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Gnomon's Word for the Day
Posted Oct 12, 2015
I'll post to this conversation occasionally with words that are interesting but don't deserve an entire entry.
12 October 2015
Passeggiata
An Italian word for an Italian custom - a stroll around the town in the evening for the purpose of socialising. I'm just back from a weekend in Italy and I participated in this custom. I think it is common in Spain as well, although I've never really been in that country.
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Latest reply: Oct 12, 2015
Found the Key to the Hampster's Cage
Posted Sep 28, 2015
I've found a way for people to log in to h2g2 - many people have been locked out for over a week.
The techs have made a change to the login page. You can now put your user ID number in where it asks for your log in name and it will allow you to log in.
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Latest reply: Sep 28, 2015
Someone is still reading h2g2
Posted Aug 24, 2015
Glad to see that the Huffington Post article on misinterpreted hand signs quotes h2g2 as its source for the V sign.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/...lobal-guide-to-hand-_n_4956860.html
The entry in question is A11047132.
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Latest reply: Aug 24, 2015
Surprise
Posted Aug 20, 2015
Subscribe to this conversation:
F101435?thread=8314289
Then switch to Pliny and look at your conversations list.
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Latest reply: Aug 20, 2015
Over the Hills and Far Away
Posted Jul 20, 2015
Well I tried. I volunteered to take up the role of sub-editor again. I was a good sub-editor in the past. I sub-edited more than 400 entries, fixing the GuideML, correcting grammar and questioning inconsistencies.
I gave up sub-editing because of the way I was treated (I was insulted and reviled for suggesting that there was a mistake in the picture attached to one of my entries). After a long break, I decided eventually to let bygones be bygones and volunteered to take up the post of sub-editor again.
I got no reply. Six weeks have gone by and none of the Guide Editors have replied to my offer, either to tell me yes or no. So either I'm not welcome, or there's nobody left running this site. Either way, I don't see the point, so I'm withdrawing my offer.
h2g2 was a good project while it lasted, but it has failed.
As long as the site is still here, I'll use it for typing up my articles in a form I myself find useful, but I see no further point in attempting to help build the Edited Guide.
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Latest reply: Jul 20, 2015
Gnomon - time to move on
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