tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053388656863652665.post257436457700487272..comments2023-04-28T01:53:27.359-07:00Comments on Mirabile dictu: You know you're doin' something right when...I got an "A" in Crazy Beeyotchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14181117357928076971noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053388656863652665.post-55300596038935670512008-10-24T20:51:00.000-07:002008-10-24T20:51:00.000-07:00Maybe you remember me worrying about whether our m...Maybe you remember me worrying about whether our mothers are reading all of this? Well, mine is--she sent me an email telling me basically to <I>post something, god damn it!</I> Which is very embarrassing. When your <I>mom</I> tells you you're not <I>blogging</I> enough, there's a problem. <BR/><BR/>So I blogged, a little. Just "fiction." Hopefully more coming. But anyway, it's your turn. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053388656863652665.post-48000891903926221842008-10-10T17:02:00.000-07:002008-10-10T17:02:00.000-07:00OK, I'm a dork. You knew that. I wrote that last n...OK, I'm a dork. You knew that. I wrote that last night, just to be amusing and/or obnoxious--but then I had to check me some dictionaries!<BR/><BR/><I>Scrappy</I>, adjective, is from "scrap," as in "fight," which is a much more recent usage than "scrap" as in "small piece of something." In fact, "scrappy" actually seems to be closer to "scrape" than to the other kind of "scrap." So the vaguely insulting connotation is strictly unofficial. But of course it's the same root! (And of course "scrap" is from Norse--that /sk/!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053388656863652665.post-63413614109410975602008-10-10T06:04:00.000-07:002008-10-10T06:04:00.000-07:00*gasps*...I hadn't thoughta that!I'm not sure if "...*gasps*<BR/><BR/>...I hadn't thoughta that!<BR/><BR/><BR/>I'm not sure if "scrappy" necessarily entails a reference to 'vertical situation' (that's what they're calling "short" these days). But I'll take it, either way.I got an "A" in Crazy Beeyotchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14181117357928076971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053388656863652665.post-58822886813568543592008-10-09T21:00:00.000-07:002008-10-09T21:00:00.000-07:00Nice word. Like "plucky," except that it implies t...Nice word. Like "plucky," except that it implies that you kick more ass, or something. But are you <I>sure</I> it's not a polite way of calling you "short?" :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com