It's not my list, but if it were I wouldn't include words separated by punctuation (if you allow a comma why not a semicolon or full stop, and then where are you?) or reduplicative terms like ylang ylang.
I like short lists. Ideally this list would only have had on it. Wait - maybe it would have have, too.
far from it reesetee - I ever imagined that this list would set so many verbal wags wagging. although for me homophones are a different game, and song lyrics shouldn't count either. and not sure that Prolagus's subversion of the whole thing is really in the spirit, clever as it is....
There really is nothing so beautiful as the Wordie Treatment. I just had the pleasure of reading the mi-vox incident again...*tearing up*...it's a classic.
maesepedro can hang strong. But seriously, m, a two-word list?
See, at the top of this page, how Wordie has separate catagories for "Words" and "Lists?" See?
Okay. Say you're "in line" to get movie tickets. If there is no one in front of or behind you, are you "in line?" NO!
If you go to the grocery store and only need to get a gallon of milk, and nothing else qualifies as a gallon of milk (you are NOT lactose intolerant...you drink cow's milk) do you make a list?
By the way, I think it's better to say that dontcry is not seriously complaining with you, maesepedro. It's just the Wordie effect (overcommenting anything... I know it well)
But back to the fascinating topic. I often hear young whippersnappers using like in place of the verb to say. Hence the following construction is plausible:
Bilby, nice try -- but that's like totally not going to fly.
Also, I agree on the piano sound deal. It's in the hitting of the ground that the sound occurs. I think if you heard a noise, it would be too late to get out of the way (or maybe I've seen too many cartoons...) Piano strings are strung so tight - I don't know from what height they must fall in order to "sing."
yarb - on what planet is ONE PERSON a LINE? Maybe, one person lying down is a line of PERSON -- but that's NOT a line of people...*slipping off to the porch*
frogapplause commented on the list double-double-2
Do you realize that that is my urinal cake?
June 14, 2008
Prolagus commented on the list double-double-2
so; walla; new york!
June 14, 2008
kewpid commented on the list double-double-2
buffalo.
June 14, 2008
Prolagus commented on the list double-double-2
And beri, of course.
June 14, 2008
kewpid commented on the list double-double-2
and wagga. They hate it if you only use one.
June 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the list double-double-2
cous?
June 14, 2008
dontcry commented on the list double-double-2
poo?
pee?
boo?
ha?
hee?
June 14, 2008
frogapplause commented on the list double-double-2
BB-gun toting marauders...
You smell like ylang ylang.
June 14, 2008
dontcry commented on the list double-double-2
I get it, it rhymes.
June 14, 2008
dontcry commented on the list double-double-2
No, I'm not, not happy...I'm fine.
June 14, 2008
dontcry commented on the list double-double-2
No, I don't just love, love. I love you.
June 14, 2008
dontcry commented on the list double-double-2
Author
June 14, 2008
yarb commented on the list double-double-2
It's not my list, but if it were I wouldn't include words separated by punctuation (if you allow a comma why not a semicolon or full stop, and then where are you?) or reduplicative terms like ylang ylang.
I like short lists. Ideally this list would only have had on it. Wait - maybe it would have have, too.
June 14, 2008
dontcry commented on the list double-double-2
Yarb, did you mean to say that this list only would have had had on it?
June 14, 2008
dontcry commented on the list double-double-2
What about that?
June 14, 2008
bilby commented on the list double-double-2
The The Jam concert was great. They led Led Zep onstage.
June 14, 2008
Prolagus commented on the list double-double-2
dontcry, that "that" that you suggested can't be added because it's obviously triple, but this "this" can.
June 14, 2008
johnmperry commented on the list double-double-2
I agree. Hear hear.
June 14, 2008
asativum commented on the list double-double-2
Har har
June 14, 2008
skipvia commented on the list double-double-2
*sigh* I love the Wordie Treatment...
June 14, 2008
Prolagus commented on the list double-double-2
oh, please, let let be the next word on this list...
June 14, 2008
Prolagus commented on the list double-double-2
But perhaps perhaps might be the next one. Or perhaps might might be too. Or it might be too too.
June 14, 2008
Prolagus commented on the list double-double-2
How can chained bear bear this?!
June 14, 2008
mollusque commented on the list double-double-2
Let's get her together together.
June 14, 2008
skipvia commented on the list double-double-2
Perhaps if we all sang a rousing triple triple chorus of "Chain of Fools."
Here we go: "Chain chain chaaaiiiiinnn..."
June 15, 2008
dontcry commented on the list double-double-2
Chai, chai chai-e-a-e-a-e-a-e-an. Chain of foo-ools.
June 15, 2008
reesetee commented on the list double-double-2
I'm sure that by now you've driven poor maesepedro into hiding. ;->
June 16, 2008
maesepedro commented on the list double-double-2
far from it reesetee - I ever imagined that this list would set so many verbal wags wagging. although for me homophones are a different game, and song lyrics shouldn't count either. and not sure that Prolagus's subversion of the whole thing is really in the spirit, clever as it is....
June 20, 2008
Prolagus commented on the list double-double-2
So I can't suggest suggest, I guess...
June 20, 2008
Prolagus commented on the list double-double-2
Nor you can add add. So sad.
(OK. I'll stop it.)
