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Comments for Chained Bear Please sign in or sign up to comment on this profile 1 day ago Prolagus said Why is slalom your least favorite word? 1 day ago ruzuzu said And I like your tags--they're helpful. 1 day ago ruzuzu said Of course not! puts away notebook full of observational notes, tucks camera into vest pocket, and hides book about recognizing specific excrement 1 day ago chained_bear said P.S. I got rather a load of guff for those tags, by the way. 1 day ago chained_bear said Uhh... that's right... suspicious Are you stalking me? 1 day ago ruzuzu said "Chained Bear has added 258 lists containing 23,840 words, 16,839 comments, 9,787 tags, 125 favorites, and 0 pronunciations." about 1 month ago john said Hi c_b. There is a Google-powered 'search-most-of-wordnik' feature, which is kind of hidden right now, since we hope to improve upon it in the future. But at the bottom of every page, the far-right footer link is 'search'. I love that thing too! 3 months ago chained_bear said I love that thing. I like visiting my profile to see it. :) 3 months ago reesetee said No chains! :-) 3 months ago frogapplause said 4 months ago john said Hi c_b, Tony just cleared up the glitch in our database that was causing trouble with war tourist. It necessitated removing it from your list, but you should be able to add it back now no problem. 5 months ago yarb said This morning I read the first 20 pages of this book and I'm already quite convinced you'd love it. More Nashe is scheduled, glad you're enjoying it. 6 months ago vega said Howdy! Never thought I'd be noticed, there in a corner of Wordie happily playing with my toys (ahem, words) by my contented self... gryn Many thanks for the generous compliment on my profile. 6 months ago reesetee said I'd wager the sender would decline to be a bear if he/she heard about that part. 6 months ago chained_bear said Thanks, oroboros! I actually saw that somewhere... but I think it is negligent in not mentioning tappens. Seriously.... I mean... tappens... Seriously. 6 months ago oroboros said Hey c_b! This was in my inbox this morning and I thought I'd pass it along to you. Interesting that tappen somehow escaped mention. Hope it's never had your eyetracks on it before. I want to be a bear...... If you're a bear, you get to hibernate. You do nothing but sleep for six months. I could deal with that. Before you hibernate, you're supposed to eat yourself stupid. I could deal with that too. If you're a bear, you birth your children (who are the size of walnuts) while you are sleeping and wake to partially grown, cute, cuddly cubs. I could definitely deal with that. If you're a mama bear, everyone knows you mean business. You swat anyone who bothers your cubs. If your cubs get out of line, you swat them too. I could deal with that. If you're a bear, your mate EXPECTS you to wake up growling. He EXPECTS that you will have hairy legs and excess body fat. Yup...... I want to be a bear! 8 months ago ruzuzu said Wait. Bears... monkeys.... Um, anyway, did you see that another of your lists was chosen as list of the day? 8 months ago oroboros said Hey! I think c_b's awesome too! A bit distracted these days with a new lil monkey, but still awesome... 9 months ago ruzuzu said Thanks! I discovered Wordie.org only a month before "the change." But what a month it was! Edit: I can't even remember what life was like before I discovered all the fun to be had here. And I'm very glad you're back. 9 months ago chained_bear said What? Er... thanks! You too! (P.S. I've been meaning to ask: did I know you on Wordie.org? By a different name perhaps?) 9 months ago ruzuzu said Hello, Chained_Bear, I just wanted to stop by to say that you're totally awesome. Because, well, you're totally awesome. 9 months ago abraxaszugzwang said Heya C_B! Congrats on the cub! I'll try to check in more often if you'll do the same. 9 months ago chained_bear said Indeed!! :) 9 months ago bilby said For lovers of both drumming and pants. 9 months ago bilby said Flattering photo, leatherbutt :-P 9 months ago abraxaszugzwang said Hellooooooo. 9 months ago super-clarice said What happened to wordie?? 9 months ago chained_bear said Put some clothes on! Sheesh... some bears... 9 months ago reesetee said Aww. Poor critter. 10 months ago chained_bear said "Spawn Harder" does sound painful, in addition to somewhat nonsensical... :) 10 months ago reesetee said Or Spawn 2.0: More ornery than the last one. ;-) 10 months ago Prolagus said "Spawn II: Unchained Cub" 10 months ago pterodactyl said "Spawn II" is a catchy name, but it clearly needs a subtitle. For example: "Spawn II: The Sequel" "Spawn II: This Time It's Personal" "Spawn II: Spawn Harder" "Spawn II: Electric Boogaloo" 10 months ago chained_bear said wipes tear Shucks... thanks y'all. It's been surreal, and a rather difficult week to say the least, but Spawn II is a great joy. :) I loves me my Wordie felicitations. 10 months ago mollusque said Congratulations on becoming paraphyletic (again)! 10 months ago Telofy said Has (s)he already a Wordie account? Anyway, another bunch of felicitations! 10 months ago bilby said Boy or girl? Congratulations! 10 months ago sionnach said Felicitaciones, c_b! Thanks for informing us about the wonders of Proctofoam. As always, you continue to enrich our world. 10 months ago yarb said Good job on the sprogging, c_b! 10 months ago reesetee said Welcome back! And a worthy addition it is! terrified 10 months ago chained_bear said thanks, reesetee. It's been busy. But I had to come visit and add Proctofoam. It was too good not to share. 10 months ago reesetee said Congrats, c_b, on the new little cub! :-D 11 months ago gangerh said I played with your name. 12 months ago chained_bear said Ha! That's cute! Thanks, frog. :) about 1 year ago chained_bear said No, no, please! Donkeys are pretty cute. Besides, I'm registered Democrat, so it's okay. :) about 1 year ago frogapplause said Oh, no! I just realized I wrote donkey under the bear animal cracker. A chained_donkey is not worthy of your goodness! about 1 year ago bilby said Nice work on the front page! I'd doff my cap but still looking for one big enough to fit the ears in grumbles about 1 year ago chained_bear said Thanks oroboros... Usually I go off to some websites that list them and copy/paste from there, but I wish I could remember the keyboard shortcuts as they're much quicker. about 1 year ago oroboros said C_b. If you don't want to remember/type in numbers, just run the "charmap" program on your PC (don't know about Apple) and you can select/copy the symbols there. It's a little like looking for a needle in a haystack 'tho, sometimes. Here's some I copied for instance: ێϊǼ♥♫▒ﯓ about 1 year ago chained_bear said No, I think I just used Alt+ some number keys. Wish I could remember what they were... Wait. Is that "charmap"? Then yes. about 1 year ago oroboros said Thanks c_b! I'll put on my thinking cap and add some place nicknames to your list. BTW, I noticed the keyboard shortcuts you "found" a couple of months ago. Did you use "charmap" or what? about 1 year ago chained_bear said I had no idea that was out there. Or that Hamtramck has more than two syllables. WTF?, as they say. about 1 year ago sionnach said Maybe you are thinking of this list, c_b? Hamtramck about 1 year ago pattisue said Thanks, chained_bear. I'm sort of feeling my way through, and realized my error after the fact. Right now I'm looking for a way to delete that. about 1 year ago reesetee said loves the idea of clams crawling up mangrove trees about 1 year ago chained_bear said Thanks moll. :) I knew you'd have a ton of info for me. about 1 year ago mollusque said Hi c_b! Clams can indeed locomote. Scallops can clap their valves together to produce little jets of water that let them swim. Ephippodonta have the valves permanently open and crawl along on their foot. Divariscintilla yoyo hangs from the walls of stomatopod burrows and bobs up and down. Phlyctaenachlamys lysiosquillina probably does the same. Enigmonia have a hole in the bottom valve through which they stick the foot to crawl up mangrove trees. over 1 year ago reesetee said God help us. over 1 year ago chained_bear said Just found keyboard shortcuts!! ☺ ☻ ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ • ◘ ○ ◙ ♂ ♀ ♪ ♫ ☼ ► ◄ ↕ ╞ ¶ § ▬ ↨ ↑ ↓ → �? ∟ ↔ ▲ ▼ Whoopee!! over 1 year ago reesetee said And I doubt you'd be off selling it.... over 1 year ago chained_bear said Well, except for the color, it could well be Pooh's