March 31, 2004
Yay! Redux
Once again, the traditional Munuvian greeting, welcome and joyful exclamation (it's a compact language) echos through the hills as Munuviana continues it's
assimilation of the blogosphere celebratory birthday expansion.
The newest batch to bribe their way through customs (hint: pineapple fried rice) have arrived. Stop by and say hello to:
Rambling Rhodes
XSet
Lemur Girl
Educated Beyond Her Intelligence
Primal Purge
Flying Space Monkey Chronicles
There are more pushing and shoving patiently waiting in line to join the Munuvia clan. They should, because we are the cool kids.
I expect there will be many housewarming parties held as folks get settled in.
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We like chicken fried steak and chicken fried rice. Pineapple fried steak does not sound appetizing.
Anyway, yay to the newest, from a recent, arrival.
Posted by: triticale at April 01, 2004 09:51 PM (JSYX+)
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March 28, 2004
Yay!
That's the traditional Munuvian greeting, welcome and joyful exclamation. And if'n you listen carefully, you'll hear many a 'yay' in the distance as Munuviana expands mightily.
Pixy Misa, author of Ambient Irony, has generously decided to offer up space for relocation and settlement. So far, welcome:
Miss Apropos
Little Miss Attila
Triticale
Backstage
Um's Musings
Check back, there will be many more in the near future. Oh, and if they don't look active right away, give 'em a little time because it takes a while to pack up and move, not to mention decorate. Sheesh people, new homes are always painted stark white.
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March 16, 2004
Mu.Nu News - New Mu.Nu
Say hello to Debbye over at
Being American in T.O., the newest Munuvian. As far as I can tell, if you imagine Iron Chef Rivendell, speaking only in verse whilst competing in a dessert battle, you've got a fair idea. Then again, first impressions can be so misleading.
Welcome Debbye. I'm not really an idiot (see 'first impressions', above).
And if you didn't already know about it, over on the right I have a tagline that changes once in a while, and a tagline archive with some classic favorites.
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March 10, 2004
How do you pronounce that?
Simon uses it, so does
Helen (I think). I've seen it on other
non-US blogs too.
Whinging
Is that whinging, as in "wing-ing"?
Or is that whinging, as in "win-jing"?
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Whin-jing
because it sounds wimpier.
Try saying, out loud, "what a whinging bastard!" and see which sounds more condemnatory.
Posted by: Ted K at March 10, 2004 09:02 AM (bUIG8)
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Main Entry: whinge
Pronunciation: 'hwinj, 'winj
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form(s): whinged; whing·ing or whinge·ing
Etymology: from (assumed) Middle English, from Old English hwinsian; akin to Old High German winsOn to moan
British : to complain fretfully : WHINE
Posted by: bigdocmcd at March 10, 2004 11:13 AM (AkmDD)
Posted by: Nicholas Liu at March 10, 2004 12:49 PM (Z7Fpf)
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If it's got the g it's got the j.
Elsewise, all ya got is whining, which hides from the g (an j) altogether.
Posted by: Bravo Romeo Delta at March 10, 2004 02:01 PM (9X/fX)
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Yup. Definitely "win-jing" - goes with whining (wine-ning) and moaning. Someone who does this is therefore a whinger (win-ger).
Posted by: Ozguru at March 10, 2004 05:25 PM (/acvO)
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It has many uses. For example the term "Whinging Pom" (win-jing pom, short o) is a term Australians use to describe Englishmen. As Ozguru points out, calling someone a "whinger" (win-jer) is an insult; telling one's kids to stop "whinging" (win-jing) is a common partenal refrain.
"Wing-ing" is making it up as you go along. Which nicely describes most blogs. And lives, come to think of it.
Posted by: Simon at March 10, 2004 08:42 PM (OyeEA)
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The gf and I run into this regularly at one of our rat forums. Lots of Americans on the forum, but there are an awful lot of Brits, a couple of Aussies, a Kiwi or two, and some Scots. The occasional common Brit phrase/uncommon American one makes for high hilarity every now and then. The most recent one involved the British words for potted plants. In Britain, apparently, the "-ted" isn't required and she posted POT PLANTS, which isn't exactly something you want to see when the administrator's ten-year old daughter is a frequent reader of the forum.
Posted by: Victor at March 11, 2004 06:19 AM (16A49)
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"Ted isn't required"? You cad. Oh wait, you meant when pot plants are present. Correct. Never mind.
Posted by: Ted at March 12, 2004 07:56 AM (blNMI)
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Why not first g hard, second g soft?
Posted by: triticale at March 28, 2004 10:14 AM (MyOec)
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March 03, 2004
So it's come down to this
The
grand announcements were
met with a yawn. As was the
reminder. So now I'm moving right past threats and heading straight for bribery.
You may remember, back when the Axis of Evil Naughty (Classic) was nothing but a disorganized mob - not that that's a bad thing - and Jennifer decided to bribe folks with topless pictures of herself. You may also recall that yours truly was the first to vote for Jennifer, and I got the 'special' picture.
The rest of you got the innocent version. Nya nya slow-pokes.
Get your butts in gear and send some questions to Spork and Stephen. Google if you must, but don't let these two share a meal without your input! If it helps, pretend you're controlling their thoughts long-distance.
And don't forget the picture of Jennifer!*
*This offer applies to all but Jennifer. Dearest Jen, I'll post it on the newsgroup ALT.BINARIES.AMATUER.TOPLESS if you don't send at least one question to each. Don't test me, I'll do it.
Update: Susie is a classy lady.
Update: Victor is one hep rat too.
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The deadline is Thursday. It is obviously Wednesday and I therefore have plenty of time.
Posted by: Jennifer at March 03, 2004 02:36 PM (DdBLw)
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Bribery works better beforehand, otherwise it's a payoff, and I'm not comfortable with that.
Posted by: Ted at March 03, 2004 02:39 PM (blNMI)
Posted by: Stephen Macklin at March 03, 2004 04:30 PM (UquFN)
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Ted, you rock! When yer up this-a-way in the late summer I'm buyin' all night!
Posted by: Tuning Spork at March 03, 2004 09:29 PM (6OMvH)
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