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Post by Verbivore on May 24, 2019 11:17:12 GMT
Today I learned a new word: PasifikaPacific Islander n.1. A member of one of the indigenous peoples of Polynesia, Micronesia, or Melanesia. 2. A person of Polynesian, Micronesian, or Melanesian ancestry. My first encounter with the term was in an ABC News Online item about the Australian holy roller (ex-)rugby player who was recently sacked for not knowing (or caring about?) the difference between a private and a public person’s privileges, freedoms, and constraints. (Whether they like it or not, “public” persons – sports “stars”, celebrities, politicians … – trade some of their privacy and privileges for publicity, adoration, worship… "success". When they can’t discern the difference, they end up like Folau.)
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Post by Little Jack Horner on May 25, 2019 0:29:22 GMT
I have learned a new word today as well — museology. Apparently, it is the study of museums. It explores the history of museums and their role in society, as well as the activities they engage in, including curating, preservation, public programming, and education. Also, it was first attested in 1885 but even though I at one time was friendly with a senior museums curator and, although we often debated curatorial policy, I never encountered the word until today. Indeed, when I did encounter it whilst talking about the ethics of “using” people and animals, I thought I had misheard. Ah, well.
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Post by Verbivore on May 25, 2019 6:01:03 GMT
Aha! A new word for me, too, LJH! Thank you for sharing your discovery. Had I encountered museology without strong contextual hints I might have thought it the ~ology of muses.
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Post by Verbivore on May 27, 2019 0:18:48 GMT
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Post by Twoddle on May 27, 2019 10:22:09 GMT
I managed nine out of ten. Not bad, considering I'd never heard of most of those songs.
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Post by Verbivore on May 27, 2019 11:13:18 GMT
I managed nine out of ten. Not bad, considering I'd never heard of most of those songs. Only seven for me. :-( I have a few of my own invention, but they're not sharable in polite society.
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Post by Little Jack Horner on May 27, 2019 15:03:45 GMT
I managed nine but I don’t recognise myself in the summary: “Nice work! You've a keen ear for the finer points of pop poetry and can easily separate sense from the musical nonsense (even if it's intentional nonsense) in this ever-changing world in which we live in.” When I tell my son, he’ll think I had help.
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Post by Dave Miller on May 27, 2019 17:10:21 GMT
I got nine - but had never heard the lyrics involved in many cases. I just chose the ones which a lyricist would most probably have actually written!
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Post by Verbivore on May 29, 2019 6:38:05 GMT
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Post by Little Jack Horner on May 29, 2019 13:51:07 GMT
Someone has drawn their attention to the solecism and it has been changed to “approached”. 👍
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Post by Verbivore on May 29, 2019 22:51:55 GMT
Someone has drawn their attention to the solecism and it has been changed to “approached”. 👍 Ahem. Good to know that Aunty occasionally listens.
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Post by Little Jack Horner on May 29, 2019 23:04:19 GMT
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Post by Verbivore on May 29, 2019 23:57:46 GMT
LJH: I saw that photo yesterday and marvelled at the photographer's skill and luck (and of course at the magnificent bird). It's one of those pictures that outdoes 1,000 words.
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Post by Little Jack Horner on May 30, 2019 12:55:41 GMT
I have been asked to check the grammar and punctuation (only) in a children story for a friend. Consider this sentence:
"The creature must have left tracks on the ground, but as George started to search for proof, his grandad let out a huge guffaw."
I would prefer the first comma to follow "but" as I think the subsequent phrase is parenthetical but I think most authors do not agree.
What do you think, VV? Please.
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Post by Dave on May 30, 2019 15:02:44 GMT
The comma following ground separates the two main clauses of the compound sentence, so don't remove it. Another comma following but would make the introductory clause of the sentence's second half somewhat parenthetical, but is that what's desired?
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