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Lord Borg
Fleet Admiral
Joined: 27 May 2003
Posts: 11214
Location: Vulcan Capital City, Vulcan
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I dunno if tis is right..... maybe its not...
You use a Mower to Mow the lawn....
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squiggy
Stooge Two
Joined: 09 Mar 2004
Posts: 3007
Location: Messing with the fabric of Video Game realities. I'll summon Shiva on you! I SWEAR!
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| Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:54 pm |
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Skytrain - The quickest transport in the lower mainland... however... it's not really a TRAIN, it's more of a tram-line, because it has no operator, and it's not really in the SKY because there are skyscrapers that go higher than it, and several portions of it are a subway. So... why is it called a SkyTrain?
Wal-Mart - You'd think you could buy walls at a place like that... but they only sell things you can PUT ON the walls... sheesh...
The Real Canadian Superstore - Owned and operated by an american company!
Poodle - Is it a dog, cat, or puddle? lol
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Theresa
Lux Mihi Deus
Joined: 17 Jun 2001
Posts: 27256
Location: United States of America
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| Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:28 pm |
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| luit14 wrote: | Valuable and invaluable. Same thing. Whats with that?   |
Yeah, like priceless could mean of no value, or of an uncalculable value. Though we generally only use it for the second.
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Some of us fall by the wayside
And some of us soar to the stars
And some of us sail through our troubles
And some have to live with our scars
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madlilnerd
Duchess of Dancemat
Joined: 03 Aug 2004
Posts: 5885
Location: Slough, England
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| Mon Jul 17, 2006 4:15 pm |
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I've always found the word
SPRANKTON
rather odd. It's a disease you get from chewing too much (apparently)
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Pan13
Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 22 Apr 2004
Posts: 338
Location: Belgium
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| Wed Jul 19, 2006 3:08 pm |
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kay, one question....may seem stupid to all of you, but I still don't know..... is 'famous' the same as 'infamous'?
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madlilnerd
Duchess of Dancemat
Joined: 03 Aug 2004
Posts: 5885
Location: Slough, England
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| Wed Jul 19, 2006 3:28 pm |
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| Pan13 wrote: | | kay, one question....may seem stupid to all of you, but I still don't know..... is 'famous' the same as 'infamous'? |
You don't sound stupid.
infamous means being famous for doing bad things. Blackbeard was infamous. (that's the only example I could think of)
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Pan13
Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 22 Apr 2004
Posts: 338
Location: Belgium
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| Sat Jul 22, 2006 10:10 am |
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| madlilnerd wrote: | | Pan13 wrote: | | kay, one question....may seem stupid to all of you, but I still don't know..... is 'famous' the same as 'infamous'? |
You don't sound stupid.
infamous means being famous for doing bad things. Blackbeard was infamous. (that's the only example I could think of) |
is it the same with 'genious' and 'ingenious'?
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madlilnerd
Duchess of Dancemat
Joined: 03 Aug 2004
Posts: 5885
Location: Slough, England
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| Sat Jul 22, 2006 6:05 pm |
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ingenious is an adjective (a describing word, such "orange" or fuzzy").
It means something that's come out of cleverness.
An "ingenious plan" is a clever plan, or a plan that has come from the mind of a clever person
Genius is a noun (a name word such as "table" or "dog") and cannot be used in the same way.
Someone can be a genius.
"That plan is pure genius" and "What an ingenious plan!" mean exactly the same thing.
It's hard to explain.
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belanna_rules210
Lieutenant
Joined: 07 Sep 2004
Posts: 143
Location: kentufick, texas
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| Sun Aug 06, 2006 9:25 am |
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i don't know if this is a real word, but one that is popular around here is nukable and nukability (meaning can be microwaved and the ability to be microwaved). also, i like the word incredulous. it is awesome and means unbelieving.
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