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The Last Conformist · Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 3:01 pm Post subject:

Thank you

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Cat Feral · Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 8:26 am Post subject:

This one occurred to me only tonight: If moose are members of the deer family, why do we call a baby moose a "calf" when a baby deer is a "fawn"? (which now brings up the question, what is a baby elk called? Not to mention a baby caribou?)
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The Last Conformist · Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 10:02 pm Post subject:

Baby reindeer/caribou are "calves" too, apparently. WP uses the word, at any rate (and, FWIW, a baby reindeer is definitely a kalv in Swedish).

Baby elk/wapiti seem to be "calves" too.

As to why, WP claims the rule is that large deer have calves, smaller ones fawns. That'd explain moose and wapiti, but hardly reindeer, who aren't terribly big. One suspects it's a post hoc rationalization.
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Cat Feral · Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 3:02 am Post subject:

Ah, thank you. As you say, it sounds like there may be a bit of post hoc rationalization going on, but it's more information than I had before! Very Happy

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The Last Conformist · Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 8:56 am Post subject:

Why do various online services, most recently Yahoo, insist on one providing answers to idiotic preset "secret questions" for the purpose of resetting one's password? Why can't I chose to forgo that functionality in favour of a more secure account?
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Yog-Hurt · Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 2:37 pm Post subject:

It is their plan to add idiotic preset "secret answers".
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The Last Conformist · Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 7:35 pm Post subject:

If ninjas are people who ninj, are are niggas people who nig?
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Xavario · Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 2:26 am Post subject:

*points and screams* HATE CRIME!!!
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Cat Feral · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 7:40 am Post subject:

What the "L" is going on with Fiction Alley???

http://www.fictionalley.org/

ETA: Never mind. Apparently the problem is not with the site itself, but with my connection. (suspect I've been suspended for some unintentional offense, or series thereof.)

Oddly, I do seem to be able to get onto the site by clicking the link I just posted here. Strange...
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Cat Feral · Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 7:41 pm Post subject:

Does anyone know if bagels cause constipation?

(I wasn't sure whether to post this question here or over in the "Food" forum.)
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Cat Feral · Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:50 am Post subject:

Okay, maybe it's not too surprising that nobody answered my bagel question. Here's another, slightly less awkward one:

A couple of decades ago, some people were saying "I've got to book." meaning "I've got to leave." Does anyone know where this expression came from?
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The Last Conformist · Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 5:55 pm Post subject:

Seems like there'd be a simple enough way to find out if bagels cause constipation ... Twisted Evil

"I've got to book" is likely short for "I've got to book out", as if from a hotel. Not sure if I've ever heard it, tho. (Perhaps not a big surprise if it was popular two decades years ago - I started learning English in 1993.)
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Yronimos · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 4:53 am Post subject:

It seems nobody is sure where "booking it" came from. The two most likely explanations I've seen are:

"Booking it" in the sense of booking a reservation, such as for a cruise ship: something that you'd want to hurry to get - "that sounds like a one-way ticket to a good time, and I'm booking it!"

A distortion of black American slang "boogie", which was used to describe someone moving quickly - "he boogied on out the back door the moment her old man got home!" Boogie is also slang for a quick, erratic dance.

Either way, around here in Kentucky, I still hear this used from time to time, in the sense of someone moving very quickly: "man, he really booked it the moment the cops showed up!"
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Cat Feral · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 8:14 am Post subject:

Thanks, TLC and Yron! That's more than I knew before! Very Happy

As for the bagel thing... well, I was just wondering if there was a connection. Embarassed

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