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*S So we decided to make a blog about words because they are pretty awesome. Wouldn't you agree? I like the idea of Manifest Vocabulary- the practice- nay, art- of inventing new words to suit phenomena as they arise. These new words can be portmanteaux of existing words, e.g. Apple Laptop --> Apptop (isn't it cool that portmanteau pluralizes with an x) or just new words entirely.
*Q Shira, don't forget that some words that already exist can be pretty awesome too, e.g. dragoman - an Arabic interpreter or guide. I mean, just look at it.... DRAGOMAN!! It's so cool!
*S I also like the ways words have come about- like extreme etymology. Etymology so extreme, in fact, that the extreme is spelled eXtreme. (Henceforth, all appearances of the word eXtreme will be spelled so.)
*Q Thanks for that, Shira.
*S While Quentin is being a branch in the swamp, I think we've pretty much wrapped it up for the exciting introduction. Have your eyeballs melted yet?
*Q Yes... yes they have. Also, sorry for making you seem hyper, Shira, and I will join you in christening this very eXtreme blog. I hope all of you (if any) out there will join us in our endeavor to understand, play with, stretch, and squash the English language. Please, if you wish to make a comment, make said comment immediately. We promise we won't make fun of you and give you a silly hat to wear in the corner of the room while everyone around you points and laughs and says, "My, that is a silly hat."
*S Well, now they're not going to. Way to go, Captain Gymshorts.
*Q Bye for now, but see you soon. Also, that is only my name on Wednesday evenings after 9.
Au Revoir Mes Amis,
Q&S
7 comments:
Surreal is good. Surreal and smart is even more surreal, which is even gooder. More good is gooder than good, which is good.
GOOD BLOG.
Hey Q&S (nice pen names, lol) cool blog, i think this is so sweet you are doing this, hope you get loads of readers! :)
This here is eXtremely epic. Way to own hard.
Interesting labels (a.k.a. pseudotags)...
Awesome blog logical-or format so far, and the idea is win.
A+++!!!!! WOULD READ AGAIN!!!!!
Christenings are for Christian Infants. I'm in the mood for one right now with a side of fries.
I'll say that I'm happy for you two and your new Christian Infant... I mean blog. If I check here again, I'd better be impressed.
And... Quentin, is it? Let your handler know that if he's got time to let you do this, then he's got the time for a VLARG. He'll know what I mean.
-Vio
Good stuff. Just one think I'm curious about (and fancy my asking this question on the Interweb)--what are your, ahem, qualifications, to be typing at us about words? Not that I am skeptical, but I'm sure your readers would be fascinated to learn your credentials. Of course, it's not necessary that you do this--after all, it's the Intertron, which for better or worse is completely democratic.
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