about 1 year, 3 months ago, super-logos said:
nice comments re "gaytarded." When we hold a word up to the light, it can lose its frightful character or perhaps provoke new, meaningful insights. A word is just a grouping of letters and has no power beyond what we assign to it. This is one of the underpinnings of semantics. I am with you.
about 1 year, 3 months ago, rolig said:
Seanahan, I saw that you were rather stung by the comment I made on the word gaytarded. I apologize for any hurt I caused you, which was not my intention in the least. I explain this more fully in a recent comment to the problematic word.
about 1 year, 4 months ago, bilby said:
Hi. Would you like to be on Identify the Wordie #2? You'll need to email identifythewordie@yours.com with your Wordie nick and the single word that best describes you. Cheers!
about 1 year, 11 months ago, bilby said:
Hi dude! Perhaps in the 'more about' seanahan box you could put a link to your blog. The 'also on' Blogger link dead-ends at a Profile Not Available page. And I like reading your blog!
about 2 years ago, minerva said:
Greetings, Seanahan:
Intelligencer, apart from featuring as the title of certain newspapers, can also mean an informer or spy.
about 2 years ago, michaelchang said:
Hi Seanahan,
I tend to invent words when i write short stories, if you visit my site and read e.g. Gruha's Snitzagraab, you'll get some prehistoric words.
xoox
about 2 years, 1 month ago, kalli said:
Awesome, thanks for your comment re Decemberists words.
about 2 years, 1 month ago, jennarenn said:
I wonder who's kissing her now. :)
about 2 years, 2 months ago, seanahan said:
I have no idea what that is in reference to.
about 2 years, 2 months ago, notahappyman said:
Late response: I've heard engine pronounced with the first syllable as 'in'; 'ingine'. Most bizarre.
about 2 years, 5 months ago, reesetee said:
Slumry, you can eliminate the "extras" by clicking on edit under each one. Then you'll see an option to delete. Unless, that is, you prefer the repetition. :-)
about 2 years, 5 months ago, slumry said:
Cudgel, cudgel cudgel. . .
Actually, the repetition was inadvertant--I just stumbled on this site today; obviously, I am not yet adept in using it!
Now that I think about it, though, it seems appropriate--repetition seems inherent in the word's meaning.
about 2 years, 10 months ago, jennarenn said:
Hey, check out WordPlay's profile!
about 3 years ago, oroboros said:
re: click 'n clack; i understand where you're coming from. they are clever letter concatenations that amuse me. they may go away, they may not. for the nonce, there they are and there they are...
i've renamed the list: 'pseudonyms:what's in a name?' if i get complaints, i'll consider deep-six-ing it.
about 3 years ago, seanahan said:
Thanks, I'll have to check this book out.
about 3 years ago, oroboros said:
re: "how do you get the number from the word"--"momgal" stands for 15-cubed = 3375. it comes from a system i found in the book "mathemagics" by arthur benjamin et al. on pg. 118. you'll find the nonsense sentence i've listed in wordie for 25 decimal places for pi in there as well. basically it's based on phonetics: t,d-sounds=1;n-sound=2;m-sound=3;r-sound=4;L-sound=5;J-sound=6;k-sound=7;f,v-sounds=8; p,b-sounds=9;s,z-sound=0.
there's a clever association given each for mnemonic purposes: "t" has a single shaft; "n" has two; "m" has three; "r" is the last letter in "four"; "L" is the shape between thumb and forefinger of the open 5-fingered hand; "j" is shaped like a six; part of "k" is shaped like a seven; "f" in cursive resembles eight; "P" is a backwards nine and zero begins with the "z" or "s" sound. there you have it. i can recommend the book: part of my permanent library.