arse. It is definitely not my arse, however, as mine is wider. over 1 year ago bilby said As these exclusive pictures from inside La Bandicuterie reveal, I recently bought myself one of these. According to the label it is a 'back rest support'. Indeed, wonderful it is for those balmy evenings reading in bed. But I can't help feeling that, regardless of angle, it does bear (!) a passing resemblance to the bottom half of Winnie the Pooh. Hence I have come to refer to my new bedtime companion as a bear's arse. over 1 year ago chained_bear said GAH!!! Signed, Someone Who Just Wrote an Attack Letter to Her Internet Service Provider for Being Complete Di@#heads. over 1 year ago chained_bear said ... I would need a hell of a lot more of them to pay my bills. :) over 1 year ago jennarenn said Dude! If words were dollars.... over 1 year ago heidikraut said hello, I've just found your welcome message - thanks a lot. over 1 year ago frogapplause said c_b: Thank you for the very supportive comment. I knew I could count on my Wordie family! xxoo over 1 year ago bilby said Milestone! Maybe time for new cloak :-) Well done. We have our differences but you are part of the wonder of my Wordie adventure. Peace. over 1 year ago mollusque said Yippee! You're in league with reesetee now. over 1 year ago reesetee said Yay! You did it! :-D hands chained_bear a cupcake emblazoned with "20K" over 1 year ago chained_bear said not quite. over 1 year ago Prolagus said Tappen problem, again? :-) over 1 year ago chained_bear said sorry. not sleeping. over 1 year ago Prolagus said chained_bear! It's way too early (or too late) to be on Wordie! This is the Euroceasian round! over 1 year ago reesetee said Yes. Don't forget: I own the alphabet. over 1 year ago chained_bear said If there's only one person in it, can it be called a club? over 1 year ago reesetee said Ooh! You're about to join the 20k club! over 1 year ago madmouth said you'd better have "myun" as the default counter in the Korean section of the pasta list; "guksu" means "noodle soup". over 1 year ago chained_bear said Yeah, sorry about that. Maybe I'll move them. I do need to break up that list; it's getting completely unmanageable. over 1 year ago yarb said Lots of excellent words coming out of Illywhacker - I reckon they warrant a list of their own. over 1 year ago chained_bear said (apologies to those who get WordieMobile--esp. frindley...) over 1 year ago chained_bear said hides over 1 year ago pterodactyl said Hi c_b! I think I just stumbled across you on another site. Wow -- small Internet! over 1 year ago chained_bear said ponders what candy poo looks like floating in a spacecraft decides she really should get back to work over 1 year ago reesetee said ponders avoiding candy poo while floating in spacecraft over 1 year ago chained_bear said ponders floating inside a spacecraft over 1 year ago reesetee said Oh, I don't much care for golf. I was thinking of the trip there, you see.... :-) over 1 year ago sionnach said Silly reesetee! There is gravity on the moon. Otherwise golf would be very challenging indeed. over 1 year ago reesetee said is equally disappointed and was hoping for zero-gravity fun over 1 year ago chained_bear said disappointed there are no pooping astronaut dispenser dioramas over 1 year ago sionnach said I would just like to point out that the golf course there by the Sea of Tranquility is mine, all mine. Green cheese fees are surprisingly reasonable, however - ask me about the special lunar Wordizen discount. And, no, there will be no pooping astronaut dispenser videoramas - the Helsinki Convention has very specific prohibitions against this, as does the Kyoto Protocol. Now, if we could only get those golfing, pooping lunar tourists from Cataluña to behave! over 1 year ago reesetee said Except the alphabet, which I own. Okay. With the possible exception of P. dodges ptero's fresh squid bombing over 1 year ago chained_bear said Oh. Well, no offense taken or meant, I was just confused. If you mean the general practice by what seem frequently to be Newordizens (by the way, I just invented that, that's copyrighted) to say "This is my word, I coined it," uhh... I agree with yarb. over 1 year ago yarb said Claiming coinage of a word is a bit like claiming real estate on the moon, isn't it? over 1 year ago bilby said Uhh, just because I value your opinion. I could have set up a nonce like coinage takers but I thought I might as well ask you straight out as I am interested to know what you think. You've been here longer than me and seen more Wordies come and go so, yeah, respect for grey-tinged furry coiffure and all that. over 1 year ago chained_bear said Uhh... What's this about? Or to be more specific, did you mean to post this to my profile? For some particular reason? over 1 year ago bilby said Lately there've been a few occurrences of people coming to Wordie to stake a claim as the coiner of a particular neologism. Perhaps they even signed up primarily for this purpose, who knows? Frauditing and serendipitous findability are recent examples; there's also the odd claim launched at us over rufkm on the basis of commercial copyright rather than coinage. I can't really say as I'm for or against it, it's just something I noticed. My general knowledge of how language works suggests to me that the genesis of words is a complex process. Take the case of bootylicious. It does appear to have been around in the pre-Lopez days, but then again she was probably the one who cemented it in the popular lexicon and hence deserves some credit (regardless of what we think about her ahem music). over 1 year ago sionnach said But Hogmanay should be a place! Houghmagandy too! over 1 year ago reesetee said tentatively hands c_b a cupcake, no icing over 1 year ago chained_bear said Indeed. I would suggest that "Do Not Approach Bears" and "Guard Your Food at All Times" is good advice. I can't say whether the chains are for bears, though. No comment. over 1 year ago Prolagus said Look what I found in Sequoia National Park! over 1 year ago sionnach said ¡ Hola, ursa en cadenas ! Sorry it's taken me so long to answer your question about the dating of the armor. But I did finally track it down, and it appears that the suits of armor in question date from the 15th century. (this is from the little information booklet about the Alcazar in Segovia, which I finally was able to locate) zorrito over 1 year ago chained_bear said It's a slightly different subject than the modern-capitalistic-society stuff she has often written about in the past, I'll grant you. But it really is quite a similar treatment of a subject that, for some reason, not enough people write about. over 1 year ago reesetee said I think I'll add it to my list. I've read other Ehrenreich titles and I enjoy her writing--although, as sionnach says, it seems like a departure for her. over 1 year ago chained_bear said Thanks. I love this book. I was particularly fascinated by the chapters that compared the worship of Dionysus with early Christianity. Worth a read. Quite fascinating. over 1 year ago reesetee said I second that, s. :-) over 1 year ago sionnach said c_b: I just wanted to say how much I've been enjoying the entries you've been making, inspired by Barbara Ehrenreich's book. It seems like an interesting departure for her. over 1 year ago reesetee said I just don't see the family resemblance. over 1 year ago chained_bear said sigh They're my flabby, dull cousins. over 1 year ago sonofgroucho said Are these guys relatives of yours? over 1 year ago chained_bear said Ta ean ear an gloch.