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10-08-2007, 04:00 PM
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Zeke miss a punning opportunity like that? I'm not that easy to dupe. 
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10-08-2007, 10:34 PM
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Would it be alright if I just went mad now?
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10-10-2007, 02:35 PM
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You're implying that you're not mad already? That's a hairy lie if I ever saw one!
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10-11-2007, 12:29 AM
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I have a question, why is there a letter that is compleatly dependent on another letter? I speak here of Qu.... why can't the letter Q just automaticly mean Qu? So that Queen would be spelled Qeen?
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10-11-2007, 02:29 AM
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You got me. But there are words that start with Q that don't have a u after it. Qat comes to mind. (Hey, I'm a Scrabbleholic, what can I say?)
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10-11-2007, 01:14 PM
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"Saqqara", "Qadesh", "Qetesh" (important not to qonfuse), "qhytsonthyd" (archaic spelling of "Whistuntide", IIRC).
In short, it is because "Q" is a redundant letter in English, representing a letter described in Egyptology as "k-with-a-dot".
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10-11-2007, 03:54 PM
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As mentioned above, Q does occur independently in languages other than English, mostly non-Indo-European ones. The Q-U combination seems to have been imported from Latin via Old French, circa the Norman Invasion in 1066, and has stuck around more out of inertia than anything else. English is like that -- has lots of relics, artifacts and plain old souvenirs lying around and cluttering things up for no good reason other than that people are used to it being that way and resist changing.
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10-27-2007, 01:24 PM
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Women do, actually, still wear skirts sometimes. Even women like me. More importantly, it's not necessary. Sure, it might be stronger, but it never breaks either way. At least, not until every other inch of the bike has broken down at least thrice. You're getting a new bike LONG before that ever comes close to looking like it's not in top condition. Also, I happen to think women's bikes are easier to get on, but that might just be me being used to it. Then there's the point that, if you borrow a bike from someone, and it's slightly too big for you, it's easier to bike on it if it's a women's bike. Less painful, too, if ever you need to stop suddenly.
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10-17-2007, 01:44 AM
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My Micro has been my best friend for about two years now. I bought it just for the cool tech factor -- it's barely bigger than the cartridges it plays.
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10-17-2007, 01:18 PM
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Yeah, that was nice of you to blackball ID for me, but I distinctly recall that you later acquiesed to the majority of the voters. After all, that's what the entire point of the poll was, right?
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10-17-2007, 01:36 PM
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You know that's not what I was pointing out. (But to answer your question, I didn't "blackball" ID permanently, I said we should keep looking. Ultimately I decided it was the best choice -- I did warn you that might happen.)
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10-17-2007, 01:51 PM
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Democracy is for jerks. So, unfortunately, is every other system of government. Someone hurry up and build Colossus already!
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10-17-2007, 08:16 PM
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Well, as Dr. Crane and Dr. Crane would tell you, blackballs aren't necessarily permanent.
No, I don't know what you're pointing out. Honestly, I'm lost. I click the link and it goes to the Announcement thread, your post of April 22nd: "It comes naturally to him. Seriously though, I'm torn here. On the one hand, Independence Day would be an excellent choice. On the other hand, I gotta say I sympathize with Nate's situation. If he didn't get to participate last time -- all four years of last time -- it's perfectly fair for him to bring that up. So let's put Independence Day to one side for now. It may well be what I go with, but for now let's discuss the alternatives." So you tell me what I'm supposed to get out of that.
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10-18-2007, 01:29 AM
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I see an extra letter in there. Has it finally happened? Has Nate spent too much time around here, been overloaded, and gone pun-blind?
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