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10-03-2004, 07:52 AM | #401 | ||
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Nilpaurion's present one is very funny, but so was one of his former ones:
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I also like Fingolfin II's former signature, freshly laid to rest: Quote:
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10-04-2004, 09:05 AM | #402 | |
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<==The Lofty Tree of Gondor
I like this one of Heren's:
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10-07-2004, 06:36 PM | #403 | |
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Eomer of the Rohirrim's sig is pretty cool
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10-10-2004, 04:36 AM | #404 | |
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'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard. |
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10-11-2004, 08:46 PM | #405 |
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The Eenie Meenie's are back! W00t! *does a silly dance*
Don't mind me, I've had a little too much sugar...
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10-20-2004, 05:51 PM | #406 | |
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10-22-2004, 01:17 AM | #407 | |
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One new line of Encaitare's signature tickles my musician's fancy:
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10-22-2004, 08:53 AM | #408 | |
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10-22-2004, 11:41 AM | #409 | |
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<==The Lofty Tree of Gondor
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Abedithon le, ~ Saphy ~
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10-22-2004, 03:23 PM | #410 | ||
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10-23-2004, 06:52 AM | #411 | |
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Conjuction Junction, what's your function?
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The slings and arrows of outrageous reputations, Or to take arms against a sea of spammers... The boolean nature of your signature is so logical! Good one, Bęthberry!
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10-23-2004, 11:53 AM | #412 |
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Parodist, thy name is Barrow-Wight!
Thank-you, Wight, but I should hasten to say I cannot claim authorship. I merely recognised the applicability. In chat, Kuni used 2B for the equation and I took the next step. I am tempted to consider changing it to Bbs || !Bbs =? Bęthberry, Beth, Bb, Bethy, Bethums, ...
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10-23-2004, 11:56 AM | #413 | |
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I thought that was clever ... and fortunately for you but not for me perhaps I am not a sufficiently sensitive eared violinist to bleat about enharmonics..... I am too thick to understand Bethberry's and will have to look up Boolean
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10-23-2004, 04:50 PM | #414 | |
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10-23-2004, 06:18 PM | #415 | |
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Barrow-Wightprovided a hint:
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2Bs PS. Encaitare, I'd love to get my hands on one of those teeshirts!
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10-23-2004, 06:30 PM | #416 | |
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Thanks to BW's massive hint, I think I have figured it out.
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|| = I'm guessing this has something to do with "or" maybe. !bb = not to be. According to BW it relates to a programming language or something technical and logical like that. So...her sig translates to To be, or not to be in a computer language or something. Is this correct? *is afraid that I have just made a fool out of myself* Also, bb reminds one of Bethberry.
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10-23-2004, 08:21 PM | #417 | |
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=? or "That is the question", less apparent perhaps unless one knows the quote. |
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10-23-2004, 08:32 PM | #418 |
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How clever, Bb! Alas, I have not yet read Hamlet, so I did not pick up on BW's reference; rather, my English teacher sees fit for us to read the Crucible instead, which is sadly devoid of anything remotely poetic.
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<==The Lofty Tree of Gondor
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Abedithon le, ~ Aranel ~
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10-24-2004, 03:47 AM | #421 | ||
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Busy bs!
Thank you Encaitare for that link. And never fear about Miller's The Crucible; it is something which will also reverberate down the line. Many high school teachers shy away from doing Hamlet because of that soliloquy; they fear discussion of suicide.
And thank you, Helen for completing the translation which Imladris began. I was indeed playing with my nick of Bb and also being rather flippant about how we call ourselves here the dead. If I may return the favour, about Imladris' sig: Quote:
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Now, I'm sure no one was expecting a Sunday homily from me. I suspect there could well be other allusions to the dark mirror, or, rather, our incomplete perception. But, as Imladris suggests, we often use words which stay with us out of their own evocative sense rather than out of any conscious historical reference.
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10-24-2004, 09:37 AM | #422 | |
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Ahh, thankee Beth for clearing that up for me!
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10-24-2004, 12:05 PM | #423 |
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I like your sig a lot, Imladris, it really strikes a chord...
I was pondering myself on Bb's sig! I'm so happy I know what it refers to now -I'd never would have figured it out by myself! Very clever! Right now I'm intrigued by Eomer's sig: "Green ideas sleep furiously." Any ideas what it may mean?
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10-24-2004, 12:25 PM | #424 |
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I vaguely remember it from a linguistics class - Noam Chomsky's example of a sentence which has correct syntax but semantically ... well it requires a few leaps of imagination.. It is an interesting thing that illustrates the complexity of language. " Black cats walk softly", has the same structure but is unremarkable.
