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Stephen wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:31:12 -0400, Sabrina Kilian <"ykgp at
> vtSPAM.edu"> wrote:
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>> John VanSickle wrote:
>>> Oedipus complex: n. A romantic attraction towards ones own parent of
>>> the opposite sex.
>>>
>> Usually refers only to a male's attraction to his mother. A female's
>> attraction to her father is an Electra complex.
>
> Since we are showing off with our Greek. I point Andrew to the "Medea
> complex" if he wants to worry :)
I wasn't referring to Greek, but to Jungian psychology.
Freud used Oedipus to refer to both sexes of a child, but Freud. . .
well, Freud was stoned.
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Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
>> Yeah. This and the "c" / "ch" are considered single letters. Like, in
>> the dictionary, "lk" and "Lm" don't surround "ll". I think "r" and
>> "rr" do the same thing, too. That's sort of what I was implying by
>> "some of the letters are pronounced in unexpected ways." I think the
>> accents (as in stress on sylables) are very consistent too.
>
> Dictionaries don't show those as separate letters (anymore).
Heh. I suspect since computerization kicked in, it's harder to make that
work right. Anyway, I'm just going on what I remember of high-school
Spanish when it comes to such rules.
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
"That's pretty. Where's that?"
"It's the Age of Channelwood."
"We should go there on vacation some time."
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"Orchid XP v8" <voi### [at] dev null> wrote in message
news:480e5283$1@news.povray.org...
> Gail Shaw wrote:
>
> > How much fiction (excluding web comics) do you read?
>
> In the last 3 years, I have read approximately 0 pages of fiction [not
> counting web comics, which is a very new trend for me].
>
> What can I say? 90% of my life is spent writing computer programs. I
> don't *do* much else... [Unless you count sleeping anyway.]
Geesh...
Go visit your local library sometime. Besides being a great way to spend
some time, reading books increase your vocabulary and your general
knowledge.
You might even make a couple acquaintances at the library
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"Stephen" <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:25:11 +0200, "Gail Shaw"
> <initialsurname@sentech sa dot com> wrote:
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> >
> >p.s. if you want to improve your vocabulary -
> >http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/list/
> >
>
> or
> http://www.readersdigest.co.uk/wordpower/
> :)
Oooh... I like.
45.697 out of 50 first round. They got a bit harder from there.
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On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:16:21 -0700, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom>
wrote:
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>I've only ever heard it in reference to Starbucks. :-)
I've heard it in Italy
>And, incidentally, yes, Oedipus is supremely f'ed up.
His head only got messed up when he found out that Jocasta was his
mother.
>That's pretty much
>why it's still a part of the language thousands of years after it was
>written, in a different language yet.
I think that its longevity is more due to it being used as an example
of "Whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad"
--
Regards
Stephen
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On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:29:43 -0400, Sabrina Kilian <"ykgp at
vtSPAM.edu"> wrote:
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>I wasn't referring to Greek, but to Jungian psychology.
>
I know, I was just being trivial :)
>Freud used Oedipus to refer to both sexes of a child, but Freud. . .
>well, Freud was stoned.
And you need to tell that to a Stephen? :)
--
Regards
Stephen
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On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:51:27 +0200, "Gail Shaw"
<initialsurname@sentech sa dot com> wrote:
>> http://www.readersdigest.co.uk/wordpower/
>> :)
>
>Oooh... I like.
So do I. There is always a couple of copies of Readers Digest in
doctors and dentists waiting rooms.
>45.697 out of 50 first round. They got a bit harder from there.
>
Very good, I always get one wrong, be it five questions or twenty.
--
Regards
Stephen
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Warp wrote:
> How many of the points in this list would you say apply to you?
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loneliness#Common_symptoms
All of them...? Aren't those common to everybody?
<_______<
*cough*
--
Tim Cook
http://empyrean.digitalartsuk.com
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Warp wrote:
> How many of the points in this list would you say apply to you?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loneliness#Common_symptoms
Almost all of them. Why do you ask?
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Gail Shaw wrote:
> Geesh...
Interesting.
> Go visit your local library sometime. Besides being a great way to spend
> some time, reading books increase your vocabulary and your general
> knowledge.
The difficulty is finding books which are actually enjoyable to read.
Don't get me wrong, I do *enjoy* reading good fiction. The difficulty is
finding it.
> You might even make a couple acquaintances at the library
I've heard this gem before. However, given that talking is strictly
prohibited, I fail to comprehend how this one works...
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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