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Post by Pixie on Jul 5, 2020 18:19:35 GMT -5
Terrifying creatures.
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Post by acttwo on Jul 6, 2020 12:00:15 GMT -5
Dear heavens! Ok, I won't sleep for a week! Almost as frightening as being in Chicago over the Independence Day weekend! I can avoid sharks, not so sure about bullets. <sigh> |
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Post by SPN Lifer on Jul 6, 2020 13:26:03 GMT -5
I did not watch the movie, but what was the likely fate of the woman in the shark's jaws?
With prompt application of tourniquets, she could have survived as a paraplegic.
Otherwise, she likely bled out.
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Post by stevil on Jul 6, 2020 13:29:21 GMT -5
 harks aren't the only denizens around Florida! |
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Post by Pixie on Jul 6, 2020 14:04:52 GMT -5
I did not watch the movie, but what was the likely fate of the woman in the shark's jaws? With prompt application of tourniquets, she could have survived as a paraplegic. Otherwise, she likely bled out. I didn't watch it either (couldn't watch it would be more accurate), but I imagine he (she?) was swallowed. In other words, eaten by that horrid creature. Pixie |
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Post by superalj on Jul 6, 2020 14:46:05 GMT -5
I heard on NPR this morning that “irregardless” is now a word per MW!
I remember having a USDC judge correct me when I said “irregardless” in a packed Friday courtroom when I was arguing for a low guidelines sentence. Despite being embarrassed in front of all my colleagues, the judge gave my client a sentencing break because he thought I was an idiot. Regardless, I never said irregardless again. LOL
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Post by nylawyer on Jul 6, 2020 16:04:28 GMT -5
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Post by jimmyjiggles on Jul 6, 2020 17:08:28 GMT -5
I did not watch the movie, but what was the likely fate of the woman in the shark's jaws? With prompt application of tourniquets, she could have survived as a paraplegic. Otherwise, she likely bled out. She died. Then the shark pursued the boat that was pulling her while water skiing, and managed to blow up the boat, killing the driver of the boat. Devilish creatures to be sure. |
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Post by Pixie on Jul 6, 2020 17:32:58 GMT -5
I heard on NPR this morning that “irregardless” is now a word per MW! I remember having a USDC judge correct me when I said “irregardless” in a packed Friday courtroom when I was arguing for a low guidelines sentence. Despite being embarrassed in front of all my colleagues, the judge gave my client a sentencing break because he thought I was an idiot. Regardless, I never said irregardless again. LOL Yes, I heard that and it caused me to yell out in frustration. Doesn't mean it is actually a proper word, it just means that those idiots at Merriam Webster added it because so many imbeciles were using it. There are other examples of non proper words being added because of improper use. Warren Harding's popularization of "normalcy" (instead of normality) comes to mind. Haven't checked, but I would bet that non-word is in there as well. Pixie |
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Post by nylawyer on Jul 6, 2020 18:18:58 GMT -5
I did not watch the movie, but what was the likely fate of the woman in the shark's jaws? With prompt application of tourniquets, she could have survived as a paraplegic. Otherwise, she likely bled out. She died. Then the shark pursued the boat that was pulling her while water skiing, and managed to blow up the boat, killing the driver of the boat. Devilish creatures to be sure. Wait- is that picture supposed to be from Jaws 2? When you click the picture it starts a video for real life shark attacks |
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Post by jimmyjiggles on Jul 6, 2020 18:41:02 GMT -5
She died. Then the shark pursued the boat that was pulling her while water skiing, and managed to blow up the boat, killing the driver of the boat. Devilish creatures to be sure. Wait- is that picture supposed to be from Jaws 2? When you click the picture it starts a video for real life shark attacks I thought so, but it looks like it is Jaws 3. www.homecinemachoice.com/content/jaws-2-3-revenge-blu-ray-boxset-review |
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Post by nylawyer on Jul 6, 2020 18:49:40 GMT -5
So that's one of the Sea World water skiers? As I recall, they never showed how it ended for most of them, but I don't think it went well for this one.
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Post by Pixie on Jul 6, 2020 21:39:07 GMT -5
So that's one of the Sea World water skiers? As I recall, they never showed how it ended for most of them, but I don't think it went well for this one. It seldom goes well for any human attacked by a shark. Pixie. |
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Post by hamster on Jul 6, 2020 22:39:07 GMT -5
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Post by jagvet on Jul 6, 2020 23:13:07 GMT -5
I heard on NPR this morning that “irregardless” is now a word per MW! I remember having a USDC judge correct me when I said “irregardless” in a packed Friday courtroom when I was arguing for a low guidelines sentence. Despite being embarrassed in front of all my colleagues, the judge gave my client a sentencing break because he thought I was an idiot. Regardless, I never said irregardless again. LOL Yes, I heard that and it caused me to yell out in frustration. Doesn't mean it is actually a proper word, it just means that those idiots at Merriam Webster added it because so many imbeciles were using it. There are other examples of non proper words being added because of improper use. Warren Harding's popularization of "normalcy" (instead of normality) comes to mind. Haven't checked, but I would bet that non-word is in there as well. Pixie Oh, my dear Pixie! When I was a kid, my father would chortle about President Harding making up "normalcy" out of stupidity. There was an article by Ben Zimmer in The Atlantic recently that actually corrects the myth: Normalcy was unusual enough that many commentators assumed that Harding had simply made it up—a misconception that gets repeated to this day. In fact, the word had been in use since at least 1855, albeit in a technical way, when it appeared in a mathematical dictionary. Five years later, a reviewer in the magazine The New Englander, surveying the latest dictionaries from Webster and Worcester, included normalcy among the newish words that neither dictionary had yet captured (along with other items like bisexuality, orgiastic, and slackjaw). G. & C. Merriam, the publisher of Webster’s dictionaries, found room for normalcy in its American Dictionary of the English Language of 1864, though marking it “rare.” That “rare” label would stick around in subsequent editions of Webster’s dictionaries, as well as in the Century Dictionary, published in 1889–91. By that point, normalcy had at least moved past its mathematical origins and could be found in theological discussions, ones that Harding, a devout Baptist, may have absorbed.
