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Torts, not tortes.
(tag ain't never closing)
Yeah. He's my hero.
Mal ,'The Train Job'
Natter 31 But Looks 29
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Lee - Jan 13, 2005 12:00:55 pm PST #5669 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
§ ita § - Jan 13, 2005 12:01:07 pm PST #5670 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I also learned what "tortes" were last week on Judge Judy.
If I had a dime for everytime I've forgotten what a tort was ... well, maybe I'd have thirty cents. But, still. Won't stick.
One guy who was both.
Was this a repeat? I'm way curious now.
Lee - Jan 13, 2005 12:01:54 pm PST #5671 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I'm way curious now.
Me too.
Betsy HP - Jan 13, 2005 12:03:05 pm PST #5672 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
If I had a dime for everytime I've forgotten what a tort was ... well, maybe I'd have thirty cents. But, still. Won't stick.
I have the same problem with "comprise". I can never remember if a zoo comprises animals or animals comprise a zoo.
So I don't use the word.
Daisy Jane - Jan 13, 2005 12:04:16 pm PST #5673 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I think a zoo is composed of animals and animals comprise a zoo.
brenda m - Jan 13, 2005 12:05:31 pm PST #5674 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Zoo comprises animals.
I nearly always excise that from documents though, because no matter how you use it, someone thinks it's wrong. And even if they're a wrong-headed crackpot, the damage is done.
Polter-Cow - Jan 13, 2005 12:05:59 pm PST #5675 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Heather is correct.
Wait, no she's not. A zoo is composed of animals, and a zoo comprises animals.
§ ita § - Jan 13, 2005 12:06:44 pm PST #5676 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
For a few years I could never remember the word "antagonist" in any applicable context. I could feel the need to use it creeping up on me, and kept swearing I'd just write it down and keep the paper in my pocket at all times.
Forgot to do that too.
Made the bit of bio class where we discussed antagonistic muscle pairs really frustrating. But at least I could go look up the word in the textbook.
Maria - Jan 13, 2005 12:07:43 pm PST #5677 of 10002
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
ita, if I'm not misremembering the ER episode of which the Empress feels the squick was a repeat.
§ ita § - Jan 13, 2005 12:10:17 pm PST #5678 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Maria, google agrees with you. I just spent a few minutes going through a furry mailing list and reading their responses. If I had less work to do, I'd check and see what the same people had to say about CSI, which I thought was way rude.