tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post1515679260479854888..comments2024-02-20T08:25:06.177-08:00Comments on Confessions of ignorance: heinous--or, how one word leads to anotherseana grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-21262794947323746452009-09-21T10:48:21.991-07:002009-09-21T10:48:21.991-07:00Oops, wrong thread.Oops, wrong thread.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-17557380850693246022009-09-21T10:47:44.231-07:002009-09-21T10:47:44.231-07:00I have been trying to get to the bottom of this &#...I have been trying to get to the bottom of this 'copy' issue, but so far,no go. I mean, basically is just text, but when and why it became known as 'copy' I haven't discovered yet.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-63873938870573902442009-09-04T21:10:34.996-07:002009-09-04T21:10:34.996-07:00Marco, all power to this Japanese girl band, but I...Marco, all power to this Japanese girl band, but I have to admit that I didn't listen to them. Perhaps it was this description that scared me off: <br /><br /><i>Vocalist Makiko uses two different vocal styles, one being a high pitched, shrill scream that is definitely intoxicating as well as a low pitched growl.</i> <br /><br />Adrian, yes, debtors' prison sounds a lot worse than having people standing outside your house screaming at you. Having lived by the Boardwalk for a couple of year, I imagine I could hold up to the screaming quite well. You could always pretend they were really calling for someone else. <br /><br />But prison? I don't know.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-64087196532884502712009-09-04T14:21:02.170-07:002009-09-04T14:21:02.170-07:00I liked the fact that in Dickensian England people...I liked the fact that in Dickensian England people who couldnt pay their debts were thrown in prison until they could. Nice logic there.adrian mckintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349942973907386269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-61599234269388438272009-09-04T10:13:26.265-07:002009-09-04T10:13:26.265-07:00How can you not love a Japanese female grindcore g...How can you not love a Japanese female grindcore group with a name like Flagitious Idiosyncracy in the Dilapidation? These things warm your heart.marconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-6667229473445761252009-09-01T09:31:27.717-07:002009-09-01T09:31:27.717-07:00Thank you, Nazish! And I'm enjoying your metap...Thank you, Nazish! And I'm enjoying your metaphysical ponderings over on <a href="http://nazishrahman.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> your blog</a> as well.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-25334871279770479312009-09-01T00:37:15.791-07:002009-09-01T00:37:15.791-07:00nice post...really u have come up with something d...nice post...really u have come up with something different!!NRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17987719285041286082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-83562317567504750732009-08-31T21:05:49.260-07:002009-08-31T21:05:49.260-07:00So far, the only person who 'flagitious' s...So far, the only person who 'flagitious' seems not to be new to is Peter. And I include the girl grindrock band. <br /><br />The funny thing about 'heinous' is that I'm pretty sure that in my mind it is sometimes pronounced 'he-in-us'. That would be because I have rarely spoken the word aloud, where ridicule would promptly have corrected me...seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-18146443989357859562009-08-31T16:10:27.451-07:002009-08-31T16:10:27.451-07:00Heinous crimes I had heard about, but flagitious w...Heinous crimes I had heard about, but flagitious was new and unknown (like it was to the Japanese girl group, I suspect).<br /><br />We used to learn this little rule for spelling, "i after e, except after c", and I always noted 'heinous' as an exception to this rule, so I remembered the spelling.Sucharita Sarkarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802171314546508539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-11099739681940409722009-08-30T19:36:27.639-07:002009-08-30T19:36:27.639-07:00It's understandable, but the times will out.It's understandable, but the times will out.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-80100817525515602392009-08-30T19:22:59.727-07:002009-08-30T19:22:59.727-07:00Nope, I want a full-size, old-fashioned multivolum...Nope, I want a full-size, old-fashioned multivolume version.<br />==============<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-45423531955467240622009-08-30T16:00:31.995-07:002009-08-30T16:00:31.995-07:00Yes, fire or at least burning seem to be the commo...Yes, fire or at least burning seem to be the common element for all three.<br /><br />Someday the complete O.E.D. <i>will</i> be pocket-sized, I bet.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-54639359133508887602009-08-30T15:20:04.825-07:002009-08-30T15:20:04.825-07:00Conflagration and flagrant seem to be related. Now...Conflagration and flagrant seem to be related. Now, let me just reach into my pocket for my full-size O.E.D. and look for more etymologies.<br /> ==============<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-85204433702741820832009-08-30T15:04:48.812-07:002009-08-30T15:04:48.812-07:00TNot related then, I guess. Though conflagration w...TNot related then, I guess. Though conflagration would be.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-47208537653622643062009-08-30T14:51:24.628-07:002009-08-30T14:51:24.628-07:00Flagellate is related to flagrum, according to the...<i>Flagellate</i> is related to <i>flagrum</i>, according to the short etymology in my desk dictionary, but I won’t whip myself over it.<br /><br /> I fell in love with <i>flagitious</i> the first time I read it, which may have been in <i>Flatland</i>.<br /> ==============<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-75641462653066591362009-08-30T13:27:21.034-07:002009-08-30T13:27:21.034-07:00This I do not know. I considered myself lucky to f...This I do not know. I considered myself lucky to finally track down a link between flagitious and flagrant, which I thought might be the case, but I have been known to pursue a false link or two.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-63346001185911982652009-08-30T12:55:44.949-07:002009-08-30T12:55:44.949-07:00Would a flagitious deed subject the perpetrator to...Would a flagitious deed subject the perpetrator to flagellation?<br /><br />Speaking of barbaric crimes and punishments, my v-word is conin<br />================= <br />Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.com