Although if one does OLDER threads, I will have more words. Gosh I remember when I was one of the most talkative!
Hee. Me too, Sophia, so I'm glad they're using archived threads.
Yes! Ohmigod! Someone's blondie bear's a twenty-question genius!
Harmony ,'Help'
Voting Discussion: We're Screwing In Light Bulbs AIFG!
We open it up, we talks the talk, we votes, we shuts it down. This thread is to free up Bureaucracy for daily details as we hammer out the Big Issues towards a vote. Open only when a proposal has been made and seconded according to Buffista policy (Which we voted on!). If this thread is closed, hie thee to Bureaucracy instead!
brenda m - Jan 26, 2004 5:25:46 pm PST #3414 of 10289
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
JenP - Jan 26, 2004 5:36:05 pm PST #3415 of 10289
I'm all for it and will opt in ... not that I've posted that much, but, hey.
meara - Jan 26, 2004 5:51:33 pm PST #3416 of 10289
Um, I generally pronounce meara something like "meera". Maybe with a little more a in the middle. But not "may-are-uh".
But as a verb, it's not really up to me...;)
Gus - Jan 26, 2004 6:57:15 pm PST #3417 of 10289
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Any effort that might result in 'bwah' being in a dictionary is fine by me.
Susan W. - Jan 26, 2004 7:28:33 pm PST #3418 of 10289
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
erin, are you by any chance looking for multiple clever, literate internet communities to study? Because if so, I have a feeling my DH's main online community might be up for donating some of their archives. At least, I'm sure he'd think it was cool enough to want to present it to them.
Connie Neil - Jan 26, 2004 8:50:01 pm PST #3419 of 10289
brillig
In favor of, will opt-in for, don't care if you use my name (I know I'm in the minority), would love to see Bitches included, but, oh, well. How old of threads will be used?
Beverly - Jan 26, 2004 8:50:38 pm PST #3420 of 10289
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I'm in, permission-wise. Not that I'm a prolific poster, nor have been. Still, in.
Cashmere - Jan 26, 2004 10:59:14 pm PST #3421 of 10289
Now tagless for your comfort.
I'll opt in and I have to say, I'm pretty excited about the prospects of the project.
erinaceous - Jan 27, 2004 5:33:42 am PST #3422 of 10289
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
Susan, let's see how many K of text we get out of the Buffistas, and then I might follow up with you.
One of the cool things about the ANC is that it's a balanced corpus, so that there's not too much of any one kind of text. It's not all novels, or all newspapers, or all spoiler threads ...
Thank you for the offer!
Susan W. - Jan 27, 2004 6:38:09 am PST #3423 of 10289
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
You're welcome--I thought of it because I was reading some messages DH had forwarded me months ago and thinking about the contrasts in how his group plays with language, etc.