Comments on: Trying to keep up! http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/01/05/trying-to-keep-up/ Marina Orlova - Not your typical philologist. Etymology, philology, word origins, origin of, hot teacher. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:10:01 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: TitanPA http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/01/05/trying-to-keep-up/comment-page-1/#comment-104216 TitanPA Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:22:51 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=2332#comment-104216 At least youll never run out of words or phrases. What will you do when you finished the whole dictionary???? Teach us Math? I have a word request. Though it is actually 2 words or maybe its a phrase. Im not too sure: <b>Pomp and Circumstance<b> Where did that pharse come from? Why are they always together? Can you ever just have Pomp or Circumstance??? THis confuses me so and I hope you can help out. Hopefully someday you will do a request of mine. At least youll never run out of words or phrases. What will you do when you finished the whole dictionary???? Teach us Math?

I have a word request. Though it is actually 2 words or maybe its a phrase. Im not too sure:

Pomp and Circumstance Where did that pharse come from? Why are they always together? Can you ever just have Pomp or Circumstance??? THis confuses me so and I hope you can help out. Hopefully someday you will do a request of mine.

]]> By: niteowl http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/01/05/trying-to-keep-up/comment-page-1/#comment-102993 niteowl Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:40:04 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=2332#comment-102993 I think we should have two lessons a day. I'm a glutton for punishment. Speaking of <i>glutton</i>, maybe that would be a good <b>word request</b>. As always, thank you for your consideration. I think we should have two lessons a day. I’m a glutton for punishment.

Speaking of glutton, maybe that would be a good word request.

As always, thank you for your consideration.

]]> By: greatestpotential http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/01/05/trying-to-keep-up/comment-page-1/#comment-102206 greatestpotential Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:26:16 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=2332#comment-102206 :mrgreen: that should keep you busy :mrgreen: that should keep you busy

]]> By: mello-g37 http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/01/05/trying-to-keep-up/comment-page-1/#comment-102085 mello-g37 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:15:22 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=2332#comment-102085 YEA ! 1 mill WOW ! :shock: :smile: :cool: YEA ! 1 mill WOW ! :shock: :smile: :cool:

]]> By: Chemikal http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/01/05/trying-to-keep-up/comment-page-1/#comment-101149 Chemikal Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:29:43 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=2332#comment-101149 I'd like to know that too wetsuit :) I’d like to know that too wetsuit :)

]]> By: neuroway http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/01/05/trying-to-keep-up/comment-page-1/#comment-100968 neuroway Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:55:22 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=2332#comment-100968 Well PD, I'd say the lonely words will ride into their setting sun, far, far away from their dictionaries... They've got a long, long way to roam, so to speak. Well PD,

I’d say the lonely words will ride into their setting sun,
far, far away from their dictionaries… They’ve got a long, long way to roam, so to speak.

]]> By: neuroway http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/01/05/trying-to-keep-up/comment-page-1/#comment-100967 neuroway Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:51:25 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=2332#comment-100967 A million of them eh? That's quite a thundering herd. "Si tous les cocus et leurs femmes qui les font se tenoyent tous par la main, et qu'il s'en pust faire un cerne, je croy qu'il seroit assez bastant pour entourner et circuir la moitié de la terre." - Pierre de Bourdeille, Baron de Brantôme (1540 - 1614) A million of them eh? That’s quite a thundering herd.

“Si tous les cocus et leurs femmes qui les font se tenoyent tous par la main, et qu’il s’en pust faire un cerne, je croy qu’il seroit assez bastant pour entourner et circuir la moitié de la terre.”
– Pierre de Bourdeille, Baron de Brantôme (1540 – 1614)

]]> By: pandion http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/01/05/trying-to-keep-up/comment-page-1/#comment-100963 pandion Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:32:03 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=2332#comment-100963 "A million words doesn't really seem excessive, given 1.35 billion speakers of English on the planet. That works out to only one word for every 1,350 speakers." I feel so left out. Does this mean I should talk less? “A million words doesn’t really seem excessive, given 1.35 billion speakers of English on the planet. That works out to only one word for every 1,350 speakers.”

I feel so left out.
Does this mean I should talk less?

]]> By: Warren http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/01/05/trying-to-keep-up/comment-page-1/#comment-100945 Warren Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:47:58 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=2332#comment-100945 Where are the TA's when you need them. Where are the TA’s when you need them.

]]> By: annuddermale http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/01/05/trying-to-keep-up/comment-page-1/#comment-100884 annuddermale Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:21:10 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=2332#comment-100884 good luck with that... :cool: good luck with that… :cool:

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