Proactive makes me peevy.
At least eBay sellers haven't offered proactive lenses yet.
Joe
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On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 10:01:17AM -0700, jtainter wrote:
# Proactive makes me peevy.
#
# At least eBay sellers haven't offered proactive lenses yet.
But, at the end of the day, they are still proactively selling minty
lenses.
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On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 10:01:17AM -0700, jtainter wrote:
# Proactive makes me peevy.
#
# At least eBay sellers haven't offered proactive lenses yet.
But, at the end of the day, they are still proactively selling minty
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote:
David J Brooks wrote:
Then I guess I'm not most people then.
You're the last one to figure that out, Dave :)
Figure out what,:-)
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On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 02:54:26PM +0900, David Savage wrote:
# It guarantees that that's what you'll be called until you either crack
# the shits with everyone or start to cry.
crack the shits? That sounds like a very useful phrase. Could you
translate it into American?
I
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 09:46:35PM -0500, ann sanfedele wrote:
# Those lenses of my friend
#
# They really are minty -- I sold one on ebay and the guy was ecstatic! ...
Ann, I'm afraid that you just poked one of my big linguistic peeves.
Do the lenses smell like toothpaste? If so, they
Larry Colen wrote:
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 09:46:35PM -0500, ann sanfedele wrote:
# Those lenses of my friend
#
# They really are minty -- I sold one on ebay and the guy was ecstatic! ...
Ann, I'm afraid that you just poked one of my big linguistic peeves.
Do the lenses smell like
Larry - down boy,down!
minty is 'ebay speak I poked a little fun at it myself --
but you don't know me well enough to know that.
But it is new speak and OMG don't GMS on that topic, either :-)
actually, tho,now that i've had a sniff... they do kinda...
(just kidding! )
ann
Larry Colen
gr
I feel your pain... however, I think minty evolved on ebay because
there are certain phrases you can't use
on ebay in a title...
e.g. I can't say as new but I can say minty - they actually took
down one of my auctions when
i used the phrase as new in my title !
so get off my
- Original Message -
From: ann sanfedele
Subject: Re: Linguistic peeve: minty
gr
I feel your pain... however, I think minty evolved on ebay because there
are certain phrases you can't use
on ebay in a title...
e.g. I can't say as new but I can say minty
On Feb 28, 2009, at 14:12, Larry Colen wrote:
Ann, I'm afraid that you just poked one of my big linguistic peeves.
Do the lenses smell like toothpaste? If so, they are minty.
Are they in perfect condition, like a coin that has just been released
from the mint? If so, they are mint, or in mint
On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:40:26 -0500
ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
so get off my back you guys - I'll try not to use anymore trendy
new speak..
gimmyabreak!
ann
oh do feel free to use current language. they put ginormous in the
dictionary and let people use prioritize. (shudder)
William Robb wrote:
- Original Message - From: ann sanfedele
Subject: Re: Linguistic peeve: minty
gr
I feel your pain... however, I think minty evolved on ebay because
there are certain phrases you can't use
on ebay in a title...
e.g. I can't say as new but I can say
My linguist peeve is preventative instead of preventive
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 09:46:35PM -0500, ann sanfedele wrote:
# Those lenses of my friend
#
# They really are minty -- I sold one on ebay and the guy was ecstatic!
Then I screw ep and use linguist instead od linguistic :-(
Bill
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Bill Owens wmbow...@gmail.com wrote:
My linguist peeve is preventative instead of preventive
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at
Charles Robinson wrote:
On Feb 28, 2009, at 14:12, Larry Colen wrote:
Ann, I'm afraid that you just poked one of my big linguistic peeves.
Do the lenses smell like toothpaste? If so, they are minty.
Are they in perfect condition, like a coin that has just been released
from the mint? If
Bill Owens wrote:
Then I screw ep and use linguist instead od linguistic :-(
Bill
and you type jsut like me and Brooksy!
ann
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Bill Owens wmbow...@gmail.com wrote:
My linguist peeve is preventative instead of preventive
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 3:12
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 04:12:00PM -0500, Bill Owens wrote:
# Then I screw ep and use linguist instead od linguistic :-(
My linguist peeve was the my cute linguist girlfriend a few years ago
broke up with me.
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On Feb 28, 2009, at 12:12 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 09:46:35PM -0500, ann sanfedele wrote:
# Those lenses of my friend
#
# They really are minty -- I sold one on ebay and the guy was
ecstatic! ...
Ann, I'm afraid that you just poked one of my big linguistic peeves.
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 02:49:23PM -0600, William Robb wrote:
#
# - Original Message -
# From: ann sanfedele
# Subject: Re: Linguistic peeve: minty
#
#
# gr
#
# I feel your pain... however, I think minty evolved on ebay because there
# are certain phrases you can't use
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 03:18:21PM -0500, Mark Roberts wrote:
#
#
# Oh l@@k!
OH HAI!