* I probably spelled that wrong. over 1 year ago sionnach said Wonders where c_b is pulling the Gaelic from, and whether or not there is the danger of dislodging a tappen in the process. Scampering off to photograph cows.... over 1 year ago chained_bear said A Phadraig a chara, Baile Atha Cliath go deas anois!! (p.s. I'm not really in Dublin. And your name is not Patrick.) over 1 year ago sionnach said ¡Saludos madrileños a la ursa en cadenas! over 1 year ago reesetee said Does anyone know someone who has a birthday today? Anyone? Anyone? over 1 year ago jennarenn said Oh c_b, I am so sorry. I'm sure your tags are delightful. over 1 year ago chained_bear said Thanks. I've seen these kinds of nasty-bomb tags on several words in my travels. It's lame. The answer to "I hate chained_bear's stupid tags" is to go use tags oneself in the way that seems best. Drown my tags out in a chorus of properly-used tags. That's what they're for. If someone posted a tag like the one on gunpowder in a comment, he or she might well expect to get shouted down for being unnecessarily nasty. But since it's a tag, the excuse that might be offered is that it's my fault for not thinking it's funny. Instead of laughter—and gee, I can't think why—the phrase "passive-aggressive assmarmot" comes to mind. Oh well. See yuz around. over 1 year ago reesetee said I second that. over 1 year ago qroqqa said grrr* Loves you and your tags notwithstanding anonymous counter-taggers. over 1 year ago jennarenn said 11,000+ tags? People use tags? mollusque, I'm impressed. over 1 year ago chained_bear said I'll be back when I have some words to throw around. over 1 year ago chained_bear said (thanks sionnach.) over 1 year ago sionnach said pssst... Ms Bear: The HTML code to include an image directly into a comment is {img src="location of image"}, where the opening and closing braces are replaced by the 'less than' and 'greater than' symbols. over 1 year ago hernesheir said Thanks chained_bear for the compliments on my nascent lists and contributed words, and the encouragement you posted on my profile. What fun it has been to discover then poke around the edges of the Wordie community while indulging on words and language with so many witty and clever people! I've been so busy watching words and comments scroll by that I have spent too little time exploring others' truly neat and insightful lists. I guess that is where the real work for me begins soon. Collections of items are very powerful to me. I've assembled a collection of hundreds of antique corkscrews from all over the world. While individually they are interesting, collectively organized by type, material, or mechanical function they become awe-inspiring testaments of human creativity, problem-solving, and artistry. Wordie lists do the same thing for me. They provide a spectrum of words with similar and overlapping meanings and related terms and concepts. Most of all, the quirkier of the lists reveal to me what playful and clever monkies we humans are - one part of human-ness that I really cherish and revel in! Y'all amaze and inspire me! (Idaho kid trying to talk Southern). - hernesheir over 1 year ago reesetee said Hey, how'd the piping and/or drumming go? over 1 year ago chained_bear said Alas, List Maintenance is time-consuming, but at least it's well worth the effort. Like cleaning one's house. sigh over 1 year ago mollusque said Sionnach, I generally haven't used bulk tagging, but I'm over 11,000 tags (970 different). I agree with c_b: tag as you go. It's a pain to wade through a list later to add the tags. For example, I intend to tag all the items on chromonyms by color, but keep procrastinating, since I'd rather list than tag. over 1 year ago chained_bear said Happy 2009 everybody! I'm off to pipe in Hogmanay. Er... that's "pipe in" "Hogmanay," not pipe. in. Hogmanay. (which is not a place) over 1 year ago chained_bear said Yes, that's all true too. Those are excellent examples of tags that are useful to many users rather than just a couple. Thanks Pro! over 1 year ago Prolagus said This is how I describe my use of tags on faq. Q What are tags for? A There are no formal rules - we are on Wordie, after all. But in general, tags are meant to relate words to each other, so that you can easily find words, for instance, in different languages (e.g. Italian) or pertaining to a specific jargon (e.g. scientific name). over 1 year ago chained_bear said Sionnach, there's the bulk-tagging feature, which tags every word on a list—that probably accounts for the outrageously large number on my profile that even I don't really believe. Second, in my case, I've constructed several lists in the past few months which contain words sorted by a variety of tags—for example, the seventy-three (it feels like) dinosaur lists, or the London Underground stations. In the London Underground list, for example, each entry is tagged with which subway line it's on, and whether it's permanently closed. Obviously those tags won't prove very useful to other users or in other contexts, but they are very useful on that particular list and to any interested browsers. Since part of the purpose of tags is to organize information, it seems to me that if you're reading a list of 300 words but you want to see only that portion of them that interests you, then clicking on a tag, whether it's a list-specific one or not, will bring up that portion. Someone explained it to me in terms of Dogs in Russian Literature (perhaps on features, or tags?). The tag will organize information across lists as well as within them. Others of my lists that use very particular tags, just off the top of my head, are the ships of the British Navy (tagged with the size of the ship, number of guns, whether captured or sunk, etc.), Slaves enlisted in the Rhode Island Regiment (tagged with what month they enlisted and from which town), Signers of the Declaration of Independence (tagged with which state they represented), and (of course) many of the entries on the Aubrey/Maturin list are tagged with medicine, nautical, avian, or any number of other tags. These (of course) were not tagged with the bulk-tagging tool. It's much easier, I've discovered, to go to the trouble of adding tags when adding words individually to lists, than to go through later on and tag them. Though I've done it both ways. I know not everyone uses tags this way, or envisions them used this way, but this is Wordie and John says I can do what I want, so I did. :) Hope this helps. over 1 year ago sionnach said Not being much of a tagger myself, I am in awe that one person could have added 8,444 tags. Though (it begins to dawn on me) it can't mean 8,444 unique tags, surely? Obviously there must be unsuspected utility to tagging that I should probably educate myself about. My primitive vulpine brain thinks of tagging primarily as a tool to facilitate later sorting and retrieval - perhaps there is more to it than that? Occasionally I'll see whole conversations scroll by about the most intricate, nitty-gritty details of tag choices and I have to confess that their larger meaning escapes me. If you, c_b, or any other prolific taggers out there, could offer any enlightenment, I know I would appreciate it. thanks over 1 year ago Telofy said xkcd: That site offers but a small minority of comics that are less than hilarious to me. :-) cheat sheet: It's not really exhaustive. over 1 year ago reesetee said Two years. So don't feel so bad. :-) over 1 year ago chained_bear said Wow. It's only been, what, three years? And I still can't get into my head there's a cheat sheet, even though John and others have told me about it four times... smacks head with meaty paw over 1 year ago reesetee said So true! sigh C_b and BB (and anyone else who cares), I just want to point out that a "cheat sheet" for coding pops up when you click on the tiny "Some html" link just above the comment field on every page. I use it all the time, because I can't seem to keep them in my head. :-) over 1 year ago chained_bear said Telofy, thanks for posting the link info here. That XKCD is priceless! I also like this one. over 1 year ago Telofy said Nothing like youtube comments. :-) over 1 year ago BrainyBabe said Thanks for the coding tip! I have just read thrugh half these comments, and clearly here is where the action is (my main analogy is Wikipedia -- talk pages I guess). You guys are so civilised! Seeing as how you were discussing wooden stirring spoons, may I introduce you to bishkek and spirtle? The pleasure is mine! over 1 year ago Telofy said <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/83734/book/20334358">Link-blah-foobar</a> should look like this: Link-blah-foobar And on a(n) (un)realated note: I love fiction for I eschew real-life. Ok, that was cynical, I don't mean it like that, just kidding; please imagine many sortas, kindas and ;-)s inserted into that sentence. over 1 year ago BrainyBabe said Thanks! Seeing as how you were discussing wooden stirring spoons, may I introduce you to bishkek and spirtle? The pleasure is mine! over 1 year ago chained_bear said No, I haven't! Thanks for the suggestion. I don't read much fiction. I find real-life stuff far more compelling. You can embed links with this text: a href="your link here" Put that whole line inside these: < > Then text you can click on and then another < slash, lower-case a > Hope it helps. Maybe someone else has a less obtuse way of explaining it. I know I had to keep referring to AbraxasZugzwang's