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A Lexicon of New Orleans Terminology and Speech

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:40:23 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Yatspeak: how ta tawk rite in Noo Awyuns.

For those of you unfamiliar with New Orleans culture, a good place to start is that there are basically only two kinds of people in New Orleans.

The first is those folks that live, as one [of Bunny's] cartoon characters puts it, in Gatorland -- "Yeah, you know ... ova dere across Magazine where dey all wear dem shoits wid lil' gators on 'em." Otherwise knows as Uptown, you can tell folks from Gatorland in the cartoons because they speak English. Another clue is that all skinny people are from Gatorland, although not all people from Gatorland are skinny. And they often have 59 rows of teeth.

The other kind of New Orleanian is Everyone Else, dose folks dat talk normal.

NEW ORLEANS

there are oodles of ways that the locals pronounce the name of their beloved City.

<new or-LEENS> is generally a no-no.

Here are the major standard local pronunciations of the City's name: <new OR-l@ns>, <new AW-l@ns>, <new OR-lee-'@ns> <new AH-lee-@ns>, <nyoo AH-lee-'@ns>.

Tags: language, new orleans

What is Airline English???

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:28:24 GMT

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clipper's remarks: interesting observations...

Clip Source: www.wisegeek.com

Many frequent fliers can recite the mandatory pre-takeoff safety briefing along with the flight attendant delivering it. What they cannot do, however, is replicate the odd cadence and ultra-formal speech patterns known as airline English. Airline English is an unusual blend of standard English and airline jargon spoken almost exclusively by airline crew members, flight attendants and pilots.

One example of airline English is the nautical terminology associated with air travel. Passengers do not put their suitcases into the overhead cabinets, they "stow" their "cargo" into the overhead "holds." The staff on board an airplane are actually "crew members" who answer to a captain. Flight attendants routinely use this nautical terminology in complete sentences, which can be a little confusing to first time passengers.

Airline English can also be the result of repetitive social greetings, particularly the mandated "goodbye" to disembarking passengers.

The Infinite Ocean and more...

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:35:56 GMT

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clipper's remarks: What is life? What is thought? Is there hope? Is there meaning?
How will it all end?
Free downloads from source

Clip Source: www.jonas-kyratzes.net

I believe that computer games are a form of art; these games represent my attempts to use this unique interactive medium to tell the stories I couldn’t tell otherwise. Which means that my games can seem heavy, experimental, strange, disturbing or “intellectual” (this terminology seems pretty useless, actually) - but hopefully not less fun. If art isn’t interesting or exciting, it’s worthless. Go ahead - just keep an open mind.

The Museum of Broken Memories

The Great Machine - A Vision

The Infinite Ocean

Last Rose in a Desert Garden

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Publisher's description of The Infinite Ocean

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From Jonas Kyratzes: The Infinite Ocean is a free adventure game by Jonas Kyratzes. It deals with some profound philosophical ideas and questions; the story is something you must discover for yourself. TIO is a complex game that requires much thought, but it is also very rewarding to play - and quite scary.

See more CNET content tagged:: adventure game

Tags: games, sci-fi, jonas kyratzes

WolframMathWorld

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:58:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Exciting Explorations

Clip Source: mathworld.wolfram.com

Algebra
Applied Mathematics
Calculus and Analysis
Discrete Mathematics
Foundations of Mathematics
Geometry
History and Terminology
Number Theory
Probability and Statistics
Recreational Mathematics
Topology

Alphabetical Index
Interactive Entries
Random Entry
New in MathWorld

MathWorld Classroom

About MathWorld
Contribute to MathWorld
Send a Message to the Team

MathWorld Book

Tags: math, wolfram, mathworld, knowledge

the seven steps of the sale

Sun, 18 May 2008 09:49:16 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This site is a nice resource site for a variety of business and HR inputs

Clip Source: www.businessballs.com

the seven steps of the sale

The original commonly used Seven Steps terminology is in bold. In recent years more sophisticated interpretation and application of the Seven-Step selling process requires the model to be expanded and interpreted with more subtlety and flexibility, as shown here:

preparation/planning/research/approach (using facilitative methods)
introduction/opening/approach/establish initial credibility
questioning/identify needs/ask how and what, etc/establish rapport and trust
presentation/explanation/demonstration
overcoming objections/negotiating/fine-tuning
close/closing/agreement/commitment/confirmation
follow-up/after-sales/fulfil/deliver/admin

DHS: Don't describe terrorists as jihadists

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:12:12 GMT

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Clip Source: apnews.myway.com

Federal agencies, including the State Department, the Department of Homeland Security and the National Counter Terrorism Center, are telling their people not to describe Islamic extremists as "jihadists" or "mujahedeen," according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. Lingo like "Islamo-fascism" is out, too.

