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  1. "I love you." "I know." "Do or do not-there is no 'try'."
  2. “ The female of the species is more deadlier than the male.'" "Well, what are you afraid of, a fate worse than death?” “No, just death. Isn’t that enough?” "Don't deny it." "What do you mean, "don't deny it"? I'm not denying anything." "Another denial." "Let us in! Let us in!" "Let us out! Let us out!" "He had threatened to kill me in public." "Why would he want to kill you in public?" "I think she meant, he threatened, in public, to kill her."
  3. There are two correct answers for this. I will accept either. (Or both for fun.) "I love you." "I know."
  4. I don't have time for a longer search now. Here's what I found so far, which probably won't help. http://www.greasespotcafe.com/main2/waydale/waydale-editorials/what-was-the-original-sin.html http://www.greasespotcafe.com/main2/waydale/waydale-editorials/craig-martindale-research-coordinator.html
  5. Dogma Salma Hayek From Dusk til Dawn
  6. They might. Of course, the instructions were inconsistent. The Intermediate was VERY specific about the translations matching almost exactly- same number of natural breaking points, and the number of seconds being close to exact. That's contradictory with being a paraphrase into a slang, since the timing would vary widely. "I was very, very busy." "I was as busy as a one-legged man in an @$$-kicking contest." "I was nervous." "I was sweating like R Kelly at a Girl Scout Jamboree." This is obvious to anyone who's actually spent any time trying to translate anything from one language to another. For those who have not, they can take out any set of instructions from any modern electronic product, and compare the length of the instructions in each language. The printed sections will vary widely in text, with sentence and word structure determining changes. For example, German is similar to Greek in having compound words that translate into entire phrases. Any fan of "I Love Lucy" should recognize this. The episode "Paris at Last" (season 5, episode 18) has a scene where phrases are translated, in succession, from French to German to Spanish to English, or vice versa, in a translation chain. There's a considerable difference in the time it takes to say some of the phrases in French and German. (It's almost as if they're dropping whole sentences.) Actually, although I personally don't have a problem with the phrase "hookiepook" in the abstract, I'm well aware it is DEROGATORY and meant to BELITTLE and MOCK the subject. (Whether or not it is mock-worthy is a separate consideration.) So, it's not that "paranormal" is so much current or politically correct, it is more technical and "correct" in that it conveys information without adding editorializing than a phrase meant to belittle it. It's like objecting to the phrase "Asian" because one prefers to say "ching-chow" or "slope" or "gook" or "chink". Also, it's a bit disconcerting to see you develop a "private interpretation" of the English language. You injected a meaning into a definition that is not there. Parallel lines DO NOT MEET. Both the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary and the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (arguably the finest 2 dictionaries of English any person will encounter face-to-face) note the derivation of "para" in their coverage of "parallel." http://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=parallel "[Latin parallēlus, from Greek parallēlos : para-, beside" http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parallel "Origin of PARALLEL Latin parallelus, from Greek parallēlos, from para beside + allēlōn of one another, from allos … allos one … another, from allos other" "Para" as in "paranormal" is "beside normal." It does not meet what is "normal." Parapsychology is a supposed field of study that does not intersect with/ cross Psychology. I don't see a connection with "not at cross purposes with." I can point to "parallel" (I included the links) for formal definitions that say that there's no intersection/meeting. There's no formal connection to "not at cross purposes with", and I've never seen such a claim or usage until your post. The only thing "interesting" about that would be to explore the poster drawing a connection between disparate things and why.
  7. Ok, so we're at Scarlet Johansson. The Island Michael Clark Duncan DareDevil
  8. This movie tells the tale of Santa Claus trying to prove he is Santa Claus. Good thing some martial artists are trying to help him- an evil crimelord martial artist is trying to prove he is not! The cast includes Natalie Wood and Raul Julia.
  9. The Rocketeer Timothy Dalton Looney Tunes: Back in Action
  10. I didn't know about this, but it wouldn't surprise me. What I'm sure happened was, they went out and filed the paperwork, and it was accepted. That's not the same as the paperwork being LEGAL. Since the work that was trademarked was already well-known as the "intellectual property" of another organization, and in use by them for DECADES before this- AND THIS WAS WELL-KNOWN to them- then anytime twi wants to, twi can sue the heck out of them for it. The only way they legally can have obtained it otherwise is if they are actively LICENSING the trademark from twi.
  11. There's some things that get melded together in people's minds, and they make it hard to PURELY discuss what came up originally. There's LOTS of people who firmly believe in the power of God- myself included- who believe people see it in their lives now- myself included- who think that the twi/modern sit is in no way connected to the Biblical sit. So, some people will say "Because I believe in the power of God, I can't even consider whether or not vpw passed a fake on to us, because I'd have to dump the idea of healing, miracles, etc if I think vpw taught us a fake on something else." And, in fact, that IS what's been said here, at one point. And confirmed. I'm not convinced, definitively, that Biblical sit is not available now. I'm convinced I haven't seen it or experienced it. If it is out there, I WANT to see and experience it. I won't do that if I accept a conman's product as the genuine article. Now, healing and revelation, those I've experienced- no thanks to twi or vpw. Lots of Christians understand those, most without classes.
  12. *laughs* That's an interesting idea. However, a few people would still be trying to be the sole voices, and they'd feel free to lie with impunity. We still have some social discussions, and we still have a few new discussions that are relevant. (I've had at least 2 new ideas for threads, but I haven't had time to get them going.)
