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naamah_darling

Words actually mean things, you know.

Apr 30, 2011 04:20

Jesus God. It's fine if you come onto my favorite obscure answers community wanting to pester us about medieval hats/falconry/cooking/architecture/medicine. Ask away! But for the love of all that's footnoted, and for the sake of my fragile sanity, do not ask about diseases/food/brothels/inheritance customs/punishments for bestiality "in ancient ( Read more... )

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the_vulture April 30 2011, 09:50:24 UTC

If my quarter falls and begins to roll under the vending machine, I will lose it. If the written response to that is "You will loose your quarter if you don't catch it quickly," I will totally lose it and let loose the hounds to ravage (not ravish) said foe of the English language.

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ofstarstuff April 30 2011, 10:55:28 UTC

This.

It never fails to make me twitch.

And Naamah... Thank you. The recent bout of Ancient Times Shenanigans in LD drives me crazy, and I'm glad I'm not the only one.

pauamma April 30 2011, 13:02:48 UTC

Contrariwise, "We ship bulk containers and lose cargo all over the world" implies that I should stay away from you when it comes to selecting a shipping contractor.

the_vulture April 30 2011, 18:25:33 UTC

*chuckle* I hadn't seen that variation before, but yeah. XD

the_vulture April 30 2011, 18:27:02 UTC

(BTW, I'm still trying to work out the visual pun implied by your icon...)

pauamma April 30 2011, 19:15:05 UTC

*blink* To the best of my knowledge, there isn't one, and I cerainly didn't intend one. I suppose it's remotely possible that the friend who made that userpic for me slipped onepast me, but I doubt it. What makes you think there's one?

the_vulture May 1 2011, 00:58:16 UTC

Well, it's not all that often one sees a beach crab about to partake of what appears to be a soda. I just kind of assumed there was some joke or pun behind it. I'm glad there wasn't, 'cause that would be a valid reason for me not getting it. :)

pauamma May 1 2011, 15:10:52 UTC

I'm a regular at Callahan's Place, in its IRC incarnation

cissa May 4 2011, 00:46:17 UTC

I say that "loosing the hounds" and "losing the hounds" are very different, although if your hounds are badly trained, "loosing" them may lead to "losing" them.

I also joy in using "penultimate" correctly, in that it's not The VERY MOST ULTIMATE!!! but is, instead, the not quite as ultimate as all that.

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