The reason: Such words may actually boost support for radicals among Arab and Muslim audiences by giving them a veneer of religious credibility or by causing offense to moderates.

U.S. officials may be "unintentionally portraying terrorists, who lack moral and religious legitimacy, as brave fighters, legitimate soldiers or spokesmen for ordinary Muslims," says a Homeland Security report. It's entitled "Terminology to Define the Terrorists: Recommendations from American Muslims."

"We are communicating with, not confronting, our audiences. Don't insult or confuse them with pejorative terms such as 'Islamo-fascism,' which are considered offensive by many Muslims."

Tags: islam, war on terror, war-on-terror, dhs, bush administration

Bulldoze then claim Ancient Village never existed!

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:12:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: In 2003 all the townships ranked among the eight poorest areas of Israel. But of the newly built communities around Beer Sheva, with their predominantly Jewish populations, two were in the top five wealthiest areas of the country.

However, the seven townships to which it wants the Bedouin to move are already overcrowded and have poor living conditions - in stark contrast to the new communities being built nearby for Israelis relocating to the Negev.

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Aqil al-Talalqah, from the Bedouin village of al Twayil Abu Jarwal, stands among the rubble of homes demolished by the Israeli authorities in the Negev near the southern Israeli city of Beer Sheva

Nomadic bedouin fight to survive in the village which does not exist

Israel accused of discriminating against Negev desert clans

Officially Twayil Abu Jarwal, a village on the land where the Talalqah clan has lived for generations, does not exist

It is "unrecognised" in the terminology that shapes the bitter land dispute between Israel's 160,000 indigenous bedouin in the Negev desert and the Israeli state

Last year the authorities mounted eight separate operations in Twayil to demolish the homes of those living there, but the villagers stayed on

Now they live in poor quality tents surrounded by the remains of destroyed homes: corrugated iron, bricks and heaps of dirt piled on torn-down tents

"The land they are sitting on today is not their land. This is Israeli land."

Our goal is to stop them

Tags: bedouin, houses, demolish, israel

Druids at Stonehenge

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:50:43 GMT

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Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Tony and Suky of the Stag Circle at Suky's home the night before the equinox. Druids mark the spring equinox, traditionally celebrated at dawn at Stonehenge

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Tony sounds the horn in the Dolmen Grove temple.

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Frank who, by day, works in IT. At night he is a druid. They claim there are more than a million people in the UK who share, in one form or another, pagan beliefs, and that there could be up to 60,000 druids

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The Dolmen Grove druids arrive at Stonehenge at dawn

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Stonehenge at dawn.

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The Dolmen Grove druids at Stonehenge at dawn. They follow ancient beliefs, rejoicing in air, water and fire

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The Dolmen Grove druids' campaigns to broaden acceptance include making sure that pagans are properly counted at the next census, and the inclusion of pagan terminology in dictionaries

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Tags: religion, uk, druid

New 'Surge' in Iraqi Deaths in February

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:39:24 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I thought the "surge" meant the US sending more troops and it now seems to be something else - more Iraqis stood still for too long. I f more camels go missing next month, will that be another surge?

Clip Source: www.democraticunderground.com

The number of Iraqis killed in February rose by 33 percent over January, reversing a six-month trend of reduced violence, in a setback to the U.S. military plan to curb the bloodshed ravaging the country, Agence France Press reports.

The combined figures obtained by AFP from the interior, defence and health ministries showed that the total number of Iraqis killed in February was 721, including 636 civilians, compared with 541 dead in January.

The Associated Press count was very similar. AP emphasized that this was considered a "minimum" number with the toll likely higher.

Tags: terminology, is, terminal

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY FOR THE LAYMAN

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:21:23 GMT

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Clip Source: monster-island.org

ANTIBODY

against everyone

ARTERY

the study of fine paintings

BACTERIA

back door to a cafeteria

BANDAGES

The Rolling Stones

BARIUM

what you do when CPR fails

BENIGN

what you be after you be eight

BOTULISM

tendency to make mistakes

BOWEL

letters like A, E, I, O, or U

CAESAREAN SECTION

a district in Rome

CARDIOLOGY

advanced study of poker playing

CAT SCAN

searching for ones lost kitty

CAUTERIZE

made eye contact with her

COLIC

a sheep dog

COMA

a punctuation mark

CONGENITAL

friendly

CORTIZONE

the local courthouse

D & C

where Washington is

DILATE

to live longer

ENEMA

not a friend

ENTERITIS

a penchant for burglary

the things on your head that you hear with

FESTER

quicker

FIBRILLATE

to tell lies

G.I. SERIES

baseball games between teams of soldiers

GENES

blue denim slacks

GENITAL

non-Jewish

GRIPPE

what you do to a suitcase

HANGNAIL

a coathook

HEMORRHOID

a male from outer space

HERPES

what women do in the Ladies Room

HORMONES

what a prostitute does when she doesn't get paid

ICU

peek-a-boo

Tags: funny

G. E. Moore's Principia Ethica: 'What is Good?'

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:41:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Moore puts forward his famous answer to the question 'What is Good?'

