I wonder what's on his TiVo. And his iPod.
Tact is just not saying true stuff. I'll pass.
Cordelia ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
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.
tommyrot - Apr 01, 2005 9:57:51 am PST #2370 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Steph L. - Apr 01, 2005 9:59:02 am PST #2371 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Heh. March on Washington, DC, to protest the misuse of the phrase "begging the question" -- the march is an April Fool's Day joke, but the misuse is all too real.
I even heard Jon Stewart misuse it.
bon bon - Apr 01, 2005 10:01:45 am PST #2372 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Steph, that mislocution drives Bob craxy!
Nutty - Apr 01, 2005 10:03:14 am PST #2373 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
The trouble is, the "true" meaning of begging the question is totally counterintuitive from the phrase, and very specialized in its application (law and rhetoric, and not even modern writing rhetoric textbooks use it). Whereas, it's logical to assume that "begging the question" means "begging for the question to be asked".
That's one of those mis-uses that is totally predictable and inevitable, and doesn't deserve to be called a mis-use.
Steph L. - Apr 01, 2005 10:05:23 am PST #2374 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
That's one of those mis-uses that is totally predictable and inevitable, and doesn't deserve to be called a mis-use.
Descriptivist dog!
Wolfram - Apr 01, 2005 10:06:23 am PST #2375 of 10001
Visilurking
That's one of those mis-uses that is totally predictable and inevitable, and doesn't deserve to be called a mis-use.
I think that begs the question.
Aims - Apr 01, 2005 10:10:22 am PST #2376 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
oops
-t - Apr 01, 2005 10:13:36 am PST #2377 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think that begs the question.
What question?
t runs away
§ ita § - Apr 01, 2005 10:15:31 am PST #2378 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jesse - Apr 01, 2005 10:17:46 am PST #2379 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I would be so screwed if people had mikes on me. I would totally be that person smiling for the camera and then turning around muttering "motherfuckers."