http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/forums/5 en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Tue, 08 Oct 2002 09:09:15 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/forums/5 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2162/t/Court-Latin.html
"Lord Woolf's (the Lord Chief Justice) reason for wanting the change was dramatic and... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (aldiboronti) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2162 Tue, 08 Oct 2002 06:10:45 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2154/t/little-death.html
OK now that's said...I want to know how the word orgasam relates to the term 'little death'. I've heard that this is what it mean, but cannot find clarification of this anywhere.

Is it a latin... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2154 Tue, 08 Oct 2002 00:43:45 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2161/t/love-more-like-better.html
We should say 'love more' and 'like better' and NOT 'love better' and 'like more.'

A. I like vanilla better than chocolate. (OK)
B. I like vanilla more than chocolate. (not OK)

C. I love you more than he does. (OK)
D. I love you better than he does. (not OK)

To my ears, A and B sound OK, as does C. There seems to be something about the more/better quantity/quality discrepancy... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (JBP) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2161 Mon, 07 Oct 2002 20:30:12 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2152/t/-quot-hands-down-quot-.html "Hands down, this is the best movie I've seen all year."
(why would one's hands be up?)

Along the same lines, how about "bar none?" (from Monsters Inc: "last night was the worst night about my life, bar none!") ]]> feeds@yuku.com (berekah) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2152 Mon, 07 Oct 2002 12:35:28 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2160/t/Dog-tired.html feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2160 Mon, 07 Oct 2002 12:32:15 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2454/t/lomilomi-it-s-not-just-for-luaus-anymore.html
"Contrary to common thought, lomilomi is not a form of massage. It is a Hawaiian healing art."

Say whu...? I've never heard it to mean anything but tomato-salmon salad!

What is the link here? Were it not for the denial above, I might guess that the tomatoes and salmon are crumbled up by hand, somehow like giving a massage, but the quote nips even that minimal resemblance in the bud.

I don't quite follow the jump from... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (wordgeek) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2454 Mon, 07 Oct 2002 04:49:09 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2156/t/Shrove-Tuesday.html feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2156 Sun, 06 Oct 2002 19:35:31 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2155/t/closed-for-business.html
]]> feeds@yuku.com (wordgeek) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2155 Sun, 06 Oct 2002 17:57:21 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2149/t/French-bastards.html
Or is the match here just concidence?

We have a wine shop in Seattle called "Fat Bastard". When I asked why, he said they were punning on the French bread. Indeed.

Where is Mike Myers when you need him?

]]> feeds@yuku.com (wordgeek) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2149 Sun, 06 Oct 2002 17:56:20 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2461/t/Goodnight.html www.dwsolo.com/night.htm

(best on broadband - the file size is 2MB - possibly playable on 56 kbps modem with patience)

(Hint, many of the languages, with spoken examples in many cases, can be found here, just enter the search... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (David W Solomons) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2461 Sun, 06 Oct 2002 12:26:54 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2465/t/Quality-Time.html feeds@yuku.com (Skibberoo) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2465 Sun, 06 Oct 2002 10:57:00 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2453/t/CAPACITY-CAPACITANCE-CAPACITOR-.html If different, How?! ]]> feeds@yuku.com (textpro53) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2453 Sun, 06 Oct 2002 10:41:03 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2469/t/no-no.html feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2469 Sun, 06 Oct 2002 07:32:13 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2456/t/not-to-worry.html
Well, then, what of "not to worry"? How does THAT mesh with English grammar? I suppose it might be short for "Ours is not to worry", but I'm not sure that's any better. Not a far stretch to say "It is not to worry", altho I've never heard it.

And then... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (wordgeek) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2456 Sun, 06 Oct 2002 06:25:39 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2468/t/Have-at-you-.html feeds@yuku.com (aldiboronti) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2468 Sun, 06 Oct 2002 06:00:14 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2457/t/grok.html had to ask.... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (wordgeek) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2457 Sun, 06 Oct 2002 04:16:39 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2458/t/Justice-.html
For your information and delight (from courses.nus.edu.sg/course/elltankw/EL1102-wk5a.htm):

It is generally true that law courts (at least in Britain) exhibit an extreme reluctance to take account of anything other than the dictionary meaning of particular expressions. A particular source of irritation to me is the use of so-called expert witnesses in legal cases involving the use of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (eliza(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2458 Sun, 06 Oct 2002 00:31:23 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2464/t/PANDORA-S-BOX.html feeds@yuku.com (textpro53) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2464 Sat, 05 Oct 2002 19:07:49 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2466/t/A-Sinon.html
A SINON -- The Greeks built a hollow horse, the Trojan Horse, and "fill it with their top warriors." The Trojans "drag this gift into their cityWhen all is safe, the Greeks jump out of the horse and, without pity, destroy the town." From "Brush Up on Your Classics!" By Michael Macrone (Gramercy Books, New York,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2466 Sat, 05 Oct 2002 14:58:31 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2472/t/the-word-quot-post-quot-.html feeds@yuku.com (alanabbott) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/2472 Sat, 05 Oct 2002 11:21:13 GMT