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on strawberry's. , rolig said:
“Do you mean you hate strawberries (the plural of "strawberry") or some store/café/place of business called "Strawberry's"?” more...
on enure , rolig said:
“an alternative spelling of inure.” more...
on the tag obervances, rolig said:
“unless they meant "as opposed to untervances".” more...
on victualry , rolig said:
“Great! I'm adding this to my "pocketful of -ry" list.” more...
on enow , rolig said:
“It's enow or enever, Milo.” more...
on cartagena, spain , rolig said:
“The ruthless plundering of place names is an ancient practice.” more...
on punctoglyph , rolig said:
“I would say it's a good example, moll.” more...
on ethnomasochism , rolig said:
“Sure, Pro, take whatever you need.” more...
on ethnomasochism , rolig said:
“MM, the "might" referred to the possibility of your disdaining not only the bigots (which I am sure you do) but also the overanxious liberals who...” more...
on punctoglyph , rolig said:
“My ad hoc coinage for a symbol composed of punctuation marks, often called "emoticon", a word I cannot love (I'm not especially fond of the...” more...
on ethnomasochism , rolig said:
“Well, it did occur to me that MM might (justifiably, perhaps) disdain both the bigots on Youtube and the so-called "pussies" (sorry, C_b; I know,...” more...
on the hague , rolig said:
“There is a similar thing in Slovene (and other Slavic languages), whereby certain place names take the preposition "na" (lit. "on/at"), while most...” more...
on train stations of the crossw... , rolig said:
“an elaboration on Bilby's stations of the crossword puzzle.” more...
on stations of the crossword pu... , rolig said:
“I am familiar with this from rail travel – which, I guess, would be train stations of the crossword puzzle.” more...
on ethnomasochism , rolig said:
“Well, MM, you should put it in quotation marks if it's a quote; that would at least indicate that it is not necessarily your view. I admit that I...” more...
on ruzuzu's profile, rolig said:
“No prob. I'm nothing if not helpful.” more...
on ethnomasochism , rolig said:
“I object to the whole clause "who are letting their country get taken over by the Islamic Agenda"; I remember when people started talking about the...” more...
on elixir , rolig said:
“Elixir? 'E 'ardly knows 'er!” more...
on traduce , rolig said:
“What is that famous Italian (I think it's Italian) saying that goes something like "the translator is a traitor" or "translation is betrayal"? I bet...” more...
on paratactic , rolig said:
“I don't see what's paratactic about the example the reviewer cites.” more...
on ida dunham-fershore , rolig said:
“A girl with a roving eye.” more...
on aloysius , rolig said:
“A curious case in which the combination oy is pronounced as two separate vowels.” more...
on the list Looks like a digraph, but isn't, rolig said:
“Btw, I once had a brilliant professor who was Czech. He generally spoke excellent English, but in one lecture at least he kept referring th...” more...
on twink , rolig said:
“Theory (a) seems like clever retrofitting. Back in the day (my day, the early 90s), in bars you tended to hear "twinkie" (perhaps because sweet and...” more...
on mother of all deadbeat dads ... , rolig said:
“Should she really be punished for what her children did?” more...
on severed head offers few answers , rolig said:
“Stupid severed head.” more...
on the list •Open List: Plural-Looking Singular Nouns, rolig said:
“Isn't scissors a pluralis tantum? "The scissors are lying on the table." NOT "The scissors is lying on the table.” more...
on avatar , rolig said:
“In Hindu philosophy, avatar is the bodily manifestation, or incarnation, of a released soul or deity. It's a shame how this word has become...” more...
on the list Looks like a digraph, but isn't, rolig said:
“In English, kh is a digraph in khan, Kharkov, and Khrushchev, where it conventionally represents the voiceless velar fricative /x/ in other...” more...
on ij , rolig said:
“In Croatian dictionaries, Lj and Nj are listed separately, and I think that in an alphabetized list, the word lutka would come before the word...” more...
on carbon copy editor , rolig said:
“I've known a few of these.” more...
on cooling off period furniture... , rolig said:
“This is a sweet tooth fairy godmother!” more...
on the list Looks like a digraph, but isn't, rolig said:
“My guess would be that it came into English via Latin, which took it from Greek (Θωμᾶς), though orginally it's an Aramaic name meaning "twin"....” more...
on auroch , rolig said:
“there is more than one internet?” more...