comment on a certain word page before I could get it in my head. over 1 year ago BrainyBabe said Have you read the novel "Bear"? (you don't have to answer, obviously) -- Now I will try to insert a link: http://www.librarything.com/work/83734/book/20334358 over 1 year ago millionbear said yes, your rich, non-incarcerated cousin perhaps... over 1 year ago chained_bear said Delightful! Comment posted at bear hands. (Thanks to you too, kewpid!) over 1 year ago Prolagus said chained_bear, check this out! over 1 year ago reesetee said I was going to say....Geez, chayce, get it right for once. over 1 year ago chained_bear said Right! I'm going to proudly declare my lack of testicles!! Yay! dancing Wait... I have a whole list of them. I guess I do have testicles after all. sigh over 1 year ago Prolagus said Many people don't. There's nothing to worry about, much less for women. over 1 year ago chained_bear said That's right, chayce. I don't. I also know how to spell. almost 2 years ago chained_bear said ABRAXAS!!!! hugs You were missed! I'm glad you're back and hope you stick around. grinning Yay! Yay! almost 2 years ago abraxaszugzwang said C_B! Hi! Thanks for the comment. I've been gone so long, I felt sure no one would remember me. Not sure why I go in such fits and spurts. I need to think about making a new list and getting back into the swing of things. Probably loads of people to meet too. Anyhoo, how're you doing? almost 2 years ago bilby said "I have heard from so many recently who are deeply and properly bewildered. They are concerned about the state of affairs in our world right now. It is true, one has to have strong cojones and ovarios to withstand much of what passes for 'good' in our culture today." - Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Letter To A Young Activist During Troubled Times, 2003. almost 2 years ago chained_bear said Oh god yes. sitting on mound of defunse weaponry almost 2 years ago reesetee said I'd like to be His Highness's archer too. Chained_bear, do you have enough artillery in your arsenal for civil defunse for all of us? almost 2 years ago chained_bear said I see. Definitely becoming a pattern, more's the pity. And what do you propose calling this pattern? Simply the New-fangled Pattern? I am delighted to be considered one of King John's Archers. I propose a Facebook group. almost 2 years ago bilby said We are seeing a Variation in The Pattern. I shall now stand on a chair crowd gasps and pronounce this the New-Fangled Pattern. Viz: - Site Misuser enters - Site Misuser annoys Other Users, mostly Loyalists, with Spam or Sundry Triteness - the King John's Archers, mounted on Fine Steeds, conduct a swift and barbed counter-offensive. And some of us can be really phucking offensive :-> - Site Misuser protests and comes Lame Excuse A-Proffering. almost 2 years ago elgiad007 said Hi chained_bear, Thanks for the welcome! I've been with Wordie for a month or so, and I've enjoyed what I've seen immensely. I've seen plenty of examples of abuses like English reasearch paper on other reputable sites, so today's antics by Bonnie and company didn't surprise or dissuade me in the least. If anything, I was impressed by the swift response by you and the Wordie community. It demonstrated strong support of the ideal's of Wordie by it's members, and that is encouraging in light of the cretinous display we witnessed today. almost 2 years ago chained_bear said Hmmm, do you think it's real? I don't like the vagueness of the definitions! At any rate it's no longer unlisted. Thanks! almost 2 years ago whichbe said There is an unlisted superslasher on the loose on Wordie! almost 2 years ago reesetee said Wise ursa. almost 2 years ago chained_bear said You know, in today's politically motivated anti-bear climate, you can hardly blame me for wanting to get out in front of this bad press. Let the record show that I repudiate such attacks. almost 2 years ago frindley said Still, we'd be right to suspect you. Only a very clever bear could aim for a girl's "left lip". (Looks like her upper lip to me, but hey…) almost 2 years ago reesetee said How could you? You're chained. :-) almost 2 years ago chained_bear said I want everyone to know that I had nothing to do with this. almost 2 years ago lillyjames said Haha! Well, I guess it's adorable then! :) almost 2 years ago mollusque said Thanks c_b! Next up, a baker's kilodozen. almost 2 years ago chained_bear said Certainly. And, too, there are so many different types of dictionaries. It's delightful that so many are available digitally. almost 2 years ago quotato said A paper page dictionary has more than 15,000 words, and, it does not even need an electric plug to keep it charged up. Of course, a human being does need to use muscular power to open its pages too view it's many many words... I must admit...my mind shall never remember every word in that Great Book. almost 2 years ago chained_bear said Yeah... sorry about that... I also blew past 15,000 words at some point this week... Not too busy at work for the past few days so plenty of time to read and play with words. almost 2 years ago mollusque said Hey c_b, you blew past 10,000 comments today! Conflagrations! almost 2 years ago chained_bear said Sorry about hogging the front page of comments, all. I'll be done very shortly. almost 2 years ago chained_bear said I'm terribly sorry to disappoint, zuccaciyecioglu, but fuck is one of my favorite words. :( Good luck! almost 2 years ago zuccaciyecioglu said Hi CB, please help me bump 'f--k' from the Wordie Hot 100 by adding prestidigitation, alacrity, ineffable, or chimera. I'm not even kidding! almost 2 years ago sionnach said c_b: ¿Qué pasa, chica? You are leaving me in the dust. I will never catch up with you. Abrazos from the 35th parallel, al oso en cadenas. zorrito. almost 2 years ago Prolagus said I'll try not to use it, instead: zuccaciyecoglu... (quick look) zuccaciyecioglu! almost 2 years ago chained_bear said Actually I wouldn't care, but thanks for responding. I'll just hone my quick-draw copy-paste ability. :) almost 2 years ago gangerh said OOOOOOooooooOOOOh! almost 2 years ago zuccaciyecioglu said Chained Bear, I'm afraid I must insist that you master and use the entire name. I promise it will be worth the effort. You wouldn't want me calling you, "Chai," would you? almost 2 years ago Prolagus said And 9000 comments! almost 2 years ago bilby said 4200 tags?! Yikes, I'm struggling to get my first hundred! about 2 years ago elisheba said thank you chained bear! :-)) wordie is a really cool idea, it's lots of fun as well as interesting. i'll check out the other musical lists and add definitions as soon as i have some time about 2 years ago reesetee said Deal! hands c_b an Agreement Cupcake, sans icing about 2 years ago chained_bear said That's a good idea--a separate list of extinct vs. prehistoric. We could coordinate our use of tags, too. about 2 years ago reesetee said Either way would be fine with me. :-) I've been thinking of starting a list of extinct birds, but I hadn't thought of going back to prehistory. Maybe they should be two separate lists. about 2 years ago chained_bear said I haven't yet, but I might, just for sorting purposes. Do you want to make it instead? And maybe I can add words to yours? Or vice versa? about 2 years ago reesetee said C_b, are you making a list of prehistoric birds? about 2 years ago mollusque said Eleventy-thousand eleventy-one! about 2 years ago whichbe said My legion of demonic words imbibes my soul with the power to add words like eggo construction. about 2 years ago reesetee said Wow. How Zen. about 2 years ago chained_bear said I'm in a Wordie frenzy so this will change momentarily, but I wanted to mark this moment. I feel it counteracts my experiencing the mark of the beast on whichbe's list yesterday: chained_bear has added 11111 words about 2 years ago super-logos said Sorry about that, c_b. I have created my own 2 lists about mythical literary works and mythical music/composers with an Americam theme. Please feel free to add. about 2 years ago chained_bear said Masterpiece re-creation located at my open list SPAM SPAM SPAMMITY SPAM. Also, plethora, I paid attention this time and the 10,000th word was nurdled. A good one, I think. about 2 years ago reesetee said Oh. Hmm. Well, that's probably a good thing, in the long run--even though we posted masterpieces there. ;-) about 2 years ago chained_bear said I have no idea. I don't know what the 10,000th word was cuz I wasn't really paying attention, I