Clip Source: fair-use.org

If I am asked, What is good? my answer is that good is good, and that is the end of the matter. Or if I am asked How is good to be defined? my answer is that it cannot be defined, and that is all I have to say about it. But disappointing as these answers may appear, they are of the very last importance. To readers who are familiar with philosophic terminology, I can express their importance by saying that they amount to this: That propositions about the good are all of them synthetic and never analytic; and that is plainly no trivial matter. And the same thing may be expressed more popularly, by saying that, if I am right, then nobody can foist upon us such an axiom as that Pleasure is the only good or that The good is the desired on the pretence that this is the very meaning of the word.

Tags: essays, ethics, g. e. moore, philosophy

What Is A Romantic Friendship?

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:11:36 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "Recent critics have opted for a wide range of terminology to describe the poet's relationship with Sue, some calling it a "romantic friendship," others outing her outright. The prevalence of both hetero- and homoerotic imagery in her writings suggests that Dickinson was bisexual, but did she regard herself as such? And, if she did, how are we to know?"

Clip Source: www.glbtq.com

Local gossips referred to Dickinson as "the Myth," expressing fascination at her "withdrawal," her habit of wearing only white, and her enigmatic notes accompanying gifts of food or flowers.

When the poet's work was published four years after her death in 1886, reviewers expressed surprise that a seemingly eventless life could generate such passion.

Her letters explaining why she could not see people suggest that she avoided those she loved because they affected her too powerfully.

Clip Source: www.glbtq.com

The poet probably met Sue at Amherst Academy in the late 1840s.

Dickinson was clearly in love with her: Her letters to Sue beat with a passion surpassing even notions of friendship held by a less homophobic era. Caroll Smith-Rosenberg has shown that nineteenth-century women's friendships lent themselves to a wide range of expression, so that letters that raised no eyebrows then seem erotically charged to us.

Tags: dickinson, was, a, hottie

20 Signs You May Be About to Die

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:38:08 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I recall reading about an obscure native culture in which the concept of death is fluid rather than fixed. You might be “dead” (somewhat sick), “very dead” (extremely ill) or “completely dead” (actually deceased) according to their terminology. The following 20 funny photos have been organized by these darkly funny and fatalistic categories!

Clip Source: www.sawse.com

20 Signs You May Be About to Die

Tags: die

thirty ways to say snow

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:12:33 GMT

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Clip Source: weekendamerica.publicradio.org

Inupiaq Snow Terminology

1. Apun: snow.

2. Aniu: packed snow.

3. Aniuvak: snow bank.

4. Apuyaq: snow patch.

5. Aqilluqqaq: soft snow.

6. Auksalaq: melting snow.

7. Agniq: snow blizzard.

8. Illuksinaq: bright snow condition causing snow blindness.

9. Kanigruaq: frost on face, tree, etc.

10. Kaiyuglaq: rippled surface of snow.

11. Mavsa: snowdrift overhang.

12. Mauya: break through snow condition.

13. Misulik: sleet snow.

14. Mitailaq: soft snow on ice.

15. Milik: very soft snow.

16. Masak: water logged snow.

17. Masayyak: lightly damp snow.

18. Natilvik: low ground drifting snow.

19. Nutalaq: fresh snow, powder snow.

20. Qannik: snowflake.

21. Qanniksuq: is snowing.

22. Qatiqsuniq: light snow, deep for walking.

23. Qiqsruqaq: glazed snow in thaw time.

24. Qarraqtualik: area with resonating snow.

25. Quvyugaq: whiteout.

26. Qimuagruk: snow drift blocking trail or in lee of a building.

27. Qiqsruqaq: thaw qlazed snow.

38. Nutaagun: when snow covers water with no ice.

Doing a Hasselhoff?

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:26:47 GMT

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Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Hasselhoff heads new wave of medical slang

David Batty

Guardian Unlimited,

The creative language that doctors use to insult their patients and each other is in rude health, with the former Baywatch star David Hasselhoff lending his name to one of the latest slang medical terms.

A Hasselhoff is medical shorthand for a patient who turns up in casualty "with an injury with a bizarre explanation", according to the latest edition of the British Medical Journal.

The slang was inspired by a freak injury the former Knight Rider actor suffered at London's Sanderson hotel last year when he hit his head on a glass shelf – or chandelier according to some newspaper reports – while shaving and cut his arm.

Other pop culture icons to lend their names to irreverent medical terminology include Jack Bauer, the protagonist of the US TV series 24, and Mini Me, Doctor Evil's pint-sized clone from the Austin Powers films.

A Jack Bauer is a doctor who is "still up and working after 24 hours on the job"