Wordwizard

Back in the seventy,s it was well known among young men on the subject of 'muscle' versus 'sports' cars, that 'sports' cars were expensive mainly because they were "high maintainance" vehicles. I experienced this with my jag-wahr. Just could not keep it in tune.
lneil

I have to say that if in fact I had ever seen one I had forgotten about the adult's machines with the pedals attached to the rear wheels
Dale,
I think we both knew the Humphreymobile was the standard Adult Trike.
lneil

Talking to Babies From a discussion about whether it inhibits language acquisition for parents to use more than one term for things: =========== Other family words are less loaded. My mother had a word "ickyackymore" - it means the small reflection of the sun off a prism such as a watch face. I use...

AS PER--- Webster Dictionary, 1913 Mus"tard (?), n. [OF. moustarde, F. moutarde, fr. L. mustum must, -- mustard was prepared for use by being mixed with must. See Must, n.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica (formerly Sinapis),...... 2. A powder or a paste made f...

buck·shee (bksh) Chiefly British n. 1. Something extra or left over that is obtained free. 2. An extra ration. adj. 1. Free of charge; gratis: "If they deposit these shares, too, in the scheme, they will get further buckshee shares on a one-for-one basis" Economist. 2. Unsolicited; gratuitous: "The...

INTENSIONAL MEANING Squirrel cage motors get their name from the appearance of early rotors. They are the most common type of industrial AC electric motor, being rugged and requiring neither a separate DC power source nor slip-rings. They are essentially constant speed devices when energised by a c...

Perhaps this touches on Mr Brown?

Does anyone know a reason for this change? It might be connected to the newer current saying that "It is all a matter of choices". Now that I am old enough to have made a sufficient number of mistakes that I can assess whether those "choices" I have made are one,s consequent to seeing them as 'clea...

This topic, started by gdwrkr, is flagging at me but I fail to see justification for the forum choice. Is there some kind of paradigm shift I am unaware of?
Lneil

----------- I think the concept has already been named – in some instances at least – with the good old word RECYCLE: --------- NO, I sharply disagree. Your speech and esthetics are free, but indicative of the poor selection of this term 'recycle' for the much clearer 'repurpose', in the first place...

I get a persistent image of an inchworm humping along..... I think this is one of those anglo saxon words that are not and never were catchable by the Lit majors. I think the noun and verb grew up togther. If I were to try and say " load the truck by levering the load up with first my thigh, then h...

I wonder if Ken even noticed the date on this thread before he went off.
My understanding is that both ways are acceptable now. I use (DATA) in the singular sense because I think of data in the aggregate.
Lneil

So the original purpose of a 'ballast'
Yes. So as to offset the force of a "gale" of electrons.
Lneil

One thought is that it could be a typo of "snow ditch".

I have had difficulty with your campaign
Bob, when it comes to punctuation, there are no rules, only 'house' styles. If there were real rules, there would be someone to blame for the piss-poor norms that do exist. I think you know what I think you can do with your "rules".
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