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neufer wrote:AWE is taken from the Old English "AGHE" , meaning 'DREAD'.
Never use a short word when a long one will do, especially if you are not certain what it means.
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AWE, n. [OE. ae, aghe, fr. Icel. agi; akin to AS. ege, ga, Goth. agis, Dan. ave chastisement, fear,
Gr. pain, distress, from the same root as E. ail. 3. Cf. Ugly.] Dread; great fear mingled with respect.

Oh bother! Use "wonder" instead of "awe," then, if it pleases you.

I were gruntled; now, somewhat dis.

Great image, and thanks for reminding me to go out and watch for fireballs tonight.

LOL, gotta love that the caption has used the word crescendo again. Way to go guys! In your face, language nitpickers!

-Noel

bystander wrote:
aw·ful - literally, full of awe

1. extremely bad; unpleasant; ugly
2. inspiring fear; dreadful; terrible

OFFAL, n. [literally, falling off]

• 1. Waste meat; the parts of an animal butchered which are unfit for use or rejected.
  2. Carrion; coarse meat.
  3. Refuse; that which is thrown away as of no value, or fit only for beasts.
  4. Any thing of no value; rubbish.
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  ___ Julius Caesar > Act I, scene III
  
  CASSIUS: what trash is Rome,
  ___ What rubbish and what OFFAL,
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  ___ Merry Wives of Windsor > Act III, scene V
  
  FALSTAFF: Have I lived to be carried in a basket, like a
  ___ barrow of butcher's OFFAL, and to be thrown in the
  ___ Thames? Well, if I be served such another trick,
  ___ I'll have my brains ta'en out and buttered, and give
  ___ them to a dog for a new-year's gift.

owlice wrote:
Oh bother! Use "wonder" instead of "awe," then, if it pleases you.

I were gruntled; now, somewhat dis.

neufer wrote:Never use a short word when a long one will do, especially if you are not certain what it means.

LOL, literally! You're making my side hurt Neufer.

One has to have followed several threads to get the full impact of this. Very subtle, VERY humorous!

All I can say is AW SHUCKS!

-Noel

Neufer wrote "Madwakemiherculossed!!!
I think this is one of those times when neufer has exceded his Nufermation ability

Your eyes can do the same, Di.
The stars really do 'come out' one by one.
I was camping this summer, the sky was clear and it was very late but the sky was still lit by the long-set sun as I lay in my sleeping bag.
As that faded, one by one, the stars came out!
At first, I thought that aircraft had sneaked up on me, until I realised they weren't moving or flashing.
Then as there were more and more, I could recognise some constellations.

I'm sure this is wonderful sight is well-known, just the first time for me.

John

neufer wrote: never use a short word when a long one will do, especially if you are not certain what it means

The Milliways Pundit says -- He that thinks by the inch and speaks by the yard, should be kicked by the foot!

beyond wrote:

neufer wrote: never use a short word when a long one will do, especially if you are not certain what it means

The Milliways Pundit says -- He that thinks by the inch and speaks by the yard, should be kicked by the foot!

Now that the Milliways Pundit has fully recovered from Milliways strange smelling multi-colored drink - He finds that his above reply needs a better translation.

With a more careful measurement of applied mathematics and considering the level of "Neufermation" used, The Milliways Pundit translation reply to the above quoted Neufermation, should have been stated thusly -- "He that contemplates the things that look small in the sky, should speak an abundance of very lengthly words describing them, to camouflage the realization that one of the biped that is used for his bipedality, is stuck in his aural emitting orifice."

Sorry for any inconvenience of the under translated translation.