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Palagran Registered user Furry Hybrid Last page view: 6572 days, 7 hours, 5 minutes and 28 seconds ago. |
I remember a conversation we had a long time ago. The Fins (can I call ya'll that?) were saying that there is no word for pure hatred. I just got this as my Word-of-the-Day from Dictionary.com: abominate \uh-BOM-uh-nayt\, transitive verb: To hate in the highest degree; to detest intensely; to loathe; to abhor. That's pretty close! [Edited 1 time, last edit on 1/9/2002 at 14:30 (GMT -5) by Palagran] |
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Stas Registered user The Dark Lord Melkor Last page view: 7862 days, 1 hour, 27 minutes and 43 seconds ago. |
The Fins were/was me, IIRC :) yeah! I like the word... BTW, what's loathe & abhor? they sound pretty nice too... "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger" Lord of The Rings "Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will anger the cat lord" |
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Amanda Sedai Registered user Last page view: 8134 days, 45 minutes and 34 seconds ago. |
Same thing, basically. If you loathe or abhor something, it means you can't stand it, you hate it so much. -Amanda Sedai, a save-scumming newbie. (Hey, at least I saved that little girl's dog. Gimme some credit... ;-)) |
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Stone Giant Registered user the Traveler Last page view: 8295 days, 9 hours, 16 minutes and 22 seconds ago. |
There must be some difference, one must be more common or meaningful. |
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Amanda Sedai Registered user Last page view: 8134 days, 45 minutes and 34 seconds ago. |
I think "loathe" has a connotation of being more severe than "abhor." -Amanda Sedai, a save-scumming newbie. (Hey, at least I saved that little girl's dog. Gimme some credit... ;-)) |
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Palagran Registered user Furry Hybrid Last page view: 6572 days, 7 hours, 5 minutes and 28 seconds ago. |
Paraphrased from Funk & Wagnalls Standard Desk Dictionary... Loathe -- To feel great hatred or disgust for; abhor; detest. Abhor -- To regard with repugnance; detest; loathe. And in case you need further definitions... Detest -- To dislike with intensity; hate; abhor. Repugnance -- The state of feeling aversion and resistance; antipathy. Antipathy -- 1. An instinctive feeling of aversion or dislike. 2. The object of such a feeling. |
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Stas Registered user The Dark Lord Melkor Last page view: 7862 days, 1 hour, 27 minutes and 43 seconds ago. |
hehe... instead of "Take this for yer impunity" should be "Take this for yer repugnance" ;) "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger" Lord of The Rings "Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will anger the cat lord" |
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HicPotboy Registered user Web-dude Last page view: 7522 days, 3 hours, 33 minutes and 1 second ago. |
impunity doesn't meen repugnance; IIRC, impunity is doing something without regard to consequences. You know it's wrong, but you don't care. That what it means by impunity --- Hicpotboy ------ Hicpotboy --------- Less twitch, more mental itch - saying by me. |
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Stone Giant Registered user the Traveler Last page view: 8295 days, 9 hours, 16 minutes and 22 seconds ago. |
Let not squable about defining words or hatred but turn our efforts to defining love and friendship! |
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HicPotboy Registered user Web-dude Last page view: 7522 days, 3 hours, 33 minutes and 1 second ago. |
hear, hear! --- Hicpotboy ------ Hicpotboy --------- Less twitch, more mental itch - saying by me. |
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Palagran Registered user Furry Hybrid Last page view: 6572 days, 7 hours, 5 minutes and 28 seconds ago. |
I'm not a hatemonger. This was something discussed a long time ago. ^_^ |
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Caladriel Registered user ReGiStErEd UsEr Last page view: 4907 days, 23 hours, 44 minutes and 27 seconds ago. |
Here's a language riddle: What is the one word in the English language that is always spelled incorrectly? |
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HicPotboy Registered user Web-dude Last page view: 7522 days, 3 hours, 33 minutes and 1 second ago. |
I won't even try answering this question; English is NOT my major. --- Hicpotboy ------ Hicpotboy --------- Less twitch, more mental itch - saying by me. |
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Jacknife(logged) Unregistered user |
"incorrectly"....trick q. |
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Jan Erik Administrator Last page view: 9 days, 3 hours, 37 minutes and 57 seconds ago. |
Oh, I though it was "schould" ;) Jan Erik Mydland HoF admin |
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ingorecktly |
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Kayaman Registered user Last page view: 7942 days, 20 hours, 49 minutes and 11 seconds ago. |
Jan stop that schoulding, it makes ya sound like a nazi-warthog. |
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Caladriel Registered user ReGiStErEd UsEr Last page view: 4907 days, 23 hours, 44 minutes and 27 seconds ago. |
Jacknife: knicely done. Heh, the trick is easier to understand when spoken. |
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Stone Giant Registered user the Traveler Last page view: 8295 days, 9 hours, 16 minutes and 22 seconds ago. |
WHERE CHANGING THE TOPIC TO "RIDDLES"? Okay, I'll do two where you have to name what it is I'm refering to. Here's a riddle that will bake your noodle: Beggers have it and rich men want it. It is greater than God yet it is more evil than the devil. This riddle is just so cool I had to add it in, an extra 2 points for naming where it's from!: It cannot be seen, cannot be felt. Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills. And emty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after. Ends life, kills laughter. |
