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DanS. <DanUNDERSCOREgoesHEREslaughter@sbcglobal.net> writes: > Evan Kirshenbaum added the following to the totality of all human > wisdom on 6/7/2010 in writing >> DanS. <DanUNDERSCOREgoesHEREslaughter@sbcglobal.net> writes: >> >>> It has taken on too negative a meaning. I mean, by definition it >>> just means someone who's made their mind up about a subject >>> concerning what is tolerable     

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Author: Evan Kirshenbaum
Date: Jun 7, 2010 23:10

"John Dean" <john-dean@fraglineone.net> writes: An item from today's Guardian about the quotation (if such it be) "Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music" Apparently this is a tattoo on Megan Fox. There is a dispute about the author http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jun/06/megan-fox-tattoo-angela-monet http://tinyurl
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"James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton@verizon.net> writes: > Hello All! > > Is there such a thing as a guide to ASCII IPA sufficient for simple > discussions of pronunciation, mainly British and US? I'm not sure that > I am correct especially when I am told I should use stress markings > etc. In other words, is there an up-to-date minimal listing of > necessary symbols? I don't expect to master     

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Author: Evan Kirshenbaum
Date: Jun 7, 2010 16:52

DanS. <DanUNDERSCOREgoesHEREslaughter@sbcglobal.net> writes: It has taken on too negative a meaning. I mean, by definition it just means someone who's made their mind up about a subject concerning what is tolerable and intolerable socially (and often politically). There's nothing inherently wrong with this, but the descriptive term makes it seem that way. The OED has the following
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Hatunen <hatunen@cox.net> writes: > On 7 Jun 2010 12:27:17 -0700, R H Draney <dadoctah@spamcop.net> > wrote: > >>Default User filted: >>> >>> >>>"Nehmo Sergheyev" <nehmo54@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>news:4e35d49e-1acb-4e68-9745-cb68b5236a30@i31g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... >>>> Grape Nuts, a brand name for a wheat and barley cereal >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grape-Nuts ,is     

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Author: Evan Kirshenbaum
Date: Jun 7, 2010 15:08

Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> writes: In message <eihfdewv.fsf@hpl.hp.com> Evan Kirshenbaum <kirshenbaum@hpl.hp.com> wrote: What do you consider a silly explanation for "get down to brass tacks"? Just about all of them I've ever heard. I understood it to be rhyming slang for "[hard] facts" (and Partridge appears to aggree). Except that one, though
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Peter Moylan <gro.nalyomp@retep> writes: > Watch out for the iodide ions, though. Chloride ions don't have a > huge effect on us, as far as I know, but iodised salt can be a > danger to your thyroid. Which is ironic, as iodine was, I believe, added to salt to combat goiter. -- Evan Kirshenbaum +------------------------------------ HP Laboratories     

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Author: Evan Kirshenbaum
Date: Jun 7, 2010 15:03

Ruud Harmsen <rh@rudhar.com> writes: Wed, 12 May 2010 15:44:18 -0400: "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu>: in sci.lang: Also the Richter scale.) Now largely replaced by the moment magnitude scale. Except in the press, which keep quoting the numbers with the wrong scale. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_magnitude_scale And except at places like USGS, which
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Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> writes: > I've seen this in various places, but I have never seen actual > references. IME, 'explanations' about the origins of phrases without > references are made up (like that many sill explanations for "whole nine > yards" or "get down to brass tacks"). What do you consider a silly explanation for "get down to brass tacks"? I understood it     

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Author: Evan Kirshenbaum
Date: Jun 7, 2010 14:57

A.Clews@DENTURESsussex.ac.uk writes: Thus spake the Omrud (usenet.omrud@gexpungemail.com) unto the assembled multitudes: As a boy I was hit by a cricket ball hit from about 80 yards away, and I had a bruise on my upper arm that seemed to last for weeks. Very sadly, a cricket umpire was killed a few weeks ago after being hit on the head by a thrown ball. I heard on the radio
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Author: Evan Kirshenbaum
Date: May 13, 2010 18:15

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Author: Evan Kirshenbaum
Date: May 13, 2010 08:34

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