guess. Sorry. I mean, it's neat like seeing the odometer numbers all turn at once, but other than that... shrugs Edit: Apparently it does, reesetee, because Radixand's account was nuked (it looks like), and the word count went down again. (Not that it matters! Just sayin'.) about 2 years ago reesetee said I hate to burst your bubble, c_b, but didn't we discover that adding words to someone else's list doesn't increase your word count? Or was I dreaming? about 2 years ago chained_bear said You ain't kidding, bilby. I am completely pussified! ROOOOOAAAAAAARRRRRR!! Actually it just takes, you know, a couple years of hanging out here and adding words like a crazy bear (or mollusque, or whichbe, or whatever it is that reesetee is, etc.). Plethora... ahh... good question! One of those nice spammity things over on radixand's profile, I suspect. Juhu! about 2 years ago plethora said Yay! Congratulations c_b! What was your ten thousandth word? about 2 years ago mollusque said Yippee! Congrats! about 2 years ago bilby said Ooh, another in the 10K Klub. It takes ovaries to do that! about 2 years ago sionnach said Hola, oso en cadenas. Felicitaciones. Tu hincha numero uno. about 2 years ago reesetee said Heeeey, congrats on passing the 10k Wordie mark! about 2 years ago rolig said Don't worry about it bothering people. Wordie has two sides, the public, where everyone gathers around to chat in a million directions, and the private, where we compile our various lists as we see fit. I enjoy your enthusiasm, c_b, for the weird and wonderful word even when I don't jump in with a comment. about 2 years ago chained_bear said I'm very sorry if it's bothering anyone. Glad you've been enjoying them, rolig, and thanks for telling me. :) about 2 years ago rolig said Ms. Bear, thanks for your recent posts with links to McSweeney's and, a couple of weeks ago, to Dan Savage. I've been enjoying Savage steadily since, and am sure I will McSweeney as well. Juhu! (as they say in Slovene) new ways to avoid work! about 2 years ago chained_bear said Oh dear. That does sound annoying. Fortunately I've never read that series. about 2 years ago bilby said In Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, usually abbreviated to WoT by fans, the characaters go on and on about The Pattern. Especially the Aes Sedai who like to come across as the wise ones of the piece. Every 'air of resignation' is (inevitably) accompanied by an "Ah, it's part of The Pattern now." It's suitable fantasy shorthand for fate I suppose for about two books' worth, after which you realise RJ uses The Pattern as a cache for all the stuff his aimless tomes have no interest in explaining. Screamworthy after the tenth book :-( about 2 years ago chained_bear said Umm... ?? about 2 years ago bilby said Arrggh, WoT! about 2 years ago gangerh said I think you're right, 'bear. And it does lean towards glamourising it. I'll just list the phrase for posterity and perhaps a future function. about 2 years ago chained_bear said Ha! Great phrase. But that elevates the activity into something worthwhile, or at least meaningful. I think sionnach called it Internet pettiness once, but that's an unnecessarily provocative way to put it. Still liking The Pattern. about 2 years ago gangerh said Guerilla wordfare? about 2 years ago chained_bear said That's a good suggestion. I would be reluctant to sully the good name of the 42 page by verbing it into The Pattern, though. Then the terrorists win. But what about The Pattern? It has an elegant simplicity to it, which makes it more mysterious and Orwellian, and sounds like something Wordiewan Kenobi might say, to boot. :) about 2 years ago skipvia said Wordiewan here. In honor of the latest example of The Pattern, why don't we call it "42?" For example--"that new guy really 42ed on us, didn't he?" about 2 years ago chained_bear said John (and co.), I moved that conversation over to features; I hope you don't mind. I think there should be a name for this pattern we've all noticed. Any suggestions? I wanted to use it in a comment over on gobbledygook but realized there's no word for it... yet. Help me Wordiewan Kenobi. You're my only hope. about 2 years ago john said Reesetee, a comment of yours really disappeared? I'm supposed to be the only one able to delete comments other than their own, and I've never done it. If anyone has found a bug that lets someone mess with someone else's stuff, please let me know quickly (by email, not here!), and I'll plug that hole as quickly as possible. about 2 years ago reesetee said Oh. In that case...hahaha! :-) about 2 years ago chained_bear said Oh, I know. Sorry. I was topping it the ironical comic. Oh, ha, ha, ha! about 2 years ago reesetee said I didn't skip. I added. about 2 years ago chained_bear said But reesetee, you CAN'T just skip to step 9! It isn't fair to all of those who went through steps 1 through 8 first! GEEZ, you can't HAVE online communities anymore. stomps to room and slams door :D (cracks self up) about 2 years ago reesetee said And now, Step 9: After complaining about alleged censorship, delete the posts in which someone disagrees with you. A comment I posted on what I thought was a particularly insulting list yesterday has mysteriously disappeared. Censorship is alive, my friends. And by the way--thanks, c_b, for recognizing that when people do comment, it's rarely with the aim of giving ammunition to the offending party. I myself do it because sometimes things need to be called out. Either way, if it's civil, it can't hurt, can it? John, I'm sure this isn't the only place where this happens--in fact, it's probably the only place where it doesn't happen frequently, and I think that in large measure we have you to thank for setting the tone. :-) about 2 years ago gangerh said Well done c_b for bringing this behaviour into the open and letting the subject breathe. Great work. Btw, have you developed any recipes for guinea pig and, if so, who did you try them out on? about 2 years ago john said I flip-flop on letting myself get baited by juvenilia. My gut says not to. I don't particularly enjoy it. But as Wal-Mart greeter, I feel like I should pipe in sometimes, especially if it's alienating the people who make this place so much fun. Someday I'll write tools to give us more control over the comment stream, but aside from having no time these days, I'd like to do it in a way that's minimally intrusive. I'm still sorting out the possibilities (and always open to suggestions). cb & sv, I wonder if the pattern you've described is repeated in other communities. There might be a thesis in there :-) Guinea pigs? Delicious! about 2 years ago chained_bear said You're right, skipvia. That's definitely step 8. You are missed when you're not around. Just so you know. Hey man, don't fear the guinea pig. Just look deep into its eyes. Deeper. Deeper. WWEEEEET!! Gotcha. about 2 years ago skipvia said Hey C_B--you forgot step 8: Then they come back anyway. Seriously, the acerbic tone has been very bothersome to me lately--largely why I have just stayed out of most of the discussions. However, your point about countering hate speech with more speech is well-taken and I applaud you for that. Very well put. And finally--guinea pigs scare me! Those beady little brown eyes and tiny paws...what are they plotting? ;-) about 2 years ago chained_bear said It just strikes me as the kind of behavior a twelve-year-old would exhibit upon staying with another family and discovering that he can swear without serious repercussion. Whoopee!, except for the people who have to listen to the little cretin. I forgot steps 6 and 7, if the fallout gets too hot: 6) post a notice somewhere, usually on a profile page, that they're leaving Wordie, 7) wait for people to plead with them not to go. You're all filled with wisdom and self-control for not taking the bait. I try not to respond but... the answer to hate speech is not censorship or silence, but more speech. It heartens me when other Wordie denizens speak up in a civilized way. bilby (and skipvia), apparently those alsome guinea pig photos are from a 2009 that is available for purchase. Have you ordered yours yet? ;) about 2 years ago bilby said Indeed, I've noticed the same thing. I haven't commented on ameriwhatsit for precisely the reason sionnach stated. Loved the guinea pig squash pic, thanks skip. about 2 years ago sionnach said Astutely noted, c_b. And worth pointing out. I've generally tried not to give folks following the pattern you mention whatever pathetic gratification they might derive from responding. (Plus, of course, I haven't been around that much recently). The upside down punctuation marks are right on the keyboard, which make them particularly simple to deploy, ¿don'tcha know? I am ¡shocked!, ¡shocked! to find that there is vulgarity on Wordie. Ñ, ç, â, ö, €, ¡?