tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post1354631695285066307..comments2024-03-28T01:44:27.279-06:00Comments on Blood-Red Pencil: This is a test, just a testDanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-32967638745720637952009-04-23T16:48:00.000-06:002009-04-23T16:48:00.000-06:00I use the online dictionary for convenience sake, ...I use the online dictionary for convenience sake, but prefer the printed edition.<br /><br />Morgan Mandel<br />http://morganmandel.blogspot.comMorgan Mandelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-29117993593220841302009-04-22T16:59:00.000-06:002009-04-22T16:59:00.000-06:00When reading or editing, I often get stumped on th...When reading or editing, I often get stumped on the compound words, but strangely enough never bothered writing out a list to check out. Usually I just kinda checked from memory or got my sisters into a debate about how it should be. Sisters are cool.<br /><br />Here are my guesses without checking anything.<br /><br />task force<br />oversized<br />time frame<br />online<br />earpiece<br />sleaze bag<br />mix up<br />call back<br />rearview<br />book cover<br />spell check<br />download<br />snowdrift<br />sock yarn - for knitting socks?Jovannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527057318505215010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-13697302832201778612009-04-22T13:11:00.000-06:002009-04-22T13:11:00.000-06:00I am so out of it due to medical interventions, bl...I am so out of it due to medical interventions, blood work and general apathy, that I know I SHOULDN'T do this but I will try--will answers come soon? I am lousy at compound words.<br /><br />task force<br />oversized<br />time frame<br />online<br />earpiece<br />sleaze bag<br />mix up<br />rearview<br />book cover<br />spellcheck<br />download<br />snowdrift<br />sock yarn<br /><br />Ok, my MAC helped :)Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383099148014297450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-40653625778992110182009-04-22T11:59:00.000-06:002009-04-22T11:59:00.000-06:00Hey, there's a socknitter practically next door to...Hey, there's a socknitter practically next door to you - http://susanalbert.typepad.com so Texas is no excuse, Helen. Okay, maybe she's just a sock knitter. I don't there are any sock-knitters in the world, except maybe at the ends of worlds and sentences. <br /><br />What's interesting is that some words like "download" are run-ons from the get-go (hehe), but related theme words have hyphens. There is no method to the madness, and it's difficult to discern when words actually go into official useage in new forms. For example, (spoiler) the word "snowdrift" is spelled that way in the 14th century. Assuming that particular dictionary citation is correct. Which is another entirely separate issue that might get attention in a future blog post. <br /><br />DaniDanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-72899114251714346142009-04-22T10:30:00.000-06:002009-04-22T10:30:00.000-06:00Who came up with these words? You can't frame time...Who came up with these words? You can't frame time unless time is a sleazebag. He, of course, could claim it was all an oversized mix-up and he was being set up by a task force online.<br /><br />I could go on and on with this story, but my real question is this: how do you expect a girl from south central Texas to know what snowdrift and sock yarn are? We don't get snow down here and certainly not snow that drifts around. And why would we need sock yarn? We'd have to figure out how to knit socks with a notch so that it would fit our flip flops, which we wear year round.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-1531507598676652652009-04-22T10:16:00.000-06:002009-04-22T10:16:00.000-06:00I'll play. My personal demon is affect/effect. I u...I'll play. My personal demon is affect/effect. I usually wimp out and use impact...or re-word the sentence!<br /><br />task force<br />oversized<br />time frame<br />online<br />earpiece<br />sleazebag<br />mix up<br />call back<br />rearview<br />book cover<br />spellcheck<br />download<br />snowdrift<br />sock yarn (I have piles of sock yarn in my living room because socks are fun to knit, completely portable once you know how to knit them on a circular needle...and toasty in the winter)Lisa MacCollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15365749282690793100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-30696320008311739732009-04-22T10:03:00.001-06:002009-04-22T10:03:00.001-06:00What the hell is sock yarn? Or sockyarn? Is there ...What the hell is sock yarn? Or sockyarn? Is there yarn that's specifically made for socks? Or is it a "yarn" like a "tale" - so it's a story about socks. Socktales?<br /><br />Sorry, what was the test?<br /><br />Gayle<br />http://gaylecarline.blogspot.comGayle Carlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783449240138097315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-78026817705045893372009-04-22T10:03:00.000-06:002009-04-22T10:03:00.000-06:00Mark, there are a few sock yarns over at http://pd...Mark, there are a few sock yarns over at http://pdreadful.blogspot.com - A couple of Penny Dreadfuls over at the Socknitters Forum are writers and have contributed some fun stories.<br /><br />Glad I'm not the only one tearing her hair out over these words!<br /><br />DaniDanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-44220754180910093272009-04-22T08:22:00.000-06:002009-04-22T08:22:00.000-06:00My guesses:
task force
oversized
time frame
onlin...My guesses:<br /><br />task force<br />oversized<br />time frame<br />online<br />earpiece<br />sleazebag<br />mix-up<br />callback<br />rear view<br />book cover<br />spell-check<br />download<br />snowdrift<br />sock yarnMeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08718382178913859357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-62366149406636154892009-04-22T08:07:00.000-06:002009-04-22T08:07:00.000-06:00I'll play. This always makes me crazy.
task force...I'll play. This always makes me crazy.<br />task force<br />oversized<br />time frame<br />online<br />earpiece<br />sleaze bag<br />mix-up<br />callback<br />rearview<br />book cover<br />spell check<br />download<br />snowdrift<br />sock yarn<br /><br />BTW, what's a sock yarn? A story about foot coverings? A story about a punch in the nose? A story about the Clinton's cat?Mark Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10746027017657987261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-68257797798831047232009-04-22T05:25:00.000-06:002009-04-22T05:25:00.000-06:00Uggh! I HATE compound words. My least favorite is ...Uggh! I HATE compound words. My least favorite is flip flops. I can never remember if there is a hyphen in there or not, and in my last book my mc wore them all the time. Frustrating. :)<br /><br />I'll swallow my pride and play this game, but it won't be pretty.<br /><br />task force<br />oversized<br />time frame<br />online<br />earpiece<br />sleaze bag<br />mix up<br />call-back<br />rearview<br />book cover<br />spellcheck<br />download<br />snowdrift<br />sock yarn<br /><br />Isn't it true that some of these would be hyphenated if used as adjectives? (Though that might just be grammar-rules-according-to-Alps, which are definitely not Strunk and White caliber.)A.L. Sonnichsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11358456786727534289noreply@blogger.com