Posts by linger
Last ←Newer Page 1 2 3 4 5 Older→ First
-
Yep, and there you have your semantic connection:
bucket= (large) cup.
The word sculle may have first been used in Middle English within the history of English, but that's no guarantee it wasn't borrowed or repurposed from elsewhere at that time.
Looking back and saying "there's no connection" is a bit like looking at current English uses of cup and saying "but there's no connection between 'an object used to drink out of' and 'an object used to hold breasts in place'." :-)
(In this case, the two uses are the same word etymologically -- but the connection with drinking played no part in this particular sense development.) -
may I suggest the Adventure books, by Willard Price?
Amy: OMG yes!
Man, I couldn't wait to be 15 so I could travel the world catching animals.In which case, why not revisit Gerald Durrell ( My Family and Other Animals, Beasts in My Belfry, The Bafut Beagles, Three Singles to Adventure, A Zoo in My Luggage ...)?
On second thoughts, 8 might be a little young ... but I started reading him at around 10 *shrug*. -
Which raises the question: what's a material line?
and what weight fish can you land with one? -
I know it shouldn't affect the argument presented here, but ... anyone else find the repeated coupling of "disaster relief aid" with "opportunities" deeply disturbing?
-
To clarify: A self-selecting sample isn't necessarily bad for qualitative purposes (as in Latta's case, seeking to collect a range of nominated salient "challenges" with "high-maintenance" children). However, it is often of little value for quantitative purposes (such as a percentage "vote").
-
dumbing of a population
Nah, it's a Close Up poll, after all, so merely the dumbing of a dumb self-selecting sample.
-
there was a 14yrold screaming his head off there
Eek, now that's an extreme circumcision.
-
Russell - The previous discussion of earplugs on PA you're thinking of might be
around about here through to this comment (on the following page) in the "Another nail in the coffin of music DRM" thread. -
My favourite ever use of the f-word is the response given to Harlan Ellison's famous chatup FAIL (gleefully recounted afterwards by Isaac Asimov):
Harlan: What would you say to a little f*ck?
Woman [ looking down at the diminutive Ellison with disdain ]: Go away , little f*ck. -
The message I got was that, even for DPF, the National staffers can be summed up as:
No use was gained from them
:-)