James J. Marshall wrote on Oct 1: " I have to admit that I don't think I follow that and would " tend to drop the s to make, e.g. James' instead of James's....
*blinkblink* Wow, talk about off-topic. I hope no one gets offended by this! :o) ... actually ... Dwarf). ... the ... what I ... It is consistently spelled...
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Paul Mason
panurge@...
Oct 1, 2003 9:10 am
Simon Osborne wrote on Oct 1: " *blinkblink* " " Wow, talk about off-topic. I hope no one gets offended by this! :o) If so: speak now or forever hold your...
Paul, This is actually something that has dogged me for a while, and have found conflicting advice on how it should be treated. I have a character in my Blood...
... Yes, but Borges himself took it from Hebrew Qabbalah. Aleph is the first letter of the alphabet, and in that mystical theory (which conceives the universe...
Ye Gods! It's not every day you stumble into a full-on, highly educated grammatical and typographical University Challenge of a discussion... under the subject...
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Paul Mason
panurge@...
Oct 1, 2003 11:56 am
Leigh Loveday wrote on Oct 1: " Reading some of this stuff makes me realise that I'm not quite the literary " expert my current place of employ thinks I am....
... the ... also be ... *laughs* There I go, showing my ignorance again! Actually, that's an interesting piece of information; any idea how to force Word to do...
... this, like a number ... have a simple, rules- ... consistent decision- ... In most cases -ize is preferable, when the Ancient Greeks verbed a noun they...
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Paul Mason
panurge@...
Oct 1, 2003 11:42 pm
Simon Osborne wrote on Oct 1: " Actually, that's an interesting piece of information; any idea how to force " Word to do this, or does it (claim to)...
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Paul Mason
panurge@...
Oct 1, 2003 11:48 pm
vastariner wrote on Oct 2: " In most cases -ize is preferable, when the Ancient Greeks verbed a " noun they added iota zeta epsilon iota nu to the end to form...
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Robert_A_Mammone@...
Oct 2, 2003 1:40 am
Yours in the fervent hope that Joe Dever resists selling his pants on eBay, - Leigh Too late for that, sadly. Oh, how the might have fallen!...
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Per Jorner
pel@...
Oct 2, 2003 6:35 pm
I'm thinking about putting together an archive of FF and Sorcery! reviews published on the net, or more specifically I'm going to do it unless someone...
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Per Jorner
pel@...
Oct 2, 2003 6:35 pm
... like a number ... simple, rules- ... Ah, but there is. I follow the recommendations of the Concise Oxford Dictionary (8th ed.) slavishly! (Which is why...
... (why should an Ancient Greek ... Cos they were cleverer. :-D Incidentally, the OED prefers -ize. I have a preference for -ize because poor old z barely...
... in "d'oh"? ... confused. Remember that episode when Michael Caine was playing Homer's double? He said 'de-oh'. I understand that the word is spelt in the...
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Paul Mason
panurge@...
Oct 2, 2003 11:01 pm
Per Jorner wrote on Oct 2: " While on the subject of typography, why is there an apostrophe in "d'oh"? " What was omitted? Is that originally "de oh" in...
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pericles23@...
Oct 3, 2003 12:29 am
I don't think it's a stupid idea at all. It would be nice to be able to advertise one section for all reviews. But does this mean you will add new reviews, as...
... As appropriate as it would be for doughnut (not "donut", and not "dough nought" either, but that's another story) -loving Homer's behavior to be partialy...
... *grin* Another innovative scenario, though--this time a city. And for once, both the text and the illustrations do evoke the feeling of a dark, cancerous...
... emdash). Aha! Yes, that's how to do it! Thanks, I'd never have worked that out. And I can't be bothered trawling through the [un]help[ful] files just in...
... Um, yeah, glottal stops and stuff. Oh yes. [I think I got away with that one, don't you? :-] Oh, and on the subject of its origin, I found the following...
Apparently D'oh comes from an old black and white movie -- possibly Popeye or Laurel and Hardy. I vaguely remember there was some character in the old Popeye...
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Per Jorner
pel@...
Oct 3, 2003 5:06 pm
... might not ... series, either. ... the layout ... I just reread Demian's review of it and he's using words like "wonderful", so I guess it does have its...
... This was a good book until the end. One of the frustrating things is that first time through I only got 2 of the items, so game over. Next time, fine, get...
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Per Jorner
pel@...
Oct 4, 2003 8:06 pm
... Heretic! Time to face the comfy chair. ... Hm... is it possible IM simply outgrew FF? It wouldn't surprise me if the publishers didn't think the series was...
... No, but he only has skill 9 (including the magic +2 sword). He summons a Demon to kill you if you give him time, and that's the thing that has skill 16....
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Per Jorner
pel@...
Oct 5, 2003 4:49 pm
... Stupid Owen Carralif. ... That's actually something I've thought of as well. How can the Walk be a spectator event if the contestants just disappear into a...
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Per Jorner
pel@...
Oct 5, 2003 4:50 pm
P9/W10: Caverns of the Snow Witch CotSW is an adventure of epic proportions (as they say), starting out in an arctic setting, dodging into a complex which is...
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Per Jorner
pel@...
Oct 5, 2003 4:50 pm
... advertise one ... they are ... I suppose. Do people often post reviews here? I assume that some of you may have reviews that you've posted previously but...