on the list Looks like a digraph, but isn't, rolig said:
“Fun list! I would question, however, the inclusion of Thomas, where "Th" is still a digraph (two letters representing one phoneme), just as "ch" is...” more...
on ij , rolig said:
“Molly is right. In Dutch, this is a digraph, two letters that together represent one phoneme. English digraphs are ch, sh, th, ph (in...” more...
on auroch , rolig said:
“HH is right: the singular form is aurochs, and according to my dictionary (useful things, dictionaries), the plural is the same, like deer. One...” more...
on planemo , rolig said:
“This also means "we pounce!" in Slovene!” more...
on zajeziti , rolig said:
“lit. to block, dam
fig. to curb” more...
on fasten brastraps and remove ... , rolig said:
“I can hear Bette Davis saying this.” more...
on razz-ma-tasmanian devil , rolig said:
“I know this is not a "proper" STF, but I couldn't resist.” more...
on vavasor , rolig said:
“I came across it accidentally, when I was looking up "Valvasor" (a Slovene 17th-century polymath). It was new to me, too.” more...
on vavasor , rolig said:
“I'm surprised to see that a certain history-minded bear hasn't listed this word (or vavasory) yet.” more...
on the list Zing Went the Strings, rolig said:
“lovely list. From the Slavic side of the world comes the gusli (Russian) and the similarly named but structurally different gusle (Balkan).” more...
on gangerh's profile, rolig said:
“oh wow, I didn't even think of that sense of the word. Thanks, G!” more...
on gangerh's profile, rolig said:
“Thanks for including me among your bananas, G. I suppose I always hoped my light would be a little bigger, not a macrolight, of course, but, well,...” more...
on saunter , rolig said:
“Interesting citation at saunterer.” more...
on the tag aouei, rolig said:
“It means that all these words include the five vowel letters in this particular order. It's one of mollusque's things.” more...
on u-shaped course of development , rolig said:
“C'mon guys, I only eavesdrop for language-learning purposes! I would never listen in to your conversations.
*wonders whether Strine is...” more...
on presdifigurators , rolig said:
“The word is ugly, but it is also mispelled (if madeupicals can be mispelled). It should logically be prestifiguratators. "Presdi-" makes no sense...” more...
on u-shaped course of development , rolig said:
“oops. Did I say too much?” more...
on u-shaped course of development , rolig said:
“I know it well. Just when you're convinced you'll never be able to learn this damned language, you suddenly find yourself eavesdropping on...” more...
on wtf , rolig said:
“Then there's the McDonald's version: FWT?” more...
on the list Not Quite As Awful As They Sound, rolig said:
“The Glagolitic alphabet is lovely and strange. You can still come across it in parts of Croatia. In Istria they sell little ceramic Glagolitic...” more...
on kindle , rolig said:
“You've gotta wonder why Amazon decided on this idiotic name. When I link the word "kindle" with books, I think of Nazis and book-burning. Is the idea...” more...
on subjunctive case , rolig said:
“This sounds very strange to me. I would say, "till it was 15 years old". I think someone has made a mistake.

By the way, verbs don't have cases;...” more...
on lemon pledge of allegiance , rolig said:
“Thanks, FA! I love the tag! Did you do that?” more...
on erazem , rolig said:
“The Slovene version of "Erasmus", this is a fairly popular name perhaps because of the historical Baron Erazem Predjamski, who built his castle in a...” more...
on črtomir , rolig said:
“A name one occasionally encounters in Slovenia, perhaps because it is also the name of the hero of Slovenia's national epic (every country has one), ...” more...
on božidar , rolig said:
“This is the Slovene calque on Theodore: "God's gift." The short form of the name is Božo, which makes me wonder if the name is at all...” more...
on rule of the tablecloth , rolig said:
“bureaucracy?” more...
on lemon pledge of allegiance , rolig said:
“For a star-spangled shine!” more...
on furniture polish jokes , rolig said:
“How many bottles of pine oil does it take to change a lightbulb?” more...
on wordnikie suggestion box , rolig said:
“Who's formatting bears? Does C_b know about this?” more...
on sarah , rolig said:
“The spelling "Sara" is the "correct" (i.e. standard) spelling of this name in Slovene and other South Slavic languages.” more...
on f2f , rolig said:
“My guess would be "female to female" (as in sexual practice).” more...
on iztok , rolig said:
“I have always liked this name, but only recently did I realize that the name means "East" (in Old Slavic), and was the equivalent of the Latin name...” more...
