gives them the delusion of higher intelligence, I just tell them to fuck off. <br /><br />I keep my words as simple as possible because others in other country's often read them and it's stupid to assume that they have English mastered. <br /><br />Let alone assume that they have an English dictionary or thesaurus. When these high smug wordsmiths talk to others they tone it down. Every notice that? <br /><br />Meaning, we don't need those fancy words to communicate well with each other.<br /><br />Utah Savage, always copy your text before sending a comment, then if it gets lost in the fray you just have to paste it into the comment box again.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-31774359575050041452009-08-06T21:29:15.028-04:002009-08-06T21:29:15.028-04:00Words and wordsmiths that keep making up new compl...Words and wordsmiths that keep making up new complicated words for simple words that have been around for ages is really stupid. <br /><br />I guess it gives them the delusion of higher intelligence, I just tell them to fuck off. <br /><br />I keep my words as simple as possible because others in other country's often read them and it's stupid to assume that they have English mastered. <br /><br />Let alone assume that they have an English dictionary or thesaurus. When these high smug wordsmiths talk to others they tone it down. Every notice that? <br /><br />Meaning, we don't need those fancy words to communicate well with each other.<br /><br />Utah Savage, always copy your text before sending a comment, then if it gets lost in the fray you just have to paste it into the comment box again.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-83426578431105368252009-08-06T11:15:54.506-04:002009-08-06T11:15:54.506-04:00Me like words.
The worst is the OED, a word geek...Me like words. <br /><br />The worst is the OED, a word geek can get lost in that thing for hours. Good thing the library has one, sucker costs around a grand, methinks.Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-50335178289672332722009-08-06T03:43:22.828-04:002009-08-06T03:43:22.828-04:00Tis sad that we find ourselves dumbing down our po...Tis sad that we find ourselves dumbing down our posts for fear that readers may think we're some kind of word brains. Eek he's a word geek run!<br /><br />What surprises me is all the words I know but never use. Many forgotten for lack of use.<br /><br />If you'd like to test your metal I found a great word game site and the beauty of it is that when you answer correctly each correct answer gets one poor soul a free grain of rice.<br />http://www.freerice.com/index.phpDemeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935263659097273535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-47595408524009866282009-08-05T21:08:54.554-04:002009-08-05T21:08:54.554-04:00There was a game/dictionary that came word by each...There was a game/dictionary that came word by each word, lamenated on a magnatized strip. They came all in a box and it was so fun to rearrange them day by day into poems. The set was sent to me by a man who was wooing me and knew I loved words.<br /><br />You are an extraordinary editor. I have been doing another edit of the novel and as I went through the later chapters I thought 'what would MrMACrum think of this?' I was in a hurry and wished you'd really been there saying yea or nay.Utah Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16385093247915560752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-3001657218382962122009-08-05T20:24:03.187-04:002009-08-05T20:24:03.187-04:00Oh crap, I wrote a long comment and it vanished. ...Oh crap, I wrote a long comment and it vanished. We are having the fist windy thundery bit of rain all summer and my big dog is about to come unglued. I'll be back.Utah Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16385093247915560752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-12349562153132018012009-08-05T17:24:33.273-04:002009-08-05T17:24:33.273-04:00oh my, a self confessed word addict----aw hell----...oh my, a self confessed word addict----aw hell-----we still loves ya!!Gary ("Old Dude")https://www.blogger.com/profile/00840287762340872772noreply@blogger.com