June 20, 2008
dontcry commented on the list double-double-2
There really is nothing so beautiful as the Wordie Treatment. I just had the pleasure of reading the mi-vox incident again...*tearing up*...it's a classic.
maesepedro can hang strong. But seriously, m, a two-word list?
June 21, 2008
reesetee commented on the list double-double-2
Think minimalism, dontcry. It fits Wordie's personality splendidly.
June 21, 2008
dontcry commented on the list double-double-2
*thinking really, really hard*
June 21, 2008
yarb commented on the list double-double-2
I'm a big fan of two- or even one-word lists.
June 21, 2008
dontcry commented on the list double-double-2
Really? How is one word a LIST?? How?
It's NOT, that's how. One word is a WORD.
Only a slag-ass macaroon could say that they are a fan of "one-word lists." Sheesh!
June 21, 2008
Prolagus commented on the list double-double-2
I'll create a new list for every single word I added OR commented on Wordie.
June 21, 2008
dontcry commented on the list double-double-2
See, at the top of this page, how Wordie has separate catagories for "Words" and "Lists?" See?
Okay. Say you're "in line" to get movie tickets. If there is no one in front of or behind you, are you "in line?" NO!
If you go to the grocery store and only need to get a gallon of milk, and nothing else qualifies as a gallon of milk (you are NOT lactose intolerant...you drink cow's milk) do you make a list?
June 21, 2008
Prolagus commented on the list double-double-2
How much is a gallon, in this example?
By the way, I think it's better to say that dontcry is not seriously complaining with you, maesepedro. It's just the Wordie effect (overcommenting anything... I know it well)
June 21, 2008
Prolagus commented on the list double-double-2
The secret, yarb, is to choose a topic that is specific enough that nobody will ever be able to suggest a new word.
June 21, 2008
dontcry commented on the list double-double-2
Are you kidding? I pay $3.50 for a half gallon of organic skim. *probably explains my cranky mood*
June 21, 2008
dontcry commented on the list double-double-2
Oh, oh! Here's a list for yarb: "German physicists who, in 1905, derived the concept: e=mc2."
June 21, 2008
Prolagus commented on the list double-double-2
It makes you an unknown-aged whippersnapper.
June 21, 2008
Prolagus commented on the list double-double-2
For example, a list called "the sound of a piano falling" could contain just fee-ee-ee-ee-ww-ww-ww-kreng.
June 21, 2008
yarb commented on the list double-double-2
I attempted a one-word list (vide) but it wasn't so simple.
How about a list with zero words on it? A list of possible logical impossibilities?
nb on the movie ticket example, I would argue that I was still in line, even if I was the only person in line. It would just be a very short line.
June 21, 2008
Prolagus commented on the list double-double-2
There's a brilliant "Lost for words" in my favorites.
June 21, 2008
bilby commented on the list double-double-2
I imagine a piano falling would make a dull, whooshing sound. When it actually hits something is another matter.
June 21, 2008
bilby commented on the list double-double-2
But back to the fascinating topic. I often hear young whippersnappers using like in place of the verb to say. Hence the following construction is plausible:
'And she was like, "Like my new dress?"'
June 21, 2008
dontcry commented on the list double-double-2
Bilby, nice try -- but that's like totally not going to fly.
Also, I agree on the piano sound deal. It's in the hitting of the ground that the sound occurs. I think if you heard a noise, it would be too late to get out of the way (or maybe I've seen too many cartoons...) Piano strings are strung so tight - I don't know from what height they must fall in order to "sing."
June 21, 2008
dontcry commented on the list double-double-2
yarb - on what planet is ONE PERSON a LINE? Maybe, one person lying down is a line of PERSON -- but that's NOT a line of people...*slipping off to the porch*
June 21, 2008
bilby commented on the list double-double-2
My one-word list is very dear to me. I visit it often.
June 21, 2008
Prolagus commented on the list double-double-2
...Which one-word list?... you mean the incomplete one? WAHAHAHAHAH
June 21, 2008
dontcry commented on the list double-double-2
you guys crack - me - up!!
June 21, 2008
bilby commented on the list double-double-2
You could also do double doubles with a base word and a portmanteau, viz:
'The clerk's job is to pass passports across the counter.'
June 21, 2008
Prolagus commented on the list double-double-2
I hope maesepedro is not receiving notification emails.
June 21, 2008
gangerh commented on the list double-double-2
Here's a one word list:
.......d
......o
.....u
....b
...l
..e
June 21, 2008
bilby commented on the list double-double-2
Elbuod!
June 21, 2008
Prolagus commented on the list double-double-2
I can't imagine a sentence where elbuod appears twice.
June 21, 2008
plethora commented on the list double-double-2
I can't imagine a sentence where elbuod appears twice.
I can:
elbuort dna liot elbuod, elbuod.
June 21, 2008
Prolagus commented on the list double-double-2
semoc yaw siht dekciw gnihtemos!
June 21, 2008
sionnach commented on the list double-double-2
See also double double, the word entry.
June 22, 2008
sionnach commented on the list double-double-2
Let's not forget jug, bul, ha, and dum
bulbul jugjug
June 22, 2008
Prolagus commented on the list double-double-2
Moshi moshi means "Hello" (as a telephone greeting) in Japanese.
June 22, 2008
bilby commented on the list double-double-2
You say hello, I say bye-bye.
June 22, 2008