*googles quickly* http://home.tiac.net/~cri/1997/chomsky.html
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10-24-2004, 12:32 PM | #425 |
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Oh and many thanks for the explanation... the Hamlet I understand .. the rest ... not, probably in this lifetime. And "through a glass darkly" I knew - a very popular lesson at weddings and funerals (it features in "4 Weddings and a Funeral", )
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10-25-2004, 08:19 AM | #426 |
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My philosophy professor used it in an example. I think its great how the four words have absolutely nothing to do with each other. I am proud that it intrigued you Evisse, I'm happy to be making a difference.
And thanks for that link Mithalwen, I didn't know where it had come from (great, now I'm going to look stupid).
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arousing random thought
A great link, Mithalwen! I too enjoy Eomer of the Rohirrim's sig--it got me thinking of ways I could relate the words.
But I think the analysis of Chomsky's sentence can go further: Quote:
Noun article auxilliary adverb intensifier preposition verb adjective River the can quickly more of walk big (Well, I suppose you can argue that 'noun article', in deliberately reversing the noun phrase pattern, bears some link to the pattern and so is not random.) Okay, okay, this is getting off topic. I happen to like Lalwendë's current sig very much: Quote:
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10-25-2004, 09:36 AM | #428 | ||
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<==The Lofty Tree of Gondor
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Abedithon le, ~ Saphy ~
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Syntactic Structures et al
Just quickly in response to Beebs,
The estimable NC has of course also made the point, through his own syntactical analyses, that there are linguistic universals that inhibit truly random behaviour in language structure. Language meaning, as posited by the angrily somnolent clear jade concepts, is not so constrained, as when the words used violate their contextual definitions. In any case, “Rabbits were running to the Eternity holding rainpipes in their mouths”*, which I’m sure you’ll all agree clears that up. ~ Rim, understanding what it is to sleep furiously. *E. Vilde
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Of course meaningless words can be grammatical ... "crucks thrick godges" for example, and "mome raths outgrabe" of course the latter is explained by Humpty Dumpty
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10-28-2004, 02:33 PM | #431 |
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Hilde Bracegirdle's location has me chuckling and chuckling:
"Ack! Who paved the Greenway?"
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10-29-2004, 10:51 PM | #432 | ||
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<==The Lofty Tree of Gondor
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EDIT: Found another kewl one, but didnae want to double post: Quote:
Abedithon le, ~ Saphy ~
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I particularly like Son of Númenor's new sig.
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Good pick, Sono.
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11-08-2004, 01:02 AM | #434 |
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I have been puzzled by Bethberry's sig for the days. I was thinking it has something to do with her name...until Nil cleared it up for me. A terribly witty one, Bb!
Speaking of Nil Felagund, I have always loved his multiple choice sigs. But I get to hear them before he uses it because...well...he's my brother. 'Nuff said. Another amusing one is Encaitarë's E=F flat. Good thing I got this one this time. |
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I have been puzzled by Bęthberry's sig for the days. I was thinking it has something to do with her name...until Nil cleared it up for me. A terribly witty one, Bb!
Speaking of Nil Felagund, I have always loved his multiple choice sigs. But I get to hear them before he uses it because...well...he's my brother. 'Nuff said. Another amusing one is Encaitarë's E=F flat. Good thing I got this one this time. Oh, and Guinevere's sig is just too true! Last edited by Lhunardawen; 11-08-2004 at 01:16 AM. |
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I enjoy the phantom's new sig. The legend indeed...
I liked Mithalwen's (now) old sig as well, Don't tamper with my genes! And, embarrassingly enough I cannot remember the name of the Downer with the sig Wolves did it, but I really liked that one too.
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11-13-2004, 04:41 PM | #439 | |
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I like Lalwendë sig:
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11-13-2004, 05:22 PM | #440 |
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I've not been onto this thread before - and I see some curiosity about my sigs. Well, Wolves did it, that was me, and it's from my favourite comedy show.
if I can but make the words awake the feeling and heavy words are so lightly thrown are both from favourite songs I've been listening to a lot lately. But both are very different songs, from very different decades! I'll be impressed if you can spot 'em! Funny that both are about words, I didn't notice that! Typical... I loved that conundrum by Bethberry; it reminded me of a fiendish crossword clue and had me befuddled for ages. I peer into a mirror darkly is another one that has had me puzzling. I might check this thread out more often - darn, I missed a Chomsky discussion!
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