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Jan Erik Administrator Last page view: 9 days, 3 hours, 37 minutes and 57 seconds ago. |
I would hazard a guess on "time" and "darknes" respectively, on the last two riddles... Jan Erik Mydland HoF admin |
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Stas Registered user The Dark Lord Melkor Last page view: 7862 days, 1 hour, 27 minutes and 43 seconds ago. |
hehe... that last riddle is straight from Hobbit, IIRC!! Very great book... and "time" is answer, of course ;) (we probably schould (yeah, I know Jan, copyrights & such stuff, but this one time :) remember how bravely Bilbo solved this riddle: (Give me more) "Time! Time!" :) "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger" Lord of The Rings "Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will anger the cat lord" |
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Caladriel Registered user ReGiStErEd UsEr Last page view: 4907 days, 23 hours, 44 minutes and 27 seconds ago. |
If we have read The Hobbit and Wizard and Glass is it cheating to answer? (Although I solved the Wizard and Glass one on my own) Spoiler Rich men want nothing (debatable), Beggars have nothing, nothing is greater than God and nothing is more evil than the Devil (debatable) darkness is the answer to the second. (Fills holds and lies under hills) I guess it ends life if you trip in one of those holes and break your neck. Time was the answer to my favorite riddle in the dark: This all things devours -- Birds, beasts, trees, flowers -- Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins towns; Beats high mountains down. [Edited 1 time, last edit on 1/24/2002 at 12:05 (GMT -5) by Caladriel] |
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Caladriel Registered user ReGiStErEd UsEr Last page view: 4907 days, 23 hours, 44 minutes and 27 seconds ago. |
Okay, this is a joke riddle I read recently: What do you get if you cross the Atlantic with the Titanic? Spoiler Halfway. [Edited 2 times, last edit on 1/25/2002 at 18:34 (GMT -5) by Caladriel] |
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Jan Erik Administrator Last page view: 9 days, 3 hours, 37 minutes and 57 seconds ago. |
Ah yes, it's been a long time since I read the Hobbit, and it was a Norwegian translation too... I greatly prefeer the original language version of books (provided I understand it naturaly), but there just aren't any book stores that carry the english version (and back when I bought it there where no Internett book stores to speak off). Tolkien is just to popular, so the publishers have descided to translate it so that "everyone" can read the books *grumble* (they have started on the Discworld series too I see, hope that doesn't mean they will ditch the english ones when they are done translating them). The fools even translate NAMES for crying out loud. When I first heard about the Hobbit I kept wondering who this "Baggins" fellow was, turns out they had translated his last name name to "Lommelund" (roughly means pocket-growe(sp?), wich naturaly have nothing to do with the original name except maybe Baggins -> Bag -> Pocket and then they added "lund" at the end to make it sound more norvwgian *gaaaaaaah!* ) in the norwegian version (yuck). Jan Erik Mydland HoF admin |
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Mishka Registered user Hopeless Last page view: 6330 days, 6 hours, 33 minutes and 39 seconds ago. |
I also like to read books in their original language, here in finland they are even cheaper than the translated ones. Unfortunately i can only read english well. Steinbecks of mice and man was great in english.. "Faugh!" snorted Tahngarth. "Why would it make a meal out of something like you?" Squee looked relieved. "No," he continued, "you'd make a much better toothpick." |
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Caladriel Registered user ReGiStErEd UsEr Last page view: 4907 days, 23 hours, 44 minutes and 27 seconds ago. |
I editted my last riddle, adding the answer. Okay, So what is the difference between a blind archer and a constipated owl? Spoiler Well, a blind archer shoots and shoots, but never hits, whereas a constipated owl hoots and hoots . . . [Edited 1 time, last edit on 1/28/2002 at 11:32 (GMT -5) by Caladriel] |
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Jan Erik Administrator Last page view: 9 days, 3 hours, 37 minutes and 57 seconds ago. |
The difference? To much to list if you ask me :D Jan Erik Mydland HoF admin |
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Stas Registered user The Dark Lord Melkor Last page view: 7862 days, 1 hour, 27 minutes and 43 seconds ago. |
no difference :) I've read all the Tolkien books I could loan from library in english (yes, even lost tales I & II, unfinished tales and so on :)... *much* better than finnish... Annoying that I can't afford to buy the books... *with proud and deep voice* But one day I will, and that will be the day of happiness and joy... "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger" Lord of The Rings "Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will anger the cat lord" [Edited 1 time, last edit on 1/27/2002 at 05:33 (GMT -5) by Stas] |
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Iridia Moderator on this forum YASD Last page view: 3966 days, 14 hours, 6 minutes and 57 seconds ago. |
H'mm, you could stand on the streetcorner in your old clothes, with a sign that says, "Will Work for Tolkien Books". (Or you could try used-book stores, which is less likely to get you arrested.) :) Die Gedanken sind Frei |
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Tha Messiah Registered user Angel of Death Last page view: 7988 days, 3 hours, 25 minutes and 6 seconds ago. |
To bad Stas dosent live near my place.I'll give Tolkien books for work.I need more employees. THE MESSIAH,I'm here now,Worship me. |
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