posted June 10, 2003 21:47                   

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Originally posted by Cap'n Vic:

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Originally posted by MistecMcetsiM:
Hmm, maybe I'm not the only special olympian.

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There you go......that is the first step....accepting the real you

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posted June 10, 2003 22:34                      

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From WordNet (r) 1.7 [wn]:

  hopefully
       adv 1: with hope; in a hopeful manner; "we searched hopefully for a
              good position" [ant: {hopelessly}]
       2: it is hoped; "hopefully the weather will be fine on Sunday"

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posted June 11, 2003 19:40                      

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Main Entry: hope·ful·ly
Pronunciation: 'hOp-f&-lE
Function: adverb
Date: circa 1639
1 : in a hopeful manner
2 : it is hoped : I hope : we hope
usage In the early 1960s the second sense of hopefully, which had been in sporadic use since around 1932, underwent a surge of popular use. A surge of popular criticism followed in reaction, but the criticism took no account of the grammar of adverbs. Hopefully in its second sense is a member of a class of adverbs known as disjuncts. Disjuncts serve as a means by which the author or speaker can comment directly to the reader or hearer usually on the content of the sentence to which they are attached. Many other adverbs (as interestingly, frankly, clearly, luckily, unfortunately) are similarly used; most are so ordinary as to excite no comment or interest whatsoever. The second sense of hopefully is entirely standard.

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Main Entry: 2dis·junct
Pronunciation: 'dis-"j&[ng](k)t, dis-'
Function: noun
Date: 1921
1 : any of the alternatives that make up a logical disjunction
2 : an adverb or adverbial (as luckily in "Luckily we had an extra set" or in short in "In short, there is nothing we can do") that is loosely connected to a sentence and conveys the speaker's or writer's comment on its content, truth, or manner -- compare ADJUNCT 2b

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posted June 11, 2003 23:38                   

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Originally posted by Coffee_geek:
On a related note, I have a friend from Canada, eh, who pronounces it "Bo-row", wheras most people I know pronounce it "Bah-row". Any ideas?

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Yes, while I pronounce it 'Bah-row' out of habit, it's supposed to be 'Bo-row', 'Bah-row' is how you pronounce "Barrow", which is "A large mound of earth or stones placed over a burial site." Such as the Barrow Downs in LotR



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I'm curious... About what, you ask? EVERYTHING!

posted June 13, 2003 02:51                   

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Originally posted by Slurpy:
Barrow Wights! I was sad they weren't in Fellowship

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Yes, so was I... They always leave out poor old Tom Bombadil-o.. And he has such nifty songs too

posted June 13, 2003 11:50                   

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Originally posted by dragonman97:
But perhaps he has a propensity for being prepared for any situation that might face him, and figured that 'the more swords, the better.'

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posted June 23, 2003 09:58                   

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Originally posted by greycat:
A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
by Mark Twain

For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped to be replased either by "k" or "s", and likewise "x" would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which "c" would be retained would be the "ch" formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform "w" spelling, so that "which" and "one" would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish "y" replasing it with "i" and Iear 4 might fiks the "g/j" anomali wonse and for all.

Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez "c", "y" and "x" -- bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez -- tu riplais "ch", "sh", and "th" rispektivli.

Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.

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