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SchrEck Inc. Posted Jan 26, 2007
Opposite of fun? 
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Recumbentman Posted Jan 26, 2007
'Nuf said
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Leo Posted Jan 26, 2007
No I didn't, but I can't find anything wrong with whatever you did, so carry on.
Unfun is the exact opposite of fun.
Therefore, it suits the sentences - see, it's not fun, and you can make it less so - but with parallel structure. 
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Rudest Elf Posted Jan 27, 2007
No worries, Leo. I'm only pouting because you didn't accept my suggestion that the final word of the Entry be 
'grave' .
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Leo Posted Jan 28, 2007
Where was that? It's not a bad suggestion.
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Rudest Elf Posted Jan 28, 2007
I'd direct you to post 31, but I sense you're just toying with my emotions, you brute!
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Leo Posted Jan 28, 2007
Me? A brute?
...
*plays with corner of sleeve*
Well maybe a little.
It is a charming idea, but changes the meaning of the sentence. However, if this thread makes it into Trin's Peer Review Archive your suggestion will be saved forever after. 
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Rudest Elf Posted Jan 29, 2007
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Leo Posted Jan 29, 2007
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Rudest Elf Posted Jan 29, 2007
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Leo Posted Jan 29, 2007
So you wanna fight? 
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Rudest Elf Posted Jan 29, 2007
A fight for the English language... yes, I'd like that. Trouble is, we'd never get beyond discussing the rules of engagement...... what with your uncompromising attitude 'n all. 
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Leo Posted Jan 29, 2007
Language is constantly evolving.
And we'd have a much sparser vocabulary if Shakespeare didn't make up words whenever he needed them.
Language is merely what people use to express themselves that is intelligable to other people.
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Rudest Elf Posted Jan 30, 2007
Belligerence... on a Peer Review thread? Unthinkable!
So, you reckon it's Shakespeare, in round 1, by knockout?
Well, let me tell you something. That Mr Shakespeare wasn't all he's cracked up to be. Sure, he introduced some words that we can appreciate and understand now, but do you think that even one soul had the slightest idea what he was going on about back then??
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Leo Posted Jan 30, 2007
More to my point. If some backwater playwrite can do it, why can't an h2g2 researcher? And while he fabricated them from scratch, I merely combined a word and prefix.
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Rudest Elf Posted Jan 31, 2007
Go for it, Leo. I'll be on the lookout for your inventions.
You should realise, though, the extent of the power you have at your fingertips; many people will go to great lengths to cause offense, while you merely have to combine a couple of syllables...
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Leo Posted Jan 31, 2007
It only offends purists and the very intelligent. Everyone else will just nod and pretend they understand.
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pailaway - (an utterly gratuitous link in the evolutionary chain) Posted Feb 1, 2007
That's right.
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Rudest Elf Posted Feb 1, 2007
Well! You really have gone and done it now, Leo 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A17216697
I mean, I'm not surprised you feel penitent, but that's overkill, man!
to Pailaway
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Recumbentman Posted Feb 1, 2007
What, deleted already? Cold feet?
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