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J_N
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by J_N » July 6th, 2012, 11:10 am
http://youtu.be/0snNB1yS3IE
Brilliant speech (imho), hope it hasn't been posted yet

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Petra
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by Petra » July 6th, 2012, 1:08 pm
!!!!
That was amazing! Thank you so much for sharing that. I discovered the amazingness that is poetry slam just a few weeks ago, and this... I am slightly speechless. Wow.
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by J_N » July 6th, 2012, 1:14 pm
Petra wrote:!!!!
That was amazing! [...] I am slightly speechless. Wow.
That was exactly my reaction - I've never heard of that type of poetry before when I came across that video... glad you liked it

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by J_N » July 14th, 2012, 12:02 am
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annise
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by annise » July 14th, 2012, 12:18 am
I always like the fact that raze and raise mean opposite things

- comes of Endlish words coming from different languages I suppose
You can just post this in off topic - the spam heap is more intended for things some people might find controversial it's a sort of - if you go there and read it don' complain - the title is buried in history so don't ask me why.
If you can, avoid posting too much as images - we try to keep the forum screen reader friendly so that everyone can enjoy things
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by J_N » July 14th, 2012, 12:24 am
annise wrote:You can just post this in off topic - the spam heap is more intended for things some people might find controversial it's a sort of - if you go there and read it don' complain - the title is buried in history so don't ask me why.
oh, i see... I thought this was just some sort of collection for anything that doesn't really warrant it's own thread
If you can, avoid posting too much as images - we try to keep the forum screen reader friendly so that everyone can enjoy things
didn't know - thanks for telling me; changed it to a link

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by gypsygirl » July 14th, 2012, 8:17 am
annise wrote:I always like the fact that raze and raise mean opposite things

- comes of English words coming from different languages I suppose
You can just post this in off topic - the spam heap is more intended for things some people might find controversial it's a sort of - if you go there and read it don' complain - the title is buried in history so don't ask me why.
If you can, avoid posting too much as images - we try to keep the forum screen reader friendly so that everyone can enjoy things
Anne
I was under the impression that the Controversial Topics thread was for controversial stuff, and this was for exactly this sort of fun silliness.
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by annise » July 14th, 2012, 2:43 pm
Have I got it wrong then? - sorry

. I just thought it was a pity if her interesting posts weren't getting seen by people.
Anne
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by jollyrogered » July 23rd, 2012, 9:42 am
Since I know so many of us love baking, I thought I'd share this -most-amazing-food-blog-ever:
http://www.bakersroyale.com/
I love this woman's photography, also, I want to eat everything! She also has some great "food decorarting" tutorials. Seriously, I'm going to go home and bake bake bake.
duck... duck... ZOMBIE!
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by Rapunzelina » October 23rd, 2012, 3:13 am
The following might be old, but I have only just encountered it and I ...laughed out loud

So I thought I'd share here too:
Said Hamlet to Ophelia,
I’ll draw a sketch of thee,
What kind of pencil shall I use?
2B or not 2B?
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by fiddlesticks » October 23rd, 2012, 12:38 pm
Since I know so many of us love baking, I thought I'd share this -most-amazing-food-blog-ever:
http://www.bakersroyale.com/
I love this woman's photography, also, I want to eat everything! She also has some great "food decorarting" tutorials. Seriously, I'm going to go home and bake bake bake.
That is a wonderful websight! Thanks so much for posting it!!!

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by jojowasaman » December 8th, 2012, 5:54 am
annise wrote:I always like the fact that raze and raise mean opposite things

- comes of English words coming from different languages I suppose
Anne
I never thought about those two much. But I still recall reading in an intro to some book that "cleave" has two meanings that are opposites. As a teenager, this was an eye-opener to me about both the depth and ambiguity of language.
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by sonnethaiku » December 8th, 2012, 5:55 am
"Peruse" is another word with two meanings which are opposite.
~ Chessie Joy
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by jojowasaman » December 8th, 2012, 6:07 am
sonnethaiku wrote:"Peruse" is another word with two meanings which are opposite.
I was taught that it meant to read quickly, to scan.
I notice Cambridge online dictionary gives this as a possible meaning. While Oxford online and a note in Free Dictionary dot com "reject" this definition. Ah well, I have never been much for prescriptivist grammar or definitions.
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