¿! The only drawback is you have to work a little harder to get the @ sign. Mostly it's the control-alt 2-key. But some keyboards have been known to get sneaky and hide it behind the q-key. about 2 years ago chained_bear said I'm noticing a pattern lately, with how some people choose to use the site immediately upon arrival. 1) List some clearly offensive terms/definitions, 2) wait for people to say they're offended by it, 3) act smug and surprised that anyone would be offended, 4) ask why they're not offended by other just-as-offensive words (taking every opportunity to list them), and (last but not least) 5) complain about alleged censorship. Not everyone gets to step 5. Usually people start ignoring the person before that happens. Have fun with Wordie, play nice, see you all around. :) about 2 years ago sionnach said ¡Hola, c_b! Greetings from the 35th parallel. about 2 years ago skipvia said Well, for you I would... :-) about 2 years ago skipvia said One should always ask oneself, "Can your wallpaper do all this?" about 2 years ago chained_bear said Oh my gosh. quivers with joy It's already my wallpaper!! Guinea pigs, Olympics, and archery! And fencing! And... sarcasm!! Skipvia, you have made my day. Thanks! about 2 years ago skipvia said C_b--knowing your penchant for guinea pigs and the Olympics, I think you've got to see this. about 2 years ago chained_bear said They're what makes my fur all spiky. See? about 2 years ago sionnach said But where are the cupcake-icing remnants? about 2 years ago bilby said No sketches allowed from the rear, I see. I understand. about 2 years ago chained_bear said No, no, bilby. This is me. about 2 years ago bilby said You've been modelling for the bondage line, haven't you? about 2 years ago super-logos said A sweet poem, it evokes pathos. Keep it nice and dry-cleaned, bear, it serves you well. about 2 years ago chained_bear said Thanks for the poem, she, though it's very sad. What's it from? And how did you know I wear a dun-brown gown of fur? about 2 years ago she said My God, c_b! When I saw that earlier, I thought it was a metaphorical Emmy! (Can you blame me, really, this being Wordie, Land of Metaphors?) You are amazing. Also, your name always puts this little piece of song in my head, whether or not it's intentional: "So, with the courage of a clown, or a cur, Or a kite, jerking tight at its tether, In her dun-brown gown of fur, and a jerking of swan's-down and leather, Bear would sway on her hind legs; the organ would grind dregs of song, for the pleasure Of the children, who'd shriek, throwing coins at her feet, then recoiling in terror" about 2 years ago chained_bear said Hope you like it. :) about 2 years ago tay! said Thank you for the help, chained_bear! It's good to be here! Finally, a whole community of people who are as crazy as I am. about 2 years ago oroboros said Thanks c_b! I'll have to get Bilby on it 'cause Upfield's mysteries are set in Australia circa 1930s. I can recommend them for outback and abo lore. His work was admired by, and inspired Tony Hillerman, among others. about 2 years ago sionnach said Driveby visit, to check for evidence of wheels of life, sunflower strippers or clinchpoopy ingenues down by the wabe. All seems hunky-dory: relaxed and thoughtful in the den of the pluripotent ursine. Hi - c_b, keep on groovin'. Sigh. Goodbye. about 2 years ago reesetee said Those were nice shot asses. And such a bargain, too! about 2 years ago bilby said Great rt! And the photo I viewed after that was personalized shot asses :-) about 2 years ago chained_bear said Oroboros: I checked for you. Here's what the magical oracle of OED said: "There are no results." Guess it's French then...? about 2 years ago reesetee said C_b, I brought something back from vacation for you. about 2 years ago oroboros said Hey C_b! I can't find fracteur (see the usage note on the word page).in my compact edition of the OED. Don't you have access to the online OED? Would appreciate your looking there if so. Maybe it's a French word (although I couldn't find it in any dictionary). Thanks. about 2 years ago sionnach said Imagine--bears using TP! Does the pope defecate in the woods? c_b is not only super smart and witty and hibernoconstipatory, but she is also - like Eliza Doolittle - a real lady. If I had a flower shop, I'd employ her at the drop of a Dolly Varden. {scampers off, crablike, singing in faux-Cockney tones} about 2 years ago reesetee said Okay. Now see, that was not just being modest. :-D about 2 years ago chained_bear said Oh, most definitely. I have a huge pulsating cranium, to be sure. I just meant that my comments here don't really indicate what a slam-ass f$%#ing FIIIIIINE writer I am. (RT: is that better? ;) ) about 2 years ago reesetee said She's just being modest, palooka. She has a massively oversized brain. about 2 years ago chained_bear said Heh! Thanks, but not hardly. :) about 2 years ago palooka said That's extremely impressive! Congratulations c_b! Your comments demonstrate how well you write. about 2 years ago chained_bear said For screenwriting, palooka. :) No starlets here, but thanks for thinking of me that way. about 2 years ago palooka said Chained_Bear, maybe I missed it but what did you win an Emmy for? Do we have a famous starlet among us? about 2 years ago chained_bear said I prefer to call them pooms, since that's more the noise they make anyway. Oops, was that out loud?! blushes about 2 years ago bilby said I've been thinking. A poop that goes boom could well be a boop. Hello Betty! about 2 years ago bilby said ducks Bears ... about 2 years ago chained_bear said Stop horking on my anus!!! about 2 years ago reesetee said You know, if you keep aiming that tailpipe at everyone, we're not likely to stop talking about your...uh...you know. about 2 years ago dontcry said hork about 2 years ago chained_bear said points rear at bilby boom! about 2 years ago jennarenn said You make me laugh. :) about 2 years ago bilby said Intimidation! Verily I shall do a runner From this terse, tappenacious tail-gunner. about 2 years ago chained_bear said Bilby, I'm really starting to worry about you. You're developing a very unhealthy fixation with my rectum and what may or may not come out of it. I have to say it's disturbing. about 2 years ago bilby said Tappen Putty? about 2 years ago reesetee said Yes, c_b, I've noticed. I wonder if Disney produced that silly TP/bear commercial running in the United States. I can't even watch the thing. Imagine--bears using TP! Uh.... running away about 2 years ago dontcry said humming Of all the 'bear' necessities the simple 'bear' necessities... about 2 years ago chained_bear said Jennarenn: I see. That's actually quite funny! Pro: No! But I really like the lyrics! Reesetee: Uhh... yeah. Disney has a thing for butts. Haven't you noticed? They're always bouncy and harmless (no anuses need apply), but (heh, I said "but") they're all over Disney movies. So... boom! about 2 years ago reesetee said C_b: A Disney franchise?? guffaw about 2 years ago jennarenn said Yep. We're the same age, which made the dream all the more confusing. :P about 2 years ago Prolagus said Do you know this song, c_b? about 2 years ago chained_bear said Jennarenn... Christ, I'm not that old, am I? Aren't we about the same age?! about 2 years ago Prolagus said c_b, have a �?u�?u�?q. Hope you will like it. about 2 years ago skipvia said Hi, c_b. You're okay. :-) about 2 years ago jennarenn said Oh my wordie! c_b, last night I had a dream where you thought you were my birth mother, and I had to explain that I wasn't adopted. about 2 years ago she said All right, c_b, there's no use pretending your onomatopoeia isn't tappen anymore. about 2 years ago chained_bear said Tappens quothing anything is just too much. Is it not enough that there is such a thing, and a name for it, but it has to be animated as well? allows mind to wander momentarily to possible Disney franchise immediately stops mind about 2 years ago reesetee said Quoth the tappen, "Nevermore." about 2 years ago chained_bear said HA HA HA!!! "Only this, and nothing more..." Wow, Poe is spinning in his grave. :) about 2 years ago bilby said Are you the famous Beartrix Potter? about 2 years ago she