tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post6908982142888764702..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Divertimento #119Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-27642919163985171392016-12-15T21:39:54.317-06:002016-12-15T21:39:54.317-06:00Re: the "English" words of Indian langua...Re: the "English" words of Indian language origin, I'm reminded of the BBC series Goodness Gracious Me where a recurring character believes that everything in the world is Indian, from da Vinci to the British Royal Family. Here's a link to the transcript of an episode where he talks about all the words that English borrowed from India (which, in his opinion, would be the entire English language!)<br /><br />https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Goodness_Gracious_Me_(TV_%26_radio)#Episode_Five_4<br /><br />The transcripts don't do justice to the episodes, but I'm not able to locate a universally viewable copy on YouTube.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-2004380887539366822016-12-13T21:15:15.829-06:002016-12-13T21:15:15.829-06:00Agreed. I don't often recommend people read th...Agreed. I don't often recommend people read the comments section but this one is worth it.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00930112890626149390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-63188226776674203342016-12-13T12:02:18.172-06:002016-12-13T12:02:18.172-06:00Check the (mostly) thoughtful comments in the GMO ...Check the (mostly) thoughtful comments in the GMO article, which seems to have been pretty thoroughly rebutted.embeeteenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-68659235281166507502016-12-13T09:39:25.640-06:002016-12-13T09:39:25.640-06:00The V-mask looks like Cthulhu. :-)The V-mask looks like Cthulhu. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-13606647061929305252016-12-13T07:12:35.788-06:002016-12-13T07:12:35.788-06:00"A man with an air horn that sounds like a tr..."A man with an air horn that sounds like a train has allegedly been terrorising the residents of El Segundo, California, for weeks, and police have just made an arrest after finding the man accused of the noise with air horn equipment inside his car."<br /><br />Sounds like he went off the rails ...<br /><br />Lurker111<br /><br />Edit/note: BTW, yesterday I tried to post and both the Publish and Preview buttons just blanked out the text area. I'm using Firefox on Win7. Anyone else see this, or was I hallucinating?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-49320902880285648502016-12-12T16:39:58.869-06:002016-12-12T16:39:58.869-06:00Oops. That was a blogging-too-fast error. Tx for...Oops. That was a blogging-too-fast error. Tx for the heads-up. Interestingly when I tried to insert the original link, it wasn't valid, but a quick keyword search turned up many other articles, so I linked to the one at... Cosmo.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-56874503471446897432016-12-12T14:02:23.506-06:002016-12-12T14:02:23.506-06:00Your vagina mask link is just a panda taking a bat...Your vagina mask link is just a panda taking a bath. It's pretty funny though.bredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11230716955890522734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-47122242741083492022016-12-12T11:47:33.510-06:002016-12-12T11:47:33.510-06:00re your Marine Corp acronyms: It has been a while ...re your Marine Corp acronyms: It has been a while since I have seen a print copy but the "DicNavAb" (that is the "Dictionary of Naval Abbreviations") was 8-1/2 x 11 and ran about 500 pages! 82medicinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-44367318516119971502016-12-11T19:51:05.062-06:002016-12-11T19:51:05.062-06:00I love the drawings. Thank you for sharing.I love the drawings. Thank you for sharing.Shoshanah Marohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07532684548824957399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-65327909389472933932016-12-11T13:59:57.190-06:002016-12-11T13:59:57.190-06:00Google is giving free phones to those who don'...Google is giving free phones to those who don't have a phone and want to do two-step verification; the phone can only be used for two-step verification.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com