  13. I imagine that a few people out of hundreds were just posting to be political, but if it were more, then the successor political board would be pretty busy. But ex-twi boards of every kind all have dwindled, as did any twi boards. For the few who wanted to applaud twi, there was only so much to say before it was obvious there were only about a dozen posts to rehash, and everything was a variation of that. As for the GSC, it has existed to warn others about twi, and to help others survive twi. It has succeeded in both. Others don't fall for twi's deception and traps- partly because of the GSC, partly for several other reasons. As for survival and recovery, well, duh. Most people who have posted on the GSC post-twi have recovered and gone on with their lives. So, they have families, they have kids, they have churches, they have outside interests which are relevant to their present. That leaves them with less time to post here. I wish a few of them would post more, but in general, I say it's great because they are all twi success stories. Ok, a few ex-posters are not because twi is still in them even if they are not in twi, and a few ex-posters were here because they wanted to argue, or troll the board, or say how terrible we are to warn people about twi or for ever being Christians or any other pet cause they have to attack people (including, I imagine, political ones.) However, ALL messageboards have that. All groups eventually have someone there who has no real reason to be THERE other than "You haven't kicked me out." All messageboards have to deal with contentionm rudeness and flamewars. Since almost every poster who ever did that has moved on as well, there's an absence of flamewars as well. Some people can consider that for a bad thing-I do not. I think important things get lost among those.
  14. I figure part may be "Philadelphia" but I'm stumped on the rest.
  15. YES! And thank you. I was willing to accept anything close to the title- like titles in other languages or English translations of same. (Like "Scott Pilgrim" or "Scott Pilgrim gegen den Rest der Welt" or "Scott Pilgrim vs the Exes of the Girl of His Dreams".) Actually, it's VERSUS the world, but it's freaking close enough, so we move on.
  16. "You made me swallow my gum! That's going to be in my digestive tract for seven years!" "Wait! We're fighting over Ramona?" "Didn't you get my email explaining the situation? "I skimmed it." "You will pay for your insolence!" "He punched the highlights out of her hair!" "We are Sex Bob-Omb and we are here to make you think about death and get sad and stuff." "Amazon.ca! What's the website for that?" "Amazon.ca. " "You broke the heart that broke mine." "Well, if my cathedral of cutting-edge taste holds no interest for your tragically Canadian sensibilities, then I shall be forced to grant you a swift exit from the premises... and a fast entrance into hell!" "What kind of tea do you want?" "There's more than one kind?" "We have blueberry, raspberry, ginseng, sleepy time, green tea, green tea with lemon, green tea with lemon and honey, liver disaster, ginger with honey, ginger without honey, vanilla almond, white truffel, blueberry chamomile, vanilla walnut, constant comment and... earl grey." "Did you make some of those up?" "If you want something bad, you have to fight for it. Step up your game, Scott. Break out the L-word." "Lesbian?" "The other L-word." "...Lesbians???" "Every Pilgrim reaches the end of its journey... some sooner than others." "Do you have any idea how long it took me to get all the evil exes' contact information so I could form this stupid league? Like, two hours! Two hours!" " Prepare to feel the wrath of the League of the Evil Exes." "What about Ramona Flowers?" "You know her? Tell me now." "Scott has unlocked the Power of Love!" " You doing okay there? "Yeah, good, good, good. She changed her hair." "So, it looks nice blue!" "Yeah I know, but she did it without making a big deal out of it or anything... She's fickle, impulsive, spontaneous... God what am I going to do? "
  17. It was Vertical Horizon's "Everything You Want". FREE POST. I'll post something else if no one posts sooner.
  18. Scream Drew Barrymore Charlies Angels:Full Throttle
  19. "You made me swallow my gum! That's going to be in my digestive tract for seven years!" "Wait! We're fighting over Ramona?" "Didn't you get my email explaining the situation? "I skimmed it." "You will pay for your insolence!" "He punched the highlights out of her hair!" "We are Sex Bob-Omb and we are here to make you think about death and get sad and stuff." "Amazon.ca! What's the website for that?" "Amazon.ca. " "You broke the heart that broke mine." "Well, if my cathedral of cutting-edge taste holds no interest for your tragically Canadian sensibilities, then I shall be forced to grant you a swift exit from the premises... and a fast entrance into hell!" "What kind of tea do you want?" "There's more than one kind?" "We have blueberry, raspberry, ginseng, sleepy time, green tea, green tea with lemon, green tea with lemon and honey, liver disaster, ginger with honey, ginger without honey, vanilla almond, white truffel, blueberry chamomile, vanilla walnut, constant comment and... earl grey." "Did you make some of those up?" "If you want something bad, you have to fight for it. Step up your game, Scott. Break out the L-word." "Lesbian?" "The other L-word." "...Lesbians???" "Every pilgrim reaches the end of its journey... some sooner than others." "Do you have any idea how long it took me to get all the evil exes' contact information so I could form this stupid league? Like, two hours! Two hours!"
  20. "Somewhere there's speaking it's already coming in. Oh, and it's rising at the back of your mind. You never could get it unless you were fed it Now you're here and you don't know why. But under skinned knees and the skid marks Past the places where you used to learn You howl and listen, listen and wait for The echoes of angels who won't return." "You're waiting for someone to put you together. You're waiting for someone to push you away. There's always another wound to discover. There's always something more you wish he'd say." "But you'll just sit tight and watch it unwind. It's only what you're asking for. And you'll be just fine with all of your time It's only what you're waiting for. Out of the island into the highway, Past the places where you might have turned. You never did notice but you still hide away The anger of angels who won't return." "He's everything inside of you that you wish you could be He says all the right things at exactly the right time But he means nothing to you and you don't know why."
  21. Good Morning Vietnam Robert Wuhl Batman
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