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  • June 30, 2009 at 1:42 pm

    #1017921

    I can hold m ground in English but I am not coming anywhere near you Gus.... 😛

    -Roy

  • June 30, 2009 at 1:46 pm

    #1017924

    This is when I do not have a problem saying that English is a second language for me.


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  • June 30, 2009 at 1:49 pm

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    Roy Ernest (6/30/2009)

    I can hold m ground in English but I am not coming anywhere near you Gus.... 😛

    I read and mostly understood Frank Herbert's "Dune" when I was seven. I've been playing with the English language ever since, and it's quite a toy! Not many can match my vocabulary.

    Generally, I try to police what I write/say to avoid that kind of thing. Every so often, though, it's more fun to avoid abjuring obfuscation. (Anyone not in on that joke, "abjure obfuscation" means, literally, "actively avoid being difficult to understand; take care to be clear".)

    - Gus "GSquared", RSVP, OODA, MAP, NMVP, FAQ, SAT, SQL, DNA, RNA, UOI, IOU, AM, PM, AD, BC, BCE, USA, UN, CF, ROFL, LOL, ETC
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  • June 30, 2009 at 1:51 pm

    #1017928

    GilaMonster (6/30/2009)

    Roy Ernest (6/30/2009)

    Today I actually felt that I am invincible or totally ignored. It was as if I was a ghost... 😛

    :hehe:

    Looks like totally ignored to me.

    Looks pretty much ignored to me as well. But maybe not... OP came to the conclusion you were trying to drive.

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  • June 30, 2009 at 1:54 pm

    #1017930

    GSquared (6/30/2009)

    My abilities in lexiphanicism are singularly singular, are they not? I'm capable of a highly affected, albeit effective, vocabulary, when I wish to effect the effect of lexicographicolatry.

    And my acquaintances remonstrate on my sporadic employ of excessively complex vocabulary.....

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

  • June 30, 2009 at 1:55 pm

    #1017933

    GSquared (6/30/2009)

    Roy Ernest (6/30/2009)

    I can hold m ground in English but I am not coming anywhere near you Gus.... 😛

    I read and mostly understood Frank Herbert's "Dune" when I was seven. I've been playing with the English language ever since, and it's quite a toy! Not many can match my vocabulary.

    Generally, I try to police what I write/say to avoid that kind of thing. Every so often, though, it's more fun to avoid abjuring obfuscation. (Anyone not in on that joke, "abjure obfuscation" means, literally, "actively avoid being difficult to understand; take care to be clear".)

    If you've ever read Restaurant at the End of the Universe, you may remember this section when grammar and time travel collide.

    Gaby
    ________________________________________________________________
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  • June 30, 2009 at 1:56 pm

    #1017934

    Gail, you'll like this one. The OP wants us to use our crystal ball to help solve his problem.

    Don't know about you, but mine seems to be permanently cloudy.

  • June 30, 2009 at 2:09 pm

    #1017944

    Gaby Abed (6/30/2009)

    GSquared (6/30/2009)

    Roy Ernest (6/30/2009)

    I can hold m ground in English but I am not coming anywhere near you Gus.... 😛

    I read and mostly understood Frank Herbert's "Dune" when I was seven. I've been playing with the English language ever since, and it's quite a toy! Not many can match my vocabulary.

    Generally, I try to police what I write/say to avoid that kind of thing. Every so often, though, it's more fun to avoid abjuring obfuscation. (Anyone not in on that joke, "abjure obfuscation" means, literally, "actively avoid being difficult to understand; take care to be clear".)

    If you've ever read Restaurant at the End of the Universe, you may remember this section when grammar and time travel collide.

    Yep.

    - Gus "GSquared", RSVP, OODA, MAP, NMVP, FAQ, SAT, SQL, DNA, RNA, UOI, IOU, AM, PM, AD, BC, BCE, USA, UN, CF, ROFL, LOL, ETC
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    "Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everyone agrees it's old enough to know better." - Anon

  • June 30, 2009 at 2:11 pm

    #1017945

    Lynn Pettis (6/30/2009)

    Gail, you'll like this one. The OP wants us to use our crystal ball to help solve his problem.

    < rubs hands together >

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

  • June 30, 2009 at 2:27 pm

    #1017953

    GilaMonster (6/30/2009)

    GSquared (6/30/2009)

    My abilities in lexiphanicism are singularly singular, are they not? I'm capable of a highly affected, albeit effective, vocabulary, when I wish to effect the effect of lexicographicolatry.

    And my acquaintances remonstrate on my sporadic employ of excessively complex vocabulary.....

    Exactly!

    Edit:

    My cohorts lament

    My lexical extent

    Whilst I delite

    In every bite

    Of hypervocabularic bent

    (Okay, stop me now. I'm having WAY too much fun with this!)

    - Gus "GSquared", RSVP, OODA, MAP, NMVP, FAQ, SAT, SQL, DNA, RNA, UOI, IOU, AM, PM, AD, BC, BCE, USA, UN, CF, ROFL, LOL, ETC
    Property of The Thread

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  • June 30, 2009 at 2:56 pm

    #1017976

    GSquared (6/30/2009)

    GilaMonster (6/30/2009)

    GSquared (6/30/2009)

    john.arnott (6/30/2009)

    3NF-Boy got me ROFL with this response:w00t:. I can't wait to see Gus's answer. 😉

    No more waiting required. Let me know if I overdid it.

    Oh my, I think I need a dictionary again 😉

    j/k

    My abilities in lexiphanicism are singularly singular, are they not? I'm capable of a highly affected, albeit effective, vocabulary, when I wish to effect the effect of lexicographicolatry.

    (I had to check the spelling on one of those. I feel so out of practice on this kind of thing! 🙂 )

    Overdone? Not at all, Gus. Your answer was absolutely perfect; it explained clearly why you'd made that assumption without denigrating the OP's language skills (too much). If he/she is a native English speaker, then this may be a wake-up call to raise the level of expression from ultra-casual text-speak to more standard usage.

  • June 30, 2009 at 3:01 pm

    #1017979

    Gaby Abed (6/30/2009)

    If you've ever read Restaurant at the End of the Universe, you may remember this section when grammar and time travel collide.

    I willan already on-reading that yesterday again tomorrow 😛

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  • June 30, 2009 at 3:06 pm

    #1017987

    Lynn Pettis (6/30/2009)

    Gail, you'll like this one. The OP wants us to use our crystal ball to help solve his problem.

    Don't know about you, but mine seems to be permanently cloudy.

    Crystal ball needed here as well...

    -- Gianluca Sartori

  • June 30, 2009 at 3:13 pm

    #1017994

    Gianluca Sartori (6/30/2009)

    Lynn Pettis (6/30/2009)

    Gail, you'll like this one. The OP wants us to use our crystal ball to help solve his problem.

    Don't know about you, but mine seems to be permanently cloudy.

    Crystal ball needed here as well...

    Sorry, crystal ball's broken and the rain-water natural-stone scrying bowl is dry until the summer rains.

    I'll try reading the tea leaves (or the coffee grounds)

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

  • June 30, 2009 at 3:14 pm

    #1017995

    GSquared (6/30/2009)

    My abilities in lexiphanicism are singularly singular, are they not?

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