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
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- Fri Sep 21, 2007 8:27 pm
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: high-maintenance woman
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4347
- Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:56 pm
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: 4x4
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7609
4x4
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
Dale,
I think we both knew the Humphreymobile was the standard Adult Trike.
lneil
- Tue Sep 18, 2007 6:17 pm
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: ickyackymore
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7476
ickyackymore
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...
- Fri Aug 24, 2007 7:08 pm
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: mustard
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3312
mustard
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...
- Sat Jun 23, 2007 9:09 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: buckshee
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6516
buckshee
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...
- Fri Jun 15, 2007 11:19 pm
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: squirrel cage
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3187
squirrel cage
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...
- Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:48 pm
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: the meaning of the word Jeger [Jäger, Jaeger -- Forum Admin.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4374
the meaning of the word Jeger [Jäger, Jaeger -- Forum Admin.
Perhaps this touches on Mr Brown?
- Tue May 15, 2007 3:34 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Do we 'make' or 'take' a decision?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 19776
Do we 'make' or 'take' a decision?
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...
- Tue May 15, 2007 1:25 am
- Forum: Oh, and have you read...?
- Topic: Quirk's Grammar
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10046
Quirk's Grammar
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
Lneil
- Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:15 am
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: repurposed
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10124
repurposed
----------- 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...
- Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:55 pm
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: to hump
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5318
to hump
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...
- Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:06 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: ... vira ...viri ... viruses ??
- Replies: 29
- Views: 13337
... vira ...viri ... viruses ??
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
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
- Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:15 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Lighting terms
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8417
Lighting terms
So the original purpose of a 'ballast'
Yes. So as to offset the force of a "gale" of electrons.
Lneil
Yes. So as to offset the force of a "gale" of electrons.
Lneil
- Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:40 pm
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: snow bitch
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7156
snow bitch
One thought is that it could be a typo of "snow ditch".
- Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:44 am
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: Mexican stand-off
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5960
Mexican stand-off
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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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".
2K6JUL07FR18:45LNB