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tyresias

Odd Meandenring Thyme

Oct 23, 2008 01:31

The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you need to express a thought.

Police dogs in North America are trained to react to commands in a foreign language; commonly German but more recently Hungarian.

Karaoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese. (kara = empty & oke is short for o-kesutora = orchestra)

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etherealgrace October 23 2008, 16:49:58 UTC

Here are my comments on these, just because...

"Lethologica"? Sounds like a word I won't be able to remember when I need it. :P

It makes perfect sense for police dogs to be trained in another language. They should make it a really obscure language, though, like one of the click languages from Africa. I think police officers would sound rather intimidating if they gave clicking commands to their dogs.

Karaoke. I am well aware of the term's origin. It is also an activity I rather enjoy.

Did Dr. Seuss coin the term "nerd"? If so, I now know whom to thank.

I knew the etymology of "goodbye". It has, however, become divorced from its religious origins so much that people have no idea where it came from. As a random fact, I seldom if ever use the full word "goodbye". I'll say "bye" as a short form, but if I wish to be more formal, I'll normally say "farewell".

Crazy Catholics. There's a patron saint for everything!

The really valuable statistic about bricks would be the surface area to volume ratio. That way, we know how likely a brick is to ( ... )

tyresias October 23 2008, 18:31:29 UTC

They tested toothbrushes on MythBusters for fecal coliform bacteria, and they found that there was almost no difference between one kept close to a toilet and one kept in the living room. I'm pretty sure that was their finding, anyway. Go figure...

Oh, I'm not worried enough to close the lid to my own toilet bowl. I just thought that my alternative for those who might be might be appreciated. I don't think "experts" always know best.

I agree, it should be organ donation that is required. Good point!

etherealgrace October 23 2008, 18:35:50 UTC

Of course, the organ that gets skewered or shot or whatever would be rather useless. :P

alimaemia October 23 2008, 17:59:42 UTC

Wow, I really need to remember this 'lethologica' word, since I suffer from it quite often. Almost daily.

Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
And this is just hilarious.

alimaemia October 23 2008, 18:30:59 UTC

And of course, now as I'm writing my take home Sexuality studies quiz I am suffering from this lethologica. God damn.
I hate this. Time to start flipping through a thesaurus and trying to figure out my damn word.

tyresias October 23 2008, 18:33:30 UTC

Hehehe.

This morning, to help me with my translation gig, I had to go onto a Québecois sex toy site. Sometimes the words just don't cum to mind. I mean come. Or do I?
*ducks*
You need to tell me if Charlie made a funny face when he read my txt msg today. I hope he got a chuckle out of it.

alimaemia October 23 2008, 18:35:26 UTC

Oh Matt.

I don't know if Charlie has read your text. I've been so sick and had so much work to do that I'm not really paying much attention to the World around me.

random... jordan23 October 23 2008, 23:56:40 UTC

The link to my friend's page...

MySpace URL: http://www.myspace.com/daesoteric1

so you can here him rap

Re: random... tyresias October 25 2008, 03:02:26 UTC

I like the first song (the song one wouldn't load up for one reason or another). Does he mix his own beats? I can do a basic beat but I want to expand on my skills so much. I've decided when I move into the townhouse, I'll buy a piano (I began playing when I was five but it was my mom's so it's been a while since I've lived with one) so I can write more melodies (and then just rely on samples for the beats/percussion. I'm getting progressively more annoyed with the supposed other half of my group. He never makes time to meet up, record, etc. You still writing as much and just not posting or what's up with your spits these days? I've resolved to put together enough material to have 13-17 of tracks on my own. Should be easier come next month when I live 2 floors above my favourite recording studio. (though it will only be a short while but I'll do my best to record like a maniac ( ... )

crafting_change October 24 2008, 10:15:15 UTC

Not only is lethologica a psychological disorder that inhibits an individual's ability to articulate his or her thoughts by temporarily forgetting key words, phrases or names in conversation... but the person who first coined / identified the disorder was Carl Jung. Neat!