Rolig Loon Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 1 minute ago, Love Zhaoying said: The English plural forums is preferred to the Latin plural fora in normal English usage. Careful, now. You're getting close to the octopi/octopuses argument that has left way too much blood on the floor already. Or maybe, "One hippopotami cannot get on a bus ..." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Rolig Loon said: Careful, now. You're getting close to the octopi/octopuses argument that has left way too much blood on the floor already. Or maybe, "One hippopotami cannot get on a bus ..." Just quoting. One of my quotes (forgot which) was from the link YOU provided! Edited January 16, 2018 by Love Zhaoying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda Huntress Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 (edited) HAHAHAHAHA!!! Edited January 16, 2018 by Rhonda Huntress 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda Huntress Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 6 minutes ago, Rolig Loon said: Or maybe, "One hippopotami cannot get on a bus ..." Bartender, I would like a Martinus please. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillon Levenque Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 Indeed. My fiendish plot is working PERFECTLY!!!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 3 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said: Just quoting. One of my quotes (forgot which) was from the link YOU provided! Probably fake news. Quote only reliable sources. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda Huntress Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 (edited) Irony - the fact that the linguist that understand the differences between irony, coincidence and sarcasm are unable to halt the evolving change in language that makes the terms interchangeable. (yeah, I know, that's not quite right either. Sue me) Edited January 16, 2018 by Rhonda Huntress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 And just to derail a perfectly good derailed thread, the next line of that Allan Sherman stanza goes .. "One hippopotami cannot get on a bus, Because one hippopotami is two hippopotamus ..." 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 4 minutes ago, Rhonda Huntress said: Irony - the fact that the linguist that understand the differences between irony, coincidence and sarcasm are unable to halt the evolving change in language that makes the terms interchangeable. (yeah, I know, that's not quite right either. Sue me) Close enough, since sarcasm is “verbal irony”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clover Jinx Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Meanwhile the kitteh is still back on cognoscenti... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda Huntress Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Won't you give to the "Nerds Who Debate Anachronisms Prevention Fund?" Just 10 linden a day can be totally wasted if you act now. [sad puppy meme goes here] 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda Huntress Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 3 minutes ago, Clover Jinx said: Meanwhile the kitteh is still back on cognoscenti... co·gno·scen·ti ˌkänyəˈSHentē,ˌkäɡnəˈSHentē/ noun plural noun: cognoscenti; noun: cognoscente people who are considered to be especially well informed about a particular subject. ============================= Does it mean anything when my kitty is smarter then me is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 7 minutes ago, Clover Jinx said: Meanwhile the kitteh is still back on cognoscenti... I’ve never seen this! Sounds like my kinda flick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 4 minutes ago, Rhonda Huntress said: me is? Me Ow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 11 minutes ago, Rhonda Huntress said: Won't you give to the "Nerds Who Debate Anachronisms Prevention Fund?" Just 10 linden a day can be totally wasted if you act now. [sad puppy meme goes here] On a nice day, I like to frolic amidst the florum and faunum.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 (edited) For the scholarly, here's a spectrum of snooty terms to drop in cocktail parties to describe other people in cocktail parties: Philistines >>> Naifs >>> Dilettantes >>> Aficionados >>> Cognoscenti >>> Her Holiness Edited January 16, 2018 by Rolig Loon 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 1 minute ago, Rolig Loon said: For the scholarly, there's a spectrum of snooty terms to drop in cocktail parties to describe other people in cocktail parties: Philistines >>> Naifs >>> Dilettantes >>> Aficionados >>> Cognoscenti >>> Her Holiness On the other side of the spectrum, we have snowflake, cuck, fake news.. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda Huntress Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 1 minute ago, Rolig Loon said: Philistines I say this about my husband's family. Well, some of them. I made langastino scampi, grilled honey and balsamic veggies and bananas foster blintz for desert and what do I hear? "Got any chicken nuggets?" and "this looks French." What they really want is a thick cut prime rib that is trimmed of all fat and pan fired unseasoned until it is bone dry, hard as a rock and grey as a grave stone through and through. I swear if ANY juice at all comes out when it is cut they call it bloody raw. "Blood is not clear you freakin' philistines! " What they do to choice meat is a sin. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela Galli Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 8 minutes ago, Rhonda Huntress said: I say this about my husband's family. Well, some of them. I made langastino scampi, grilled honey and balsamic veggies and bananas foster blintz for desert and what do I hear? "Got any chicken nuggets?" and "this looks French." What they really want is a thick cut prime rib that is trimmed of all fat and pan fired unseasoned until it is bone dry, hard as a rock and grey as a grave stone through and through. I swear if ANY juice at all comes out when it is cut they call it bloody raw. "Blood is not clear you freakin' philistines! " What they do to choice meat is a sin. Let me guess: they are from Texas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda Huntress Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Just now, Pamela Galli said: Let me guess: they are from Texas. Yes, as am I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 23 minutes ago, Rolig Loon said: Her Holiness Yes? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela Galli Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 6 minutes ago, Rhonda Huntress said: Yes, as am I. My own Tx husband likes his bbq like butter and his steak like a slab of concrete. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 7 minutes ago, Madelaine McMasters said: 30 minutes ago, Rolig Loon said: Her Holiness Yes? /me grovels obsequiously. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Rhonda Huntress said: Bartender, I would like a Martinus please. Martinus Maximus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 29 minutes ago, Rhonda Huntress said: I say this about my husband's family. Well, some of them. I made langastino scampi, grilled honey and balsamic veggies and bananas foster blintz for desert and what do I hear? "Got any chicken nuggets?" and "this looks French." What they really want is a thick cut prime rib that is trimmed of all fat and pan fired unseasoned until it is bone dry, hard as a rock and grey as a grave stone through and through. I swear if ANY juice at all comes out when it is cut they call it bloody raw. "Blood is not clear you freakin' philistines! " What they do to choice meat is a sin. Langostino scampi was so common growing up in Texas in the ‘70’s, they had it at the Sizzler. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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