I don't think I'm involved in this.Jeemie wrote:I got the point.MarleysGh0st wrote:That was a semi-gratuitous reference to ghostjmf's usage of "they". But it was also semi-on-topical, since wintergreen was making a grammatical protest to a historical fact.Jeemie wrote: ???
However...maybe I'm blind, but I don't see where it applies in the passage Cal quoted.
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Whoops!!!!TheCalvinator24 wrote:I don't think I'm involved in this.Jeemie wrote:I got the point.MarleysGh0st wrote: That was a semi-gratuitous reference to ghostjmf's usage of "they". But it was also semi-on-topical, since wintergreen was making a grammatical protest to a historical fact.
However...maybe I'm blind, but I don't see where it applies in the passage Cal quoted.
I mean Marley, of course!!!!
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No, you're right that there's nothing in wintergreen's passage requiring gender obfuscation, hence that was the semi-gratuitous part of the reference.Jeemie wrote:Whoops!!!!TheCalvinator24 wrote:I don't think I'm involved in this.Jeemie wrote: I got the point.
However...maybe I'm blind, but I don't see where it applies in the passage Cal quoted.
I mean Marley, of course!!!!
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Isn't that rather high-brow gratuitousity?MarleysGh0st wrote:No, you're right that there's nothing in wintergreen's passage requiring gender obfuscation, hence that was the semi-gratuitous part of the reference.Jeemie wrote:Whoops!!!!TheCalvinator24 wrote: I don't think I'm involved in this.
I mean Marley, of course!!!!
Enough already. It's my fault! Get over it!
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So, perhaps "grammatical" wasn't the correct word I was reaching for? Is there an adjective form of "vocabulary"?Jeemie wrote:MarleysGh0st wrote: And no- wintergreen was not making a grammatical protest, either.
Wintergreen was talking about using vocabulary to make a point about a social issue that was resolved 150 years ago by a war and a constitutional amendment, enaht.
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Semanticalosity?MarleysGh0st wrote:So, perhaps "grammatical" wasn't the correct word I was reaching for? Is there an adjective form of "vocabulary"?Jeemie wrote:MarleysGh0st wrote: And no- wintergreen was not making a grammatical protest, either.
Wintergreen was talking about using vocabulary to make a point about a social issue that was resolved 150 years ago by a war and a constitutional amendment, enaht.
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Sisyphean Fan wrote:Semanticalosity?MarleysGh0st wrote:So, perhaps "grammatical" wasn't the correct word I was reaching for? Is there an adjective form of "vocabulary"?Jeemie wrote:
Wintergreen was talking about using vocabulary to make a point about a social issue that was resolved 150 years ago by a war and a constitutional amendment, enaht.
Does semanticalosity have one L or two? Wouldn't want Rexer to drop the Spelling Police Hammer on me......
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Marvelous!Sisyphean Fan wrote:Semanticalosity?MarleysGh0st wrote:So, perhaps "grammatical" wasn't the correct word I was reaching for? Is there an adjective form of "vocabulary"?Jeemie wrote:
Wintergreen was talking about using vocabulary to make a point about a social issue that was resolved 150 years ago by a war and a constitutional amendment, enaht.
Semanticalosity can be wintergreen's special word, just like ontopicosity is mine!
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You made it up, spell it like you want. I would suggest using 3 just for that S. F. touch.Sisyphean Fan wrote:Sisyphean Fan wrote:Semanticalosity?MarleysGh0st wrote: So, perhaps "grammatical" wasn't the correct word I was reaching for? Is there an adjective form of "vocabulary"?
Wintergreen was talking about using vocabulary to make a point about a social issue that was resolved 150 years ago by a war and a constitutional amendment, enaht.
Does semanticalosity have one L or two? Wouldn't want Rexer to drop the Spelling Police Hammer on me......
Enough already. It's my fault! Get over it!
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I did not make it up! It's not my fault I have a more extensive vocabularitiousness than you do....Rexer25 wrote:You made it up, spell it like you want. I would suggest using 3 just for that S. F. touch.Sisyphean Fan wrote:Sisyphean Fan wrote: Semanticalosity?
Does semanticalosity have one L or two? Wouldn't want Rexer to drop the Spelling Police Hammer on me......
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Getting back on topic...
No s**t, Sherlock! I don't know anybody in America who has ever said that America is bad. It's just a handful of the people in America who are bad.1. America is good.
Sorry, but the revolution is for Christians only!2. I believe in God and He is the center of my life.
How's that working out for you, Beck?3. I must always try to be a more honest person than I was yesterday.
Tell that to Michael Schiavo.4. The family is sacred. My spouse and I are the ultimate authority, not the government.
Unless you're George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, Alberto Gonzales, Tom DeLay, Bob Novak...5. If you break the law, you pay the penalty. Justice is blind and no one is above it.
I suppose Beck is directing this toward women, homosexuals, and minorities.6. I have a right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness, but there is no guarantee of equal results.
Looks like Beck won't be paying taxes ever again. Next stop for him: a post in Obama's cabinet.7. I work hard for what I have and I will share it with who I want to. Government cannot force me to be charitable.
Unless the government is run by Republicans. Then that would be treason and sympathizing with the terrorists.8. It is not un-American for me to disagree with authority or to share my personal opinion.
See #8.9. The government works for me. I do not answer to them, they answer to me.
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I had one of those when I turned 50 years old. I was semi-coherent at the time.Rexer25 wrote:......MarleysGh0st wrote: But it was also semi-on-topical, since wintergreen was making a grammatical protest to a historical fact.
Semi-ontopcosity?
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Hahahahahaha!!!!!!1!!!1!11!!11111!!one!!11!!1!!!eleven!!!11!!1!!!111!!Rexer25 wrote:Learn how to punctuate correctly...hold down the shift key until after you let up on the 1...ha ha!Sisyphean Fan wrote:Learn how to spell!!!!1Rexer25 wrote:......
Semi-ontopcosity?
Now that's ontopicosity.....ha!
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