# Someone who shares one of my peeves! I'd definitely be willing
# to buy a lense from you!
I CAN HAS LENSE NOW?
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Did she like linguine ?
Kenneth Waller
http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
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From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com
Subject: Re: Linguistic peeve: minty
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 04:12:00PM -0500, Bill Owens wrote:
# Then I screw ep and use linguist instead od linguistic
On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:12:00 -0500
Bill Owens wmbow...@gmail.com wrote:
Then I screw ep and use linguist instead od linguistic :-(
Did Ep mind?
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On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:18:21 -0500, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu
said:
Oh l@@k! Someone who shares one of my peeves! I'd definitely be willing
to buy a lense from you!
I'd buy a 'lense' from Larry as well - but if he tries to sell me some
lense's, I may become homicidal
ebay whatever, minty means **near*** mint, NOT mint.
If its mint you say mint not minty.
JC O'Connell
hifis...@gate.net
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On 28/2/09, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed:
Do the lenses smell like toothpaste? If so, they are minty.
Are they in perfect condition, like a coin that has just been released
from the mint? If so, they are mint, or in mint condition.
Arsy.
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JC OConnell wrote:
ebay whatever, minty means **near*** mint, NOT mint.
If its mint you say mint not minty.
JC O'Connell
hifis...@gate.net
which is why I said that... but.. on nevermind
ann
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
I'm only in my thirties if you use radix 13-16. I did advertise my
last birthday as my 0x30th, but I think most of the people on this
list would represent it as 48.
Then I guess I'm not most people then.
Dave
#
#
Bill Owens wrote:
My linguist peeve is preventative instead of preventive
*
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
1 definition(s) found
Preventative \Pre*venta*tive\, n.
That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of
preventive.
* :-D ***
keith whaley
David J Brooks wrote:
Then I guess I'm not most people then.
You're the last one to figure that out, Dave :)
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Subject: Re: Linguistic peeve: minty
Bill Owens wrote:
My linguist peeve is preventative instead of preventive
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
1 definition(s) found
Preventative \Pre*venta*tive\, n.
That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead
then feel better. :-) Cheers, Christine
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From: Bill Owens
Subject: Re: Linguistic peeve: minty
My linguist peeve is preventative instead of preventive
Mine is any word that should have had the letter u in it.
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On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 7:03 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote:
Mine is any word that should have had the letter u in it.
Sourry.
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Christine Aguila wrote:
Hey, I 'd like to support Ann here--I enjoy playful language usage a
bit more than regimented language correctness driven by personal
linguistic peeves--if one of your peeves has been peeved, take 3 deep
breaths, spin on your heel, jump twice, then shout, It's just
2009/3/1 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com:
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 09:46:35PM -0500, ann sanfedele wrote:
# Those lenses of my friend
#
# They really are minty -- I sold one on ebay and the guy was ecstatic! ...
Ann, I'm afraid that you just poked one of my big linguistic peeves.
Do the
David Savage wrote:
2009/3/1 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com:
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 09:46:35PM -0500, ann sanfedele wrote:
# Those lenses of my friend
#
# They really are minty -- I sold one on ebay and the guy was ecstatic! ...
Ann, I'm afraid that you just poked one of my big
From: ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com
Christine Aguila wrote:
Hey, I 'd like to support Ann here--I enjoy playful language usage a bit
more than regimented language correctness driven by personal linguistic
peeves--if one of your peeves has been peeved, take 3 deep breaths, spin
on your
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 11:34:10PM -0600, Christine Aguila wrote:
# she who prompted the peeve does not do it--it's the person with the peeve
# that has to do it :-). Anyway, no problem, Ann, very, very glad to show
# support when you need it, but just one thing: My name is Christine
#
Christine Aguila wrote:
From: ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com
Christine Aguila wrote:
Hey, I 'd like to support Ann here--I enjoy playful language usage a
bit more than regimented language correctness driven by personal
linguistic peeves--if one of your peeves has been peeved, take 3
2009/3/1 Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net:
Anyway, no problem, Ann, very, very glad to show
support when you need it, but just one thing: My name is Christine :-)
(I was going to put that in caps, but I thought I better not :-) Big
cheers, Christine xxoo
In the circles I
On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 02:54:26PM +0900, David Savage wrote:
# It guarantees that that's what you'll be called until you either crack
# the shits with everyone or start to cry.
crack the shits? That sounds like a very useful phrase. Could you
translate it into American?
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2009/3/1 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com:
On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 02:54:26PM +0900, David Savage wrote:
# It guarantees that that's what you'll be called until you either crack
# the shits with everyone or start to cry.
crack the shits? That sounds like a very useful phrase. Could you
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