Yeah but then so does every article Roger Angell wrote for the New Yorker. Once I noticed it I started checking each piece.
So you're saying there's a connection between Spike and Roger Angell?
I'm a single undead gal trying to make it in the big city. I have to start somewhere and they're evil here. They don't judge. They've got necro-tempered glass. No burning up. A great medical plan, and who needs dental more than us?
Harmony ,'Conviction (1)'
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."
Frankenbuddha - Jan 13, 2004 11:03:19 am PST #471 of 10002
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erikaj - Jan 13, 2004 11:04:35 am PST #472 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
really? I had never heard it till William said it.(And I don't mean that in a Bitchy "It didn't count till you, baby" way.)
DavidS - Jan 13, 2004 11:06:57 am PST #473 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So you're saying there's a connection between Spike and Roger Angell?
Spike's a big closet baseball fan.
really? I had never heard it till William said it
I guess the point in either case is that it's a bit precious as a word. "Brilliant" would probably suffice.
Which is not to say that precious words don't have their own merits. You'll have to pry "effloresce" and "deliquesce" from my cold, stiff fingers.
erikaj - Jan 13, 2004 11:10:30 am PST #474 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, when your starting phrase is "bulge in 't.' your poem has some other problems, poor guy.
Steph L. - Jan 13, 2004 11:10:40 am PST #475 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
You'll have to pry "effloresce" and "deliquesce" from my cold, stiff fingers.
I think you just like words that end in -esce.
DavidS - Jan 13, 2004 11:12:04 am PST #476 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think you just like words that end in -esce.
That's not true. They don't have to end in -esce, just contain it. Like "quintessence." See, it's a very snooty word. Klassy with K. Also a good song by Squeeze.
erikaj - Jan 13, 2004 11:12:54 am PST #477 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Not all of them. Just guessing, but I doubt "detumesce" is a favorite.
DavidS - Jan 13, 2004 11:13:46 am PST #478 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Just guessing, but I doubt "detumesce" is a favorite.
It's not the kind of word that guys like to even contemplate, much less hear.
erikaj - Jan 13, 2004 11:17:21 am PST #479 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
So I understand. It's not like Voldemort, though.
DavidS - Jan 13, 2004 11:23:39 am PST #480 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's not like Voldemort, though.
Heh. I would think "impotence" might get the Voldemort treatment.
"Don't say that word! I just had too much to drink. I've been very stressed at work lately! It's not...you know....That word."