Comments on: Referencing by association http://www.logophile.org/blog/2006/04/22/referencing-by-association/ blog of a logophile (not "logos", but "λόγος") Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:55:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: tikitu http://www.logophile.org/blog/2006/04/22/referencing-by-association/comment-page-1/#comment-3452 tikitu Thu, 27 Apr 2006 07:43:26 +0000 http://www.logophile.org/blog/?p=159#comment-3452 <p>Heh. Clouds, silver linings, &c.</p> Heh. Clouds, silver linings, &c.

]]> By: Ryszard Szopa http://www.logophile.org/blog/2006/04/22/referencing-by-association/comment-page-1/#comment-3453 Ryszard Szopa Wed, 26 Apr 2006 22:02:20 +0000 http://www.logophile.org/blog/?p=159#comment-3453 <p>Well, it worked for me, but whenever I try to repeat the experiment, people immediately say: ``No, you meant George Orwell, didn't you?'' And then I feel quite stupid explaining how it should have worked... However, these explanations and my sad face make people laugh, so maybe after all the experiments were not without value. (-;</p> Well, it worked for me, but whenever I try to repeat the experiment, people immediately say: “No, you meant George Orwell, didn’t you?” And then I feel quite stupid explaining how it should have worked… However, these explanations and my sad face make people laugh, so maybe after all the experiments were not without value. (-;

]]> By: tikitu http://www.logophile.org/blog/2006/04/22/referencing-by-association/comment-page-1/#comment-3454 tikitu Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:57:00 +0000 http://www.logophile.org/blog/?p=159#comment-3454 <p>Since I happen to be reading it at the moment, and since it's apropos: from <em>Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell</em></p> <blockquote> <p>"Why! [said Drawlight,] there was a fellow called Drummond, who saw her at Christmas at a private ball in Leamington Spa, and wagered Lord Carlisle fifty pounds that she would be dead within a month."</p> <p>Mr Lascelles tutted in annoyance and put down his newspaper. "No, no," he said, "that was not Miss Wintertowne. You are thinking of Miss Hookham-Nix, whose brother has threatened to shoot her, should she bring disgrace upon the family --- which everyone supposed she must do sooner or later. But it happened at Worthing --- and it was not Lord Carlisle who took the bet but the Duke of Exmoor."</p> </blockquote> Since I happen to be reading it at the moment, and since it’s apropos: from Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

“Why! [said Drawlight,] there was a fellow called Drummond, who saw her at Christmas at a private ball in Leamington Spa, and wagered Lord Carlisle fifty pounds that she would be dead within a month.”

Mr Lascelles tutted in annoyance and put down his newspaper. “No, no,” he said, “that was not Miss Wintertowne. You are thinking of Miss Hookham-Nix, whose brother has threatened to shoot her, should she bring disgrace upon the family — which everyone supposed she must do sooner or later. But it happened at Worthing — and it was not Lord Carlisle who took the bet but the Duke of Exmoor.”

]]> By: tikitu http://www.logophile.org/blog/2006/04/22/referencing-by-association/comment-page-1/#comment-3455 tikitu Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:01:51 +0000 http://www.logophile.org/blog/?p=159#comment-3455 <p>Yup. Only the book he is thinking of is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak">1984</a>.</p> Yup. Only the book he is thinking of is 1984.

]]> By: Robert Anton Reese http://www.logophile.org/blog/2006/04/22/referencing-by-association/comment-page-1/#comment-3456 Robert Anton Reese Mon, 24 Apr 2006 05:07:36 +0000 http://www.logophile.org/blog/?p=159#comment-3456 <p>Only it was Huxley who wrote brave new world.</p> Only it was Huxley who wrote brave new world.

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