said My sincerest apologies for bringing up tappens (and others' enjoyment in discussing tappens). Tappen. Tappa-tappa tappen.. While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tappen, As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tappen, at my chamber door-- Only this, and nothing more." over 2 years ago chained_bear said Exactly. By definition. (mine) over 2 years ago reesetee said Ah. A lame wooden spoon being, almost by definition, a mundle. Or is it the other way around? Anyway, the word "mundle" makes up for the whole thing. :-) over 2 years ago chained_bear said So do I. My point is that a mundle is just a stirring stick, so it doesn't even have to be a spoon. It can be a really lame wooden spoon, which is to say, no spoon at all. Get me? over 2 years ago reesetee said I like wooden spoons! over 2 years ago chained_bear said Uhh... no. But I suspect even a lame wooden spoon would suffice. Actually I was somewhat disappointed to learn that a lame wooden spoon could be a mundle, in that even lame wooden spoons are capable of mundling. Who knew? over 2 years ago sionnach said c_b: I was really enjoying those Danger Tree words. Do you know where I might be able to procure a mundle stick? over 2 years ago Prolagus said C_b, and you all, it's probably happening again. Let's just follow the mal*ntent policy, OK? over 2 years ago Prolagus said And now, let's wait and see. over 2 years ago spoonyalchemist said Well, thank you very much! over 2 years ago dbaltas said (in response to Proptologist ) I was just introduced to Wordie, and this was the first "cool" word i could think of. I will certainly stick to Wordie. Its a wonderful idea! over 2 years ago yarb said I saw this story of a (non) chained bear and thought of you. over 2 years ago mollusque said C_b, you've passed 5000 citations! Inciting excitement simpliciter! over 2 years ago chained_bear said Well, I may be reading a lot, but my music practicing is suffering quite a bit, so go ahead and feel chuffed if you want. :) Also, I don't read like this all the time. I don't even like fiction, honestly. over 2 years ago sionnach said c_b: You are eternally gracious, and please don't change a thing about your Wordie postings. The O' Brian list, with associated comments, is a thing of beauty, of which you should only be proud. Saturday was just a bad day. In retrospect, my own arrogance stuns me - after all, if I log on to Wordie and find it not to my satisfaction, then the obvious remedy is to come up with contributions of my own, not to whine passively about the contributions of others. Again, I apologize for my comments, and thank you for being such a good sport about it. I am in awe of your reading progress. There I was, feeling chuffed at having just finished six volumes of The Forsyte Saga, but you make me seem like an amateur. over 2 years ago john said I'm a bit late to this, but... Wordie has evolved so far from the tiny little site it was when it launched just over a year or so ago, that it's like the difference between an amoeba and, um, a newt. And I'm all for seeing it become whatever its most engaged interesting members want it to be. But fwiw, entering thousands of citations on arcane words because you're in the midst of a reading frenzy is precisely, exactly the original purpose of the site, and one I still love. It would bum me out if anyone felt discouraged from citing with wild abandon. I hardly need have said this, because you're all so civilized and decent that you sorted it out. Which is why I have to say, once again, that I love this group. Seriously--pure unadulterated potato love. over 2 years ago chained_bear said Sionnach, I'm sorry you were frustrated and annoyed, and I'm sorry to have caused you grief. I hereby promise that, the next time I decide to read a 21-book series of historical novels and enter notes from nearly every page of it on Wordie, I'll... well... um... I'll try to take longer so that other people's comments come up between mine. :) Also, I think you're teh alsome. over 2 years ago sionnach said c_b: Thank you so much for your civilized answer to my comment, which - having stewed about guiltily all day yesterday - I now believe was totally out of line on my part. For all kinds of reasons. I would like to apologize to you, and to any other wordies who may have been annoyed or offended. please put it down to annoyance about tax stuff, being quite inappropriately transferred. I detest internet pettiness, and am mortified to have contributed to it, especially directed at c_b, one of my all-time favorite wordie contributors. Sorry folks - I was way out of line. Now, back to my satirical Slapstick O' Groin list (evil cackle....) over 2 years ago chained_bear said Apparently it isn't an issue how many words I list, just that I place quotations in the comment sections of those word pages. I'm sorry it's annoying, but it seems to me to be what Wordie is for, so... ? over 2 years ago reesetee said For what it's worth, chained_bear, I'm enjoying the O'Brian comments. Sure, there are lots of them, but I find them interesting. And I'm sure I've annoyed various Wordies with my lists, as have others. Still, we come back, right? It takes all kinds. :-) over 2 years ago chained_bear said Thanks everyone. I appreciate your expressions of support. I think in this case no one need be congratulated for using Wordie or not using Wordie, for using it in a way that seems right to him or her, or for saying something when it doesn't seem right. To me this is really not that big a deal; I'm almost done with the goddamn books and then nobody ever has to read my list or comments again if they don't want to. :) Have a good rest of the weekend and don't forget to turn your clocks ahead (if you're in one of those regions where you have to). over 2 years ago palooka said That's impressive c_b that you read two books a week - if you're not a writer you probably should be. My two cents about your and sionnach's comments: Wordie doesn't impose rules on users, certainly none about the the number of comments you can post. Everyone here is different, has different tastes & styles in words, and different ways of expressing themselves. Just like in "real" life, different personalites will get on each other's nerves. Happens all the time. I enjoy reading the conversations - many are brilliant. I think people may learn more about words through the conversations than they would through reading a definition. But everyone has their own style, own way of learning & utilizing the possibilities of this site. I admire your prolificness, passion & your uniqueness. over 2 years ago treeseed said I think sionnach is brave and wonderful for speaking up and I think, chained_bear, that you are exquisite for your efforts and love of words and sense of detail...Wordie is so cool..and so are we. over 2 years ago yarb said I think reading 21 historical novels and listing thousands of archaic nautical terms gleaned therefrom is of the very quintessence of Wordie. Yes, it is sort of superficially annoying to see them covering the page, but when I think about it I love it and applaud it, and I think I will even miss it when it's over. N.b. c_b, having finished with Peru, I am currently in central Newfoundland. Where would you like me to go next? over 2 years ago chained_bear said Hi sionnach, I'm sorry to hear you have been annoyed all this time. I share your frustration when logging on to Wordie and there haven't been any new/interesting comments in a long time. I even share your frustration when logging on to Wordie and there are tons of entries/comments all by the same person, particularly when they're not on a subject I'm interested in. (I can recall a recent instance or two, in fact, when I almost posted a similar comment to yours on the user's profile, but I decided eventually the book or books would be done, or the person would lose interest, and I'd be grateful that I hadn't said anything!) I think the only solution for that is for more people to post more comments. Most people don't--most people just list words. Which is fine. Let me explain why I'm doing this, so that you know the irritation to other users is at least unintentional. There are 60,000 comments on Wordie now, but the vast majority are insipid (if entertaining) banter: they are not all archaic definitions, usages, or particularly related to the term or phrase in question, not by a long shot. Speaking only for myself, it's irritating to come across an interesting-sounding word that I cannot find