Wishing all yakkers a higher proportion of news that makes you smile in the coming year. ... I have seen mewling for gulls, too, and it paints the right kind...
David Eunice
anteater@...
Jan 1, 2001 8:19 am
25826
Could someone please direct me to a good J-E glossary on the web for terminology used in commodities trading in general and copper trading in particular...
Makiko Imai
waymerr@...
Jan 1, 2001 8:36 am
25827
... I second that. You might also check "caw."...
Paul Flint
flintpa@...
Jan 1, 2001 9:27 am
25828
... I think that is a fairly useful word -- something that looks like a fact and is presented as one, but is actually false or misleading. ... Like most slang,...
Jon Johanning
jjohanning@...
Jan 1, 2001 3:05 pm
25829
... "Soon" in lexicographer years maybe (that is, oh, 10 or 15 of our years). I say this because this flavor of "dude" started off in the 80s....
Paul Flint
flintpa@...
Jan 1, 2001 3:27 pm
25830
... "Squawk" is what I've always heard. Tony...
Anthony J. Bryant
ajbryant@...
Jan 1, 2001 4:25 pm
25831
... But that's not how it's used. It's used as a "little fact", no? ... Oh, dude, you couldn't be more wrong about that one. <G> ... Oh, man, I agree. This one...
Anthony J. Bryant
ajbryant@...
Jan 1, 2001 4:32 pm
25832
I think you can find all you need through the net. Start with Yahoo, next look at the Chicago commodities exchange (not the actual name, it's been too long, I...
Jeremiah Bourque
jbourque@...
Jan 1, 2001 4:55 pm
25833
Over here, they mew. Happy New Year Tim Leeney, Sussex, England...
Tim Leeney
101331.1345@...
Jan 1, 2001 6:05 pm
25834
The verb I have heard most often associated with the sound of seagulls is "squall."...
dnrintl@...
Jan 1, 2001 6:06 pm
25835
Some time ago, there was an $B$r(B thread. I think Mark Spahn started it. I just ran into a good sample sentence with two $B$r(B noun phrases. The sentence...
Benjamin Barrett
gogaku@...
Jan 1, 2001 7:06 pm
25836
David Eunice wrote: ... ...... Even a poet seems to agree that gulls cry. Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead, Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea...
Tadao Kageyama
kageyama@...
Jan 1, 2001 7:38 pm
25837
I found how to do it by searching DejaNews. The word count is in the Properties. Doh!@! Benjamin, now on this side of the millennium...
Benjamin Barrett
gogaku@...
Jan 1, 2001 11:13 pm
25838
A Happy New Year to all$B!*(B From the following Japanese sentence Benjamin-san came up with different interpretation because the original sentence is not...
mamoru hiraoka
macforum@...
Jan 1, 2001 11:18 pm
25839
In article <200012310933.SAA20836@...>, ... My understanding is that if you want to read Japanese text, it's best not to subscribe to Honyaku...
dkanagy@...
Jan 2, 2001 12:34 am
25840
... "Mew" and "cry" are the literary cliches, I think. Since I am a wordsmith rather than a translator I would, given the opportunity for original writing, go...
Doreen Simmons
jz8d-smmn@...
Jan 2, 2001 1:03 am
25841
... What a great illustration. Cry is the most appropriate word in this context. ... Fine by me, but non-wordsmiths and non-native speakers should be wary of...
David Eunice
anteater@...
Jan 2, 2001 3:02 am
25842
I live near the water and I guarantee you that 'gulls don't sing. They cry (not to mention screeching at one another when there's food around and agreesively...
Michele Miller
mgilks@...
Jan 2, 2001 5:43 am
25843
... I think I've heard it used both ways, but if it is used to mean "little fact," I don't see much need for it in that sense. How does one measure the size of...
Jon Johanning
jjohanning@...
Jan 2, 2001 5:58 am
25844
Gulls sing? No, they cry - only certain kinds of birds "sing", thrushes, warblers, etc. and they're usually referred to as "songbirds". Hummingbirds hum but...
Pavel93@...
Jan 2, 2001 6:02 am
25845
... And it is a Bill-and-Ted's-Excellent-Adventure-esque term that may be better used as a unit of cranial density (i.e. "a three-Dude idiot")....
Paul Flint
flintpa@...
Jan 2, 2001 1:48 pm
25846
00/01/02 Mr. Dan Kanagy Thanks for your assistance. All set now. With warm personal regards I send to you a sincere wish for much happiness, health and...
久徳 省...
kyutoku@...
Jan 2, 2001 3:24 pm
25847
... Context for sure. "Keening" for me has strong overtones of sorrowful wailing, which would only be appropriate for gulls if you were trying to make them...
Norman Havens at 'Gre...
nhavens@...
Jan 2, 2001 4:06 pm
25848
Dear Honyaku community, Happy year of the snake! Now, to business. In an agreement which terminates a business relationship and releases the parties from any...
CPT
cptandrw@...
Jan 2, 2001 11:45 pm
25849
Jon Johanning <jjohanning@...> wrote ... If you live in North America I recommend joining my union, the National Writers Union, Translators can join....
Cohen A.M.
alt_eco@...
Jan 3, 2001 12:46 am
25850
Happy New Year to all! Benjamin, under the Subject: wo, cites the following Japanese sentence and attempts to interpret: ...
Susumu Ando
sando@...
Jan 3, 2001 1:52 am
25851
... Or people like me who, in the course of volunteer work, associate with a lot of young people. Happy New Year, dudes! ...
Makiko Imai
waymerr@...
Jan 3, 2001 2:04 am
25852
This document is talking about combined communications and broadcasting services, and it says. ...
Paul Flint
flintpa@...
Jan 3, 2001 4:03 am
25853
... Peter, I agree with you on principle. It IS a freedom of speech issue, isn't it? Maybe someone should set up another forum for discussing prices. Joe...
Joseph Essertier
esser@...
Jan 3, 2001 6:03 am
25854
... It's not necessary. None of the non-US persons on this list are subject to US law, and with luck they are generally aware of this. In practice, even if...
