sarra has looked up 532 words, created 70 lists, listed 2869 words, written 927 comments, added 213 tags, and loved 50 words.
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The synchronicity did catch my eye, but there had been a glitch the day I wrote that--you're actually at 875 comments (but still 0 pronunciations). Forvo is fantastic, but tell me--will it ever have as many variations on you're something of a hotdog, aren't you? *hint, hint*
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"sar r r r r ra has added 59 lists containing 2,603 words, 213 comments, 213 tags, 63 favorites, and 0 pronunciations."
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Thank you for your lovely comments on my profile! You already know my feelings about your list with no name, but I think the rest of your lists are smart and wonderful, too. Thank you, thank you!
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Hey, congrats to 2k words!
Happy thousand! ;-) -
three magpie geese flew
past
out of time
- we were sitting on the balcony -
honking
dully at the blunt edge of night.
the image remained
awhile:
pale bellies in silhouette against the
old tree,
motion challenging
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Haluaisin annoksen teetä :-)
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Thanks, great you noticed! Now, I can finally add some more words. ;-)
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Yes indeed! I do enjoy wearing a good Harris Tweed.
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Thanks for the bird song input, Sarra! I'll put you on the list to contribute...
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You deserve a :-) too.
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Uhh, yeah. Was just freestylin'. Kinda. I remember writing something along a vaguely similar theme about 2 computers ago; don't have it any more. Just wishing I was somewhere cold right now instead of drowning in perspiration at midnight ... if I don't have the fan on my fingers slip off the keyboard.
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oh, hello! (i never really wander through this place, mostly just adding a word and then out again. it's like my little filofax.)
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There's an apology to you on vegetarian and I repeat it here. I'm sorry, I really lost it yesterday. Upon reflection I don't think you were picking on vegans/vegetarians and it was wrong of me to take it out on you.
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Why my name, do you think? I'm curious. :) (Feel free to message me about it elsewhere, if you'd like.)
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Thank you so much for the Guardian Books change one letter site that you linked to -- through the fooking glass nearly made me laugh till I cried.
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Oh, it's you! Hello! I didn't know! It's so nice to find people here, and you have such fabulous words.
sarra commented on the word signal
as an adjective. bleh.
Apr 11, 2012
sarra commented on the word murky bucket
AND I've only just realised it's a double malapropism, because it goes through merci bouquet!
Mar 6, 2012
sarra commented on the word please hope me!
I think it's a Metafilter-ism!
Dec 21, 2011
sarra commented on the word think-peace
"Peacefully understated yet positively twinkling, these increasingly popular Shamballa-style bracelets are artistically influenced by the use of beads as a think-peace in some philosophical traditions..."
Dec 21, 2011
sarra commented on the word work
bell hooks in 'Eating the Other' (essay) uses 'work' surrounded by quotes in the sense of 'work it' - use something, profit from something (usually your booty) - this is just delicious. Commodity culture... "works" both the idea that racial difference marks one as Other... (and you'll have to read the article to see what the complement to that idea is, because it's both complex and key, so taking it out of context doesn't really work for me)
Sep 12, 2011
sarra commented on the word absent
apparently already had this on my 'miscellanea' list - was it for the reason I wanted to add it now, though? Listed in the sense of being an equivalent part of speech to 'without'. The interesting part is that, like 'less' used in this sense, it (edit: sometimes? My example contradicts this!) seems to imply an active taking-away. Sort of a continuum: without–absent–less. Hmm!
examples for clarification:
"absent any sense of morality" (synonym: 'lacking', pronunciation: /əb'sent/, /æb'sent/)
"£40 less a £10 discount" (synonym: 'minus', prosody de-emphasises the 'less' as it would if it were replaced by 'minus' - try it)
Sep 1, 2011
sarra commented on the word deipnosophy
"The noble practice of excelling at dinner parties" (a book subtitle, I think). Oh for god's sake!
Sep 1, 2011
sarra commented on the word presto chango
presto change-o - this one so strongly recalls the Beano for me!
Aug 28, 2011
sarra commented on the word sippy cup
Oh, god, I am so so so so so glad it's not just me! Look!
Jul 17, 2011
sarra commented on the word clutch
only as in 'clutch purse'. 'A clutch of eggs' is fine. 'Clutch' though. RUGHGHHRHGH.
Jul 17, 2011
sarra commented on the list complex-emotion--single-word
Thank you! All brilliant! (I reckon if one can feel accidie, one can feel akrasia.)
May 2, 2011
sarra commented on the word focaccia
confused!
Apr 5, 2011
sarra commented on the word all x and no y
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004375.html
Mar 27, 2011
sarra commented on the list song-starters
God, not only that, but ice too...
Mar 12, 2011
sarra commented on the word actual
ev'rything is satisfactual!
Mar 11, 2011
sarra commented on the word hello
is it me you're looking for?
