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kallie is +2 Lifthrasir Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Posts: 1351	Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 6:41 pm    Post subject: DOOMLinguistics: The Thread I'll be updating live as I work on my paper tonight that is due tomorrow morning. I will probably post some questions concerning DOOMPhrases, and if you care to help, I'd appreciate it.
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epb Mendicant Joined: 15 Dec 2007 Posts: 451	Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 6:46 pm    Post subject: Indeed
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lizakova is shinying up her life. Kitty Guardian Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Posts: 1303	Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:40 pm    Post subject: So when does this paper get posted to the forums?
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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Posts: 3835	Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:41 pm    Post subject: lizakova wrote: So when does this paper get posted to the forums? As soon as she's done, I'd imagine.
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kallie is +2 Lifthrasir Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Posts: 1351	Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:46 pm    Post subject: Uhhhhhh....
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lizakova is shinying up her life. Kitty Guardian Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Posts: 1303	Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:02 pm    Post subject: kallie wrote: Uhhhhhh.... Are you saying that this epic paper isn't going to be made DOOMPublic?
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kallie is +2 Lifthrasir Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Posts: 1351	Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:06 pm    Post subject: lizakova wrote: kallie wrote: Uhhhhhh.... Are you saying that this epic paper isn't going to be made DOOMPublic? I guess it will have to be now... By the way, are "accurate and precise" and its variants quoting something, or is it just a distinction we make because we're a scientifically-oriented community? Also, I just searched for "it's bold, but is it daring?" My whole world is falling apart (i.e. coming together).
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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Posts: 3835	Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:10 pm    Post subject: Accurate and precise is a DOOMOriginal. I liked to use it because of a display in high school chemistry explaining accuracy, precision, and the combination which involved a picture of arrows on an archery target. It's along the same line as hydrodynamic but not necessarily aquadynamic.
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lizakova is shinying up her life. Kitty Guardian Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Posts: 1303	Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:12 pm    Post subject: kallie wrote: Also, I just searched for "it's bold, but is it daring?" That was from a Doritos commercial.
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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Posts: 3835	Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:14 pm    Post subject: You have to be careful about causation. Is our phrase because of a Doritos commercial, or is the Doritos commercial because of our phrase. This idea is tackled in the epic tale "Ender's Game" by our good Latter-Day Saint friend Orson Scott Card.
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kallie is +2 Lifthrasir Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Posts: 1351	Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:15 pm    Post subject: Another question: "Really more of a turtle." Where does it come from? My current progression is "More of a B" --> "Really more of a __something__" --> "Really more of a turtle" And what does "Really more of a turtle" actually mean? Or when is it said?
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lizakova is shinying up her life. Kitty Guardian Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Posts: 1303	Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:19 pm    Post subject: The correct phrase is "really more of a boxturtle." Hence the picture of a boxturtle. It can be used in the following way: This thread is .
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kallie is +2 Lifthrasir Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Posts: 1351	Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:30 pm    Post subject: The explanation I've been given is that it translates to roughly the following: "You said A is like B, when in fact A is more like something else." I'm still interested in the progression from the original futurama quote. Does anyone remember why it's a boxturtle?
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kallie is +2 Lifthrasir Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Posts: 1351	Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:37 pm    Post subject: I've also been suggested that "Woah, woah, wait" and its variations entered DOOMCom via Vernon, quoting the character Tony Wonder from Arrested Development. This seems odd, considering that I remember variations of "wait" from my first encounters with DOOMCom. Thoughts?
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kallie is +2 Lifthrasir Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Posts: 1351	Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:00 pm    Post subject: Yet...i? Derived from the "Are we there yeti?" quest in WoW?
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