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?
Zoe: Yeah? Thought you'd get land crazy that long in port. Wash: Probably, but I've been sane a long while now, and change is good.
'Shindig'
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
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
erikaj - Jan 13, 2004 11:04:35 am PST #472 of 10002
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
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
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
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
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
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
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
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
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
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."