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Discussion Groups / English Usage / March 2009This Week on AUE
This week on AUE we've learned of pompatus and goaks, Of money-making vehicles, of tops and gyrospokes. The antonym for staple and the opposite of homo Have ousted last week's flaky talk of Lux and Daz and Omo. Both fenders and offenders have seen rigorous dissection. Chicago's inconsistencies are _always_ worth inspection. A hundred teasing queries pop up every day to greet us: How folks make surnames popular by voting with their foetus. While plunking down the green we've opened windows by the score, With shades of Roger Casement and the sash my father wore. While hyphenating pent-houses, we found some full of cats. We note that AUE exceeds the sum of all its prats. We've noosed the timberdoodle, poked in many a bag and sack. A Janke played his doedelzak and Uncle Sam fought back. Taxonomy has taxed our brains, to no avail I fear: Whate'er the number or the point, the boink will not stop here.  SignatureJames Hogg > This week on AUE we've learned of pompatus and goaks, > Of money-making vehicles, of tops and gyrospokes. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Taxonomy has taxed our brains, to no avail I fear: > Whate'er the number or the point, the boink will not stop here. Laureate stuff. >This week on AUE we've learned of pompatus and goaks, >Of money-making vehicles, of tops and gyrospokes. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >Taxonomy has taxed our brains, to no avail I fear: >Whate'er the number or the point, the boink will not stop here. Splendid! Perhaps Sis, too, would appreciate letters in verse. SignatureKaty Jennison spamtrap: remove the first two letters after the @ >> This week on AUE we've learned of pompatus and goaks, >> Of money-making vehicles, of tops and gyrospokes. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Perhaps Sis, too, would appreciate letters in verse. I just can't get over the incongruity: this block-busting talent found its way into our awestruck midst by following, of all people, Landseer. SignatureMike. >>> This week on AUE we've learned of pompatus and goaks, >>> Of money-making vehicles, of tops and gyrospokes. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > I just can't get over the incongruity: this block-busting talent found > its way into our awestruck midst by following, of all people, Landseer. It just shows: every cloud has a silver lining, and good results sometimes come from the most unlikly sources (and, of course, I agree that Landseer was a most unlikely source.) Signatureathel >>> This week on AUE we've learned of pompatus and goaks, >>> Of money-making vehicles, of tops and gyrospokes. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > I just can't get over the incongruity: this block-busting talent found > its way into our awestruck midst by following, of all people, Landseer. I concur but he's just a bit mysterious, doncha think? SignatureLaura (emulate St. George for email) >>>> This week on AUE we've learned of pompatus and goaks, >>>> Of money-making vehicles, of tops and gyrospokes. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >I concur but he's just a bit mysterious, doncha think? Sphinx-like, some say; a riddle wrapped up in an enigma. Here's one that was too complex even for Oedipus: Where was Pharaoh when the light went out? SignatureJames James Hogg: >> This week on AUE we've learned of pompatus and goaks, >> Of money-making vehicles, of tops and gyrospokes. >> The antonym for staple and the opposite of homo >> Have ousted last week's flaky talk of Lux and Daz and Omo. ... Katy Jennison: > Splendid! AOL! SignatureMark Brader, Toronto | "Could you guys please stop agreeing? msb@vex.net | It's wearing me out." --Bob Lieblich >>This week on AUE we've learned of pompatus and goaks, >>Of money-making vehicles, of tops and gyrospokes. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >Perhaps Sis, too, would appreciate letters in verse. Sis appreciates bawdy limericks, but she is far too declasse to dig on actual poetry. She is looking forward to rugby song night on "American Idol". SignatureTony Cooper - Orlando, Florida > This week on AUE we've learned of pompatus and goaks, > Of money-making vehicles, of tops and gyrospokes. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Taxonomy has taxed our brains, to no avail I fear: > Whate'er the number or the point, the boink will not stop here. I've read better limericks on ARK. Wait, I told that wrong. SignatureIn the 1970s, people began receiving utility bills for -£999,999,996.32 and it became harder to sustain the myth of the infallible electronic brain. (Stob 2001) Adam Funk filted: >> This week on AUE we've learned of pompatus and goaks, >> Of money-making vehicles, of tops and gyrospokes. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >Wait, I told that wrong. Two lines too many for a sonnet, plus both the rhyme scheme and meter are all wrong....r SignatureA pessimist sees the glass as half empty. An optometrist asks whether you see the glass more full like this?...or like this? > Adam Funk filted: > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Two lines too many for a sonnet, plus both the rhyme scheme and meter are all > wrong....r You seem to be remarkably critical. After all, he is a shepherd. SignatureLaura (emulate St. George for email) >> Adam Funk filted: >> [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > >You seem to be remarkably critical. After all, he is a shepherd. And a justified sinner. If I post three poems on one day, will that make me a hat-trick shepherd? SignatureJames [...] >>> Two lines too many for a sonnet, plus both the rhyme scheme and >>> meter are all wrong....r I was going to say it was a really terrible haiku. >> You seem to be remarkably critical. After all, he is a shepherd. > > And a justified sinner. > > If I post three poems on one day, will that make me a > hat-trick shepherd? I couldn't cap that. "Let's beret the hat, Chet," said Tom ---. SignatureMike. >[...] >>>> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >"Let's beret the hat, Chet," said Tom ---. No idea. I presume you weren't thinking of "federally" or "mightily". SignatureJames James Hogg filted: >>I couldn't cap that. >> >>"Let's beret the hat, Chet," said Tom ---. > >No idea. I presume you weren't thinking of >"federally" or "mightily". "Chet" suggests "Huntley", but that doesn't make any sense....r SignatureA pessimist sees the glass as half empty. An optometrist asks whether you see the glass more full like this?...or like this? > James Hogg filted: >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > "Chet" suggests "Huntley", but that doesn't make any sense....r Sense is overrated. I think it's "hawkishly", which happily makes no sense at all. >> James Hogg filted: >>> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Sense is overrated. I think it's "hawkishly", which happily makes no > sense at all. All right, I confess. Apart from hopelessly feeble connections involving Baker and Atkins, I couldn't think of anything, so I threw it open to the subscribers at large. SignatureMike. > Adam Funk filted: >> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Two lines too many for a sonnet, plus both the rhyme scheme and > meter are all wrong....r Y'all don't recognize l33t rapping, eh? > This week on AUE we've learned of pompatus and goaks, > Of money-making vehicles, of tops and gyrospokes. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > A hundred teasing queries pop up every day to greet us: > How folks make surnames popular by voting with their foetus. <awestruck silence> -- > This week on AUE we've learned of pompatus and goaks, > Of money-making vehicles, of tops and gyrospokes. You realise, of course, that you are now bound to produce a summary of proceedings at least once a month from now on. SignatureRob Bannister >> This week on AUE we've learned of pompatus and goaks, >> Of money-making vehicles, of tops and gyrospokes. > >You realise, of course, that you are now bound to produce a summary of >proceedings at least once a month from now on. Oh dear, what have I let myself in for? SignatureJames >> This week on AUE we've learned of pompatus and goaks, >> Of money-making vehicles, of tops and gyrospokes. > >You realise, of course, that you are now bound to produce a summary of >proceedings at least once a month from now on. In verse, of course. Now I know what "going the whole hogg" means. I'm awestruck. SignatureRobin (BrE) Herts, England > On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 07:06:08 +0900, Robert Bannister > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > In verse, of course. Not necessarily. Next month I'd like to hear some operetta and the month after some ballet or pol paonting would be nice. And let's not forget the culinary art, much appreciated on this forum. >or pol paonting That's oil painting. Multitasking takes all my energy. I should stop breathing while writing in aue. >>or pol paonting > > That's oil painting. Multitasking takes all my energy. I should stop > breathing while writing in aue. How disappointing, I was hoping to learn of a new art. SignatureLaura (emulate St. George for email) >>>or pol paonting >> >> That's oil painting. Multitasking takes all my energy. I should stop >> breathing while writing in aue. > >How disappointing, I was hoping to learn of a new art. Me too. It sounded vaguely oriental, possibly involving ceramics. SignatureKaty Jennison spamtrap: remove the first two letters after the @ >>>> or pol paonting >>> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Me too. It sounded vaguely oriental, possibly involving ceramics. Like Pol Potting? SignatureRay UK >>>>> or pol paonting >>>> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Like Pol Potting? That's what I read it as - for a very brief moment. SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) Wood Avens filted: >>>>or pol paonting >>> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Me too. It sounded vaguely oriental, possibly involving ceramics. AUE being what it has always been, I assumed we were in for a recipe....r SignatureA pessimist sees the glass as half empty. An optometrist asks whether you see the glass more full like this?...or like this? >> On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 07:06:08 +0900, Robert Bannister >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > And let's not forget the culinary art, much appreciated on this > forum. You reckon a month's proceedings of a.u.e. could be expressed in food? A tall order, but if anybody can do it, it will be James, I suppose. SignatureMike. >>> On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 07:06:08 +0900, Robert Bannister >>> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >You reckon a month's proceedings of a.u.e. could be expressed in food? A >tall order, but if anybody can do it, it will be James, I suppose. Iron Chef style? SignatureRichard Bollard Canberra Australia To email, I'm at AMT not spAMT. > This week on AUE we've learned of pompatus and goaks, > Of money-making vehicles, of tops and gyrospokes. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Taxonomy has taxed our brains, to no avail I fear: > Whate'er the number or the point, the boink will not stop here. Sheer bloody genius. SignatureOnline waterways route planner: http://canalplan.org.uk development version: http://canalplan.eu <snip James's opus> And, of course, there are plenty of us who disapprove of gratuitous complimentarianisation who are, actually, you know, quite impressed too. We await the rampaging hordes trying to get a mention in next week's effort. Philip Eden ><snip James's opus> > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >We await the rampaging hordes trying to get a >mention in next week's effort. James seemed somewhat alarmed at the idea that he would have to produce such opuses monthly. You have now suggested weekly. SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) > <snip James's opus> > > And, of course, there are plenty of us who disapprove > of gratuitous complimentarianisation who are, actually, > you know, quite impressed too. What he said. SignatureRoland Hutchinson Will play viola da gamba for food. NB mail to my.spamtrap [at] verizon.net is heavily filtered to remove spam. If your message looks like spam I may not see it. > This week on AUE we've learned of pompatus and goaks, > Of money-making vehicles, of tops and gyrospokes. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Taxonomy has taxed our brains, to no avail I fear: > Whate'er the number or the point, the boink will not stop here. Excellent, James. I missed most of the posts from this past week* and now I'm tempted to do some Google-Grouping to see whatof** you speak. * I use "this past week" to mean the past seven days OR the most recent Monday-Friday (or the most recent "work week" of days). What term do you use? We may have discussed this before, but maybe not. All I know is that my husband will say, on a Monday, "last week" to refer to the just-ended Monday-through-Sunday. I wouldn't, on the grounds that "yesterday" or "the day before yesterday" should not be considered part of any "last" week. ** Our language has "whereof," so why not "whatof"? Okay, okay: "whereof" would be the correct word in that sentence. Btw, today is March 28th, and OneLook Dictionary Search still has its logo all tricked out in St. Patrick's green accompanied by a shamrock. Note to the OneLook staff: It's over. Get back to normal, even if you're Irish. SignatureMaria Conlon >I missed most of the posts from this past week* and now I'm tempted to >do some Google-Grouping to see whatof** you speak. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >"yesterday" or "the day before yesterday" should not be considered part >of any "last" week. My initial idea was that the week began on Monday. I'm not sure if I stuck rigorously to that principle. Some earlier material might have slipped in. >Btw, today is March 28th, and OneLook Dictionary Search still has its >logo all tricked out in St. Patrick's green accompanied by a shamrock. >Note to the OneLook staff: It's over. Get back to normal, even if you're >Irish. Has this got something to do with Old Style dates? There was an 11-day difference. SignatureJames ... > >Btw, today is March 28th, and OneLook Dictionary Search still has its > >logo all tricked out in St. Patrick's green accompanied by a shamrock. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Has this got something to do with Old Style dates? There was an > 11-day difference. In a wikip that I was led to by a current discussion (will it be Mentioned in Dispatches?), I learned that St. Teresa of Avila died on the night of October 4-15, 1582. -- Jerry Friedman > This week on AUE we've learned of pompatus and goaks, > Of money-making vehicles, of tops and gyrospokes. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Taxonomy has taxed our brains, to no avail I fear: > Whate'er the number or the point, the boink will not stop here. That was terrific - many thanks for the big grin. >This week on AUE we've learned of pompatus and goaks, >Of money-making vehicles, of tops and gyrospokes. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >Taxonomy has taxed our brains, to no avail I fear: >Whate'er the number or the point, the boink will not stop here. Su-bloody-perb. SignatureRichard Bollard Canberra Australia To email, I'm at AMT not spAMT. |
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