That said, I will never accept "irregardless." There is a longtime restaurant in Raleigh, NC called "Irregardless." It is a spoof on that infamous non-word. |
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Post by nylawyer on Jul 7, 2020 6:07:48 GMT -5
What about disirregardless?
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Post by Pixie on Jul 7, 2020 6:50:04 GMT -5
Yes, I heard that and it caused me to yell out in frustration. Doesn't mean it is actually a proper word, it just means that those idiots at Merriam Webster added it because so many imbeciles were using it. There are other examples of non proper words being added because of improper use. Warren Harding's popularization of "normalcy" (instead of normality) comes to mind. Haven't checked, but I would bet that non-word is in there as well. Pixie Oh, my dear Pixie! When I was a kid, my father would chortle about President Harding making up "normalcy" out of stupidity. There was an article by Ben Zimmer in The Atlantic recently that actually corrects the myth: Normalcy was unusual enough that many commentators assumed that Harding had simply made it up—a misconception that gets repeated to this day. In fact, the word had been in use since at least 1855, albeit in a technical way, when it appeared in a mathematical dictionary. Five years later, a reviewer in the magazine The New Englander, surveying the latest dictionaries from Webster and Worcester, included normalcy among the newish words that neither dictionary had yet captured (along with other items like bisexuality, orgiastic, and slackjaw). G. & C. Merriam, the publisher of Webster’s dictionaries, found room for normalcy in its American Dictionary of the English Language of 1864, though marking it “rare.” That “rare” label would stick around in subsequent editions of Webster’s dictionaries, as well as in the Century Dictionary, published in 1889–91. By that point, normalcy had at least moved past its mathematical origins and could be found in theological discussions, ones that Harding, a devout Baptist, may have absorbed.
That said, I will never accept "irregardless." There is a longtime restaurant in Raleigh, NC called "Irregardless." It is a spoof on that infamous non-word. Yes, I knew Harding wasn't the originator, but that he used it in a speech in about 1924 that went. a long way toward popularizing it. Irrespective of its popularity, I will never use it. Sorta like sharks and alligators—they all make my skin crawl. Pixie |
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Post by SPN Lifer on Jul 7, 2020 11:25:20 GMT -5
Actually, it was his 1920 campaign slogan, "Return to Normalcy". At least that's what I learned in high school.
I believe he passed away in 1923, and Silent Cal took over.
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Post by Pixie on Jul 7, 2020 11:59:26 GMT -5
Actually, it was his 1920 campaign slogan, "Return to Normalcy". At least that's what I learned in high school. I believe he passed away in 1923, and Silent Cal took over. You are right; it was his campaign slogan. I didn't remember that, but I did remember a speech he gave in New York after that campaign (but obviously before 1924). Thinking about things that long ago make my Pixie like heard hurt. Pixie. EDIT NOTE: Here is more on the topic. Taken from the Harding Home Presidential Site: "When Harding uttered the word “normalcy” in the context of explaining that the nation needed to “return to normalcy” in 1920, some newspaper editors and linguists whipped out their grease pencils and admonished him for making a huge grammatical error. They assumed he had misspoken and really meant to say, “normality.” Some editors, thinking they were helping, “corrected” the alleged error. Harding, the longtime newspaper editor, was somewhat amused with the fuss and maintained his intentional choice of words. “I have noticed that word caused considerable newspaper editors to change it to ‘normality,’” he said, according to a New York Times story from July 20, 1920. “I have looked for ‘normality’ in my dictionary, and I do not find it there. ‘Normalcy,’ however, I did find, and it is a good word.” Indeed, he was right. “Normalcy” was listed in dictionaries since well before Harding’s 1865 birth, even in one from the 1800s that is part of the Harding Collections at the Warren G. Harding Presidential Site. So, maybe instead of “coining” the word, the more accurate explanation is that Harding may have popularized the word. The “Return to Normalcy” phrase, which became one of his popular campaign slogans, also was picked up by retailers across the nation. Many clothing, shoe, and hardware stores had “Return to Normalcy” sales and prices. The Century Dictionary company cleverly touted the fact that its dictionary included the word “normalcy” on page 4017 after the New York Sun and the New York Herald both said there was no such word. “Why don’t the editors get a regular dictionary?” the ad queried." |
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Post by Pixie on Jul 7, 2020 13:03:21 GMT -5
What about disirregardless? I thought the word was "disregardless?" |
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