Wordie: Dreadnought: Comments

Comment by halcyon, 6 months ago

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:52:23 +0000

I don't suppose anyone else listed this one out of fond memories of the overwhelming wonder that was the Phyrexian Dreadnought?

Comment by Treeseed, 7 months ago

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:25:40 +0000

See Hummingbird

Comment by chained_bear, 7 months ago

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:57:28 +0000

"It was a hard life, but he made it to the end."

Comment by reesetee, 7 months ago

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:04:56 +0000

Hey, getting old ain't for sissies. :-)

Comment by skipvia, 7 months ago

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:24:53 +0000

Sorry, reesette. This senility thing is rough. Thanks for the information--it makes sense that there was a connection. Nice glossary, too.

Comment by reesetee, 7 months ago

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:45:43 +0000

That was me, skipvia. :-) But thanks. I poked around a bit and found a good definition here. It's also a nice guitar-related glossary. :-)

Comment by skipvia, 7 months ago

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:07:45 +0000

I don't really know, c_b. I can't find any evidence one way or the other. The dreadnought shape was larger than the then-predominant parlor guitar shape and it was much louder and clearer than previous shapes, so perhaps there is a connection there.

Comment by reesetee, 7 months ago

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:37:34 +0000

Interesting, skipvia! Was it named after the British battleship, do you know?

Comment by skipvia, 7 months ago

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:51:20 +0000

This word has a very different connotation to a guitar player. It's the standard shape of most modern acoustic guitars, having been designed by the Martin company in 1931.

Comment by reesetee, 7 months ago

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:04:12 +0000

Very true. And yet I can't help but think of it with amusement now that it's become one of my "Bigger SUV" names. :-)

Comment by yarb, 7 months ago

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:15:34 +0000

I don't know why, rt. There's no story. I just think it's a dreadful, awesome word, evocative of carnage and havoc.

Comment by reesetee, 7 months ago

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:43:28 +0000

Do tell, yarb!

Comment by yarb, 7 months ago

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:37:10 +0000

This word makes me want to go "RAAAAAA!"

Comment by chained_bear, 10 months ago

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 04:14:52 +0000

New '59 Cadillac Dreadnought! ... features 12-foot bar, spacious den... --Our Dumb Century, the Onion
(I'm paraphrasing from memory)