a hardcover original that won't see paperback
We don't have that separation in Israel - a book has just the one way to be published, just the one price.
Do you see any goats around? No, because I sacrificed them.
Willow ,'Showtime'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Nilly - Mar 23, 2004 5:31:22 am PST #1782 of 10002
Swouncing
sumi - Mar 23, 2004 5:39:23 am PST #1783 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
I love my local library -- since I was a child I've always had a library card and used it extensively.
Now, I also use the University library.
And yet I still own TOO MANY BOOKS.
How is it possible?
Jess M. - Mar 23, 2004 5:42:03 am PST #1784 of 10002
Let me just say that popularity with people on public transportation does not equal literary respect. --Jesse
Kathy, I was somewhat disappointed by Everything is Illuminated, though I'm fascinated by the idea of a movie. I thought the book was a brilliant idea, and the use of language is fantastic, but it's just difficult to read (which makes me sound like a lazy reader, I'm not).
Vortex - Mar 23, 2004 5:49:58 am PST #1785 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
And yet I still own TOO MANY BOOKS.
How is it possible?
It's not. There is no such thing. Unless you can't get out of your house for the books.
Fred Pete - Mar 23, 2004 6:07:16 am PST #1786 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
It's not. There is no such thing. Unless you can't get out of your house for the books.
Sounds like my first boyfriend, the only person I've ever met who could outlast me at a used bookstore.
P.M. Marc - Mar 23, 2004 6:16:37 am PST #1787 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
100 most mispronounced words/phrases. There were a few I use that I hadn't known were wrong, most notably "spitting image."
For many of those, what a bunch of prescriptivist twerps infected with that unfortunate notion that the English are always right. The general smugness in the write up just made me desire to smack 'em. Hard. Probably with a copy of Language Change: Progress or Decay or The Language Instinct.
It's not. There is no such thing. Unless you can't get out of your house for the books.
I can't get out of my side of the bed for books, and I'm out of shelf space. I may have too many.
Vortex - Mar 23, 2004 6:18:18 am PST #1788 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I can't get out of my side of the bed for books, and I'm out of shelf space. I may have too many.
I have six boxes of books in my hallway, my bookshelves are full to the point where the books are two layers deep. There's a pile of books on my nightstand, a pile ontop of my radiator and another pile on the floor. too many?
I'm honestly seriously considering getting a storage area.
Jesse - Mar 23, 2004 6:26:17 am PST #1789 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
For many of those, what a bunch of prescriptivist twerps infected with that unfortunate notion that the English are always right. The general smugness in the write up just made me desire to smack 'em. Hard.
YES! Me too. So, it didn't used to be "spitting image." It also didn't used to be "good bye."
Vortex - Mar 23, 2004 6:28:36 am PST #1790 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Well, my other issue is that there are plenty of phrases/words in the list that are technically incorrect, but have moved into common usage, like persnickety. I bet that if you started using the "correct" pronounciation, folks would be correcting _you_ left and right.
Steph L. - Mar 23, 2004 6:35:32 am PST #1791 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I bet that if you started using the "correct" pronounciation, folks would be correcting _you_ left and right.
Like "forte" -- it's only supposed to be pronounced "for-TAY" when referring to music; when it's used to mean a strong point, it's supposed to be pronounced "fort."
And every time I've tried to use that pronounciation, I've gotten corrected.