on eschscholtzia , rolig said:
“Also spelled eschscholzia – so much simpler.” more...
on fredonia , rolig said:
“A friend of mine, who is from Fredonia, NY, told me that the Marx Brothers named the Duck Soup country Freedonia because they were upset by...” more...
on puissant , rolig said:
“@ TheSarahEffect: Sorry to hear about the bad experience with your English teacher, who seems to feel it's her/his job to limit rather than expand...” more...
on wordnikie suggestion box , rolig said:
“C_b, I wasn't aware that "discussion" as a term had become ubiquitous on the Web. Sigh. Of course, my suggestion was meant to encourage just the...” more...
on least common denominator , rolig said:
“The least common denominator would be the most extraordinary one, wouldn't it?” more...
on wordnikie suggestion box , rolig said:
“I think it would be great to have a separate space for actual citations, so we can see how a word is being used, and then have another place for...” more...
on imma let you finish , rolig said:
“Bilby, the question is about where the expression "I'ma/Imma/I'm'a/I'm 'a/I'm a-" comes from, and how it should be spelled, when the "a" particle...” more...
on uglajen , rolig said:
“respectable; respectability" is perhaps a good choice.” more...
on imma let you finish , rolig said:
“This very question is currently being discussed over at Language Log, Telo. Personally, I...” more...
on third man factor , rolig said:
“Could it be Orson Welles on the Riesenrad of life?” more...
on resurection fern , rolig said:
“Shouldn't this be resurrection, HH?” more...
on lingnan school , rolig said:
“You hearing this, ReeseTee?” more...
on lingnan school , rolig said:
“Wow, thanks, MM! I didn't know about this. I love the pictures by Li Fuhong! Very Zen.” more...
on the list etymologically awesome, rolig said:
“Check out pamphlet. It's one of my favorite etymologies.” more...
on ginkgo , rolig said:
“Thanks, Fox! A lovely poem.” more...
on rsvp'd , rolig said:
“Sounds like a great list idea, Erin! I, for one, wouldn't want to see it 86'd. Though if I wanted to nitpick, I'd say that RSVP does have vowels:...” more...
on wordnikie , rolig said:
“If we become Wordnikie, does that mean we're going to get a swoosh?” more...
on rimfire , rolig said:
“*guffaw*
Thanks, Froggy, for the chuckle!” more...
on en yaourt , rolig said:
“Fr., lit. "in yogurt". With the verb chanter this apparently means "in a kind of gibberish that approximates the lyrics", esp. when the lyrics...” more...
on wordnik , rolig said:
“Thanks, Erin! I am feeling reassured. Ooh, but I like Molly's idea of a Lexome Project. The best of all possible words! Borges's Library of Babel but...” more...
on sitsiritsit , rolig said:
“And if it is a really short song, then I guess it'd be an itsy-bitsy sitsiritsit.” more...
on wordnik , rolig said:
“While I would applaud Wordnik-like efforts in other linguistic communities (Словник, Besednik, Wortnik – would the French Wordnik be named...” more...
on wordnik , rolig said:
“I have liked Wordnik since I first discovered it a few months ago, and the upcoming amalgamation doesn't give me the jitters, not too much at...” more...
on robert frost , rolig said:
“See citation at Emily Dickinson.” more...
on emily dickinson , rolig said:
“And you read your Emily Dickinson
And I my Robert Frost,
And we note our place with bookmarkers
That measure what we've lost.
Like a poem poorly...” more...
on the list bywords, rolig said:
“Asativum and Bilby, thanks for the suggestions. Lo' and Emily are added, and, via Simon and Garfunkel, Emily reminded me of another American poet...” more...
on the tag gay, rolig said:
“I heard that Don Gay was sick in bed with a fever.” more...
on o crablouse day! callow! allay! , rolig said:
“I don't think having a crablouse day would make me shout Allay! One would also certainly have to question one's callowness.” more...
on penis , rolig said:
“We met him again later, at dinner. He had a curious man with him, the Marquis of something or other. … He took us back to his house and...” more...
on 100204180 , rolig said:
“brilliant!” more...
on french national anthem , rolig said:
“How is this a sweet tooth fairy? It seems like perfectly ordinary description of La Marseillaise.” more...
on arlo guthrie , rolig said:
“But maybe you got what you needed, Bil.” more...
on galileo , rolig said:
“Saddam's full name is, according to Wikipedia (a source I distrust, but this information seems correct), Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti. The...” more...
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