Word Link Discussion Thread

I had better explain this one:

Woman -> comma. A sentence I have seen used to explain why commas are necessary.

Woman without man, is lost.
Woman without, man is lost.

Notice the change of meaning with the placement of the comma?
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An exclamation point can be called a "bang" in some computer terminology.
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I had better explain this one:

Woman -> comma. A sentence I have seen used to explain why commas are necessary.

Woman without man, is lost.
Woman without, man is lost.

Notice the change of meaning with the placement of the comma?

I had better explain this one:

Woman -> comma. A sentence I have seen used to explain why commas are necessary.

Woman without man, is lost.
Woman without, man is lost.

Notice the change of meaning with the placement of the comma?

Then the second sentence would be the right one?;)

An exclamation point can be called a "bang" in some computer terminology.

An "uitroepteken" in Belgium
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Gosh this is an educational day. We should have ends of the world more often ;-)

Did you know that the first trans Atlantic telephone cable is still in use? If you are unlucky enough to get one of the 48 lines, you will get a terrible connection.

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If I recall correctly, they come up near Menlo Park

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#1 and #2 went through Nova Scotia. #3 landed in New Jersey.
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TAT-1 (Transatlantic No. 1) was the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system. It was laid between Gallanach Bay, near Oban, Scotland and Clarenville, Newfoundland between 1955 and 1956. It was inaugurated on September 25, 1956, initially carrying 36 telephone channels.

TAT-2 was AT&T Corporation's second transatlantic telephone cable. It was in operation from 1959 to 1982, initially carrying 48 telephone circuits between France and Newfoundland.

TAT-3 was AT&T Corporation's third transatlantic telephone cable. It was in operation from 1963 to 1986, initially carrying 138 telephone circuits (simultaneous calls) between England and New Jersey.

TAT Cables

ROB
Bills and Wings

MMMMMM
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Pluto will always be a planet to me.

Cash Donation Specialist

Bufflo bills and buffalo chicken wings:)
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Or even "bill" as an alternative name for "beak" Once you've arrived at "beak", "wing" flows on quite naturally (at least in my small brain...).


As has been said this thread is an education. I most enjoy it when I can't see the link and have to go off and have a good dig to find the fragment of a quote in the darkest corner of a library that leads me to the light-switch of understanding.
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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

MMM I guess I don't do the Junkfood Junked.
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Pluto will always be a planet to me.

Cash Donation Specialist

bacon -> science

Sir Francis Bacon described how to do science.
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My sort of link John, works well, out of the ordinary, and gets folks thinking
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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

I like to go with the first thing that pops into my mind. "Animals" started me humming:

Animal crackers in my soup
Lions and tigers loop the loop

Anybody know the rest of the words?

Maintenance is a magazine over here.
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Before you ask the front suspension forks on my bike are a model called Wotan.
They are stiffer and have less travel than the originals, which suits me better. I tend not to go over the top of the handle bars so often now.

Notion= Greek city-state on the west coast of Anatolia
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