Mar 11, 2011
sarra commented on the word woke up
fell out of bed
dragged a comb across my head
Mar 11, 2011
sarra commented on the word unbelievable
ouch, that was loud.
Mar 11, 2011
sarra commented on the word unbelievable
DAUWN, DAUWN, DAUWN DANAUWN DANAUWM DAANAANAOUWM, DAUWN DANAAANANAUWN DAUWN etc
Mar 11, 2011
sarra commented on the word I always do
Tunng - Bullets. Too tired to provide a YouTube link.
Mar 11, 2011
sarra commented on the word take time
by The Books
Mar 11, 2011
sarra commented on the word right on time
in twisted song starters: yes, I know it's Ride On Time
Mar 11, 2011
sarra commented on the word anxiolytic
kept looking at 'aetiology' written on my hand in bad biro and seeing this
Mar 2, 2011
sarra commented on the word chork
"chork: mid-15c., now Scottish, 'to make the noise which the feet do when the shoes are full of water.' "
http://www.etymonline.com/
Feb 5, 2011
sarra commented on the word ponti
double-knit fabric, usually some sort of polyester mix, likely the same as ponte di roma (but ponti is what's been in the UK fashion press this year)
Dec 27, 2010
sarra commented on the list song-starters
I HATE YOU
Oct 25, 2010
sarra commented on the list song-starters
for me that's sit down, stand up
Oct 25, 2010
sarra commented on the word flippase
flippase!
Oct 25, 2010
sarra commented on the word whiskey
Oh, god, oro, that's awful and wonderful.
Oct 21, 2010
sarra commented on the list song-starters
Pro, you're so vain never does that to me - I don't know it well enough!
Oct 21, 2010
sarra commented on the word turn around
This one's the WORST.
Oct 18, 2010
sarra commented on the word fuck you
arf no!
Oct 18, 2010
sarra commented on the word i'm waiting for
Actually, no, waiting for the man. Earwormed when I'm waiting for the post, or a phone call.
Oct 18, 2010
sarra commented on the word i'm waiting for
yeps!
Oct 18, 2010
sarra commented on the word here there and everywhere
Song which quotes the Beatles song in both lyric and tune...
Oct 18, 2010
sarra commented on the word here there and everywhere
Song starters clue (this one might be impossible): it's not the obvious song, but one which makes reference to it. Anyone know it but me?
Oct 18, 2010
sarra commented on the word sound
I forgot this is one of the etymological curiosities - wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.
Oct 17, 2010
sarra commented on the word bush doof
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2342#comment-68739
Oct 7, 2010
sarra commented on the list •open-list-a-fruitless-task-but-oddly-satisfying-on-a-personal-level
I feel like I'm giving a bit too much insight into my life here.
Oct 6, 2010
sarra commented on the word ER
homophonous with the phrase in certain BrE dialects for 'oh, look' or 'here you go'. So there's a joke stuck in my head from the radio once-upon-a-time which is set in the Royal household, TV a-being watched.
*flick*
*flick*
*flick*
''e'y'are, ER — ER!'
Oct 4, 2010
sarra commented on the word lego
dontcry: on that note, I'll off 'n' post on ER...
Oct 4, 2010
sarra commented on the list not-to-do-list
oh, I didn't even read the comments which went before me!
Oct 1, 2010
sarra commented on the list not-to-do-list
(or this might just be me and I might have to make a separate list)
Oct 1, 2010
sarra commented on the list not-to-do-list
There's a number of things going on here, I think, and only some of my contributions will be the pun sort. Interesting.
Oct 1, 2010
sarra commented on the word what the living fuck is THAT
Sources reckon it's about consciousness and eyeballs. This makes sense, I promise (google it)
Oct 1, 2010
sarra commented on the word substantive
I'm fascinated by this comment (not this one, the other one), whatever it means.
Oct 1, 2010
sarra commented on the word look and feel
GAAAAKSJGL.ASUMTGKHGLSGJ,.XEJGM;SELWT
BUSWNTVUXD,L.SASDAHSHAAAAAAGGGGHHHH.
Oct 1, 2010
sarra commented on the word m-brane
Really hoping this exists because science likes terrible puns as much as the rest of us.
Sep 30, 2010
sarra commented on the word what the living fuck is THAT
Started me thinking about 'the living fuck' ('annoys the living fuck out of me', etc. Is the form related to '(beat/thrash/knock/club/scare/verb) the living daylights out of'? Or instead 'the living God'/'the living Christ'? Ah — I'm thinking as I type here, I think it's indeed the last one. So:
the living Christ : the living fuck :: sweet mother of God : sweet mother of fuck.
Homework: find a word for the anti-mincing of oaths. (see minced oath)
(As this is a public site I should point out I'm a linguist and not an Antichrist.)
Sep 29, 2010
sarra commented on the list medical-terms-or-linguistic-terms
oh god!
Sep 29, 2010