in any dictionary (or if I do, the definition doesn't seem to fit why the person might have listed it), and therefore cannot use in a sentence or see how others have used it in a sentence. And therefore, I cannot remember it. I like to learn new words; I use Wordie instead of paper to keep track of them. I started the O'Brian list because I was coming across so many* words I have never seen before. Moreover, lots of them are very specialized (nautical, naval, medical, botanical, etc.) or so archaic as to not have easily accessible definitions. Some are phrases that, of course, won't be in any dictionary. So, for my own learning style but also out of courtesy to other Wordies who might want to see how the word is used or what we can glean from context, I've been posting quotes. I agree that many of the quotes have been longer than normal comments, making the comments hog up the front page. But again, if more people were posting comments or usages for the words they list, you wouldn't be stuck looking at my stupid comments when you log on. And neither would I. To answer your question straightforwardly--about when I might be done with Patrick O'Brian quotes--there are 21 books, and I just started the 16th. At the rate I've been reading them lately, I finish about two books a week, although since I've been working 50-60 hours a week, perhaps count on one book a week. I should be done soon enough. Also I didn't post anything from the first five or so books, thinking that I'd make this list some time in the future. Interestingly (perhaps only to myself), one of the reasons I finally picked up these novels was the number of people around me who are seriously ill--I decided to start doing all the things I want to do before I die. And since I can't afford Antarctica, Peru, Newfoundland, or even Ireland, then library books it is. :) over 2 years ago sionnach said c_b: please don't take this the wrong way. oh hell, there is no right way. please let me know when you think you might be done with the O' Brian quotes, so as I know when it's safe to come back. see? There's just no way to communicate one's irrational annoyance nicely. never mind. I should be doing tax stuff anyway. over 2 years ago reesetee said I was especially drawn to "Roast Beef of Old England." over 2 years ago chained_bear said I have to say, I've been noticing those for quite some time. They are a hoot. over 2 years ago reesetee said I don't know why, but the Google ads are cracking me up tonight. Here's what's on Wordie's home page right now: Patrick O'Brian cover art Ltd. Edition prints by Geoff Hunt of the Aubrey/Maturin book covers www.artmarine.co.uk Roast Beef of Old England Aubrey-Maturin sea chanties Collected from the O'Brian novels www.essaycd.com Where do you suppose they came from, chained_bear? Hmmm?? over 2 years ago chained_bear said Eek! No! I'll try to find out and post a comment when I do. over 2 years ago jennarenn said c_b, I've just heard that the Surry House reopened! (See Carry Me Back to Old Virginia.) Can you confirm these reports???? over 2 years ago reesetee said Yay! Yep, skipvia's right. I may save myself some money by reading all your O'Brian comments. ;-) over 2 years ago skipvia said Plus, when she's done, you don't even need to read the book. :-) over 2 years ago jennarenn said Congrats! You add some fun words. :) over 2 years ago chained_bear said I'm not sure where to put this, but I feel like marking the occasion. No fewer than four words I recently added to my own lists (though I'm certain plenty of other people added them first) are in the "Most Wordied" on the front page: clinchpoop (which I did add first, and only last night! Already six adds!), dreadnought, cadenza, and athwart. What fun! sighing I love Wordie. over 2 years ago mollusque said Welcome back, chained_bear! We were about to send out a search party. over 2 years ago chained_bear said No need to be sorry! I was just making a suggestion. :) I think the comment would go well copied onto the "vase" page, or even on "melee." Glad you're here! over 2 years ago meleeman said sorry, i'm just getting used to this website. over 2 years ago meleeman said I think that would also depend on the word. If I said, "vaahse" instead of "vayse" (for vase) I'd sound more bourgeois. over 2 years ago reesetee said Haha! Skipvia, you just made a pretty good one! (Joke, that is.) over 2 years ago skipvia said So--fart jokes are still okay, right? over 2 years ago chained_bear said No no! Don't be silly! I had no intention of censoring anyone. You should feel free to add whatever words you want! This is Wordie, after all. A word of explanation: I am oversensitive to mental imagery--it burns my retinas easily. There was bilby's quoted newspaper article about some guy frying some other guy... I try to avoid reading or viewing horror and crime and animal-torturing stories, but I just finished a book that was recommended to me, which described this disgusting serial killer in excruciating detail... blah blah, whine whine... Anyway, please don't censor yourself on my account. I was only posting this to explain why I might not be around/posting. over 2 years ago sionnach said Oops - sorry c_b. Someone gave me a book of nasty words for Christmas and I've been perusing it with childish (and sometimes horrified) fascination. It should have occurred to me that not everyone necessarily wants to join in being horrified. I will cease and desist and look for words in less deviant pastures. I really do apologize - it was insensitive of me. David over 2 years ago chained_bear said I'm considering going away for a while until comments and words about torturing animals and incredibly deviant/violent sexual behavior become less frequent. Sheesh. Give me nightmares, whydon'tya. over 2 years ago chained_bear said Ah, John, you caught my purposeful obfuscation. I originally meant that I like words but not as much as some other people like words. Then I realized that I like words but not as much as I like some people. Then I just gave up and embraced the ambiguity. P.S. Thanks y'all. Passing 100 lists was fun too. :) Wait. That "passing" sounded like I meant something else. over 2 years ago john said It's like The Strand in New York: 18 miles of books :-). So... do you like some people more than you like words, or do you like words, but not as much as some people like words? Or both? over 2 years ago sionnach said c_b: Congratulations! If all of your words were laid end to end right now, they would stretch for a mile.* : (though, technically, you would have to lop off any sesquipedalian words at the two-third mark) over 2 years ago reesetee said Wahoo! over 2 years ago mollusque said Congratulations on passing 5000 words c_b! almost 3 years ago reesetee said P.S. Head cheese. almost 3 years ago reesetee said I was thinking more of the Wizard of Oz myself, only without the funny jacket. ;-) almost 3 years ago chained_bear said Aw, shucks, fellas. You're too kind. :) I kind of like that image, u. Even if it were transplanted to a tiny apartment in Joisey. almost 3 years ago john said U, substitute "tiny apartment in New Jersey" for "large control room," and it's close. But I do more than just watch the dials. I'm not only the president of the Hair Club for Men, I'm also a member ;-) almost 3 years ago skipvia said Nobody* comments like c_b comments! almost 3 years ago uselessness said I suddenly just got the mental picture of John sitting in a large control room, surrounded by knobs and switches, occasionally pulling random levers, and passing the time by watching our respective odometers with breathless anticipation. ;-) almost 3 years ago john said CB, you're at exactly 2000 comments. Nice! It's like that pleasing moment when you watch your odometer click to a bunch of zeros. almost 3 years ago rejeneration said I can't get over all of you linguaphiles and these lists! It's a true thing of beauty. -grin- about 3 years ago reesetee said What? At this time of year? What a slugabed. ;-) about 3 years ago jennarenn said He may be hibernating again. about 3 years ago reesetee said Where is that dang chained_bear, anyhow? Hmph. That is a good book, too. about 3 years ago arby said I love that book. Love it! I need to read it again, I haven't read it in years & years. about 3 years ago oroboros said "Setting Free the Bears" ;oD over 3 years ago jennarenn said Hey chained_bear, Check out WordPlay's profile. It's a game that uselessness and I have created for wordies. Round one starts at 1pm EST today. :) jennarenn