Hi James, "James Osbourne, Holmes" wrote:
> Hi Bob, > > I think you will enjoy looking up "nice". Definitions range from "wanton > foolishness", apparently its earlier connotation,[am I using that word > correctly?] to "exact". Track it through "normal", "correct", etc. I > found it amazing. Well the old usage of "nice" as ignorant and foolish was "Old French", which we don't use anymore. At least I haven't heard anyone speaking Old French for a couple of hundred years. How did we get on to the word "nice", wasn't used in any of the previous posts? I do like the usage of lewd or wanton, but that is also obsolete now. Personally I like "nice" as discriminating the very good from the good, as a synonym. Or pleasing and agreeable. :-) > > > Today, most people associate "normal" with sort of run-of-the-mill ordinary, > but it meant "to the very highest standard". The word comes from the "norm" > which is a synonym for a carpenter's square of exactly 90 degrees. Right, "normal" did ,or use to mean a high standard, not now though, its "just average". The French way back used the word "norma" to mean a carpenter square. They also used it to mean a wooden ruler. In geometry the "normal" is a line or plane perpendicular to the tangent of a curve, at the point of the curve. Has nothing to do with a carpenters square. > > > Thanks again for all of your wonderful dissertations. > > Meaning so so dependent on context.... Your right, and we have had our fun for now. Your the "MOST". Don't look it up. Guess what it means (I mean) in this context. :-) Could be that folks like you and I keep things from getting dull and boring.He-He Bless you Bob Lee > > > James Osbourne Holmes > > FTNWO For The New World Order ?? Didn't use the spell checker, tired of it telling me my address is wrong. :-) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tai-Pan <l...@fbtc.net> > To: James Osbourne, Holmes <a...@trail.com> > Cc: silver-list <silver-list@eskimo.com> > Date: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 11:11 PM > Subject: OT, Word play, was CS>Computer virus warnings... > > > > > > >"James Osbourne, Holmes" wrote: > > Bob Lee wrote: > > > >> "Aren't the rules of grammar > >> >wonderful. They make sure that a word means the same thing to everyone > >> using the > >> >grammar, and not a dozen different meanings. This way we don't have > chaos > >> in our > >> >language. :-)" > >> > >> Cool! > >> > >> JOH > > > > Wonderful James, > > Your one worders are excellent examples of grammer. > > > > Here we go, he-he. > > > > Cool: as an adjective > > > > 1. Moderately cold; lacking in warmth > > 2. Not retaining or admitting heat, as a cool dress > > 3. Not ardent or passionate, exercising self-control, calm, self-possessed > > 4. Manifesting coldness or dislike, as a cool greeting > > 5. Calmly impudent, inconsiderately audacious, as a cool stare > > 6. Stated or estimated without exaggeration, as to inherit a cool million > > 7. Of colors, producing a sense of coolness, of a hue near green or blue > (opp > >to warm) > > > > Cool: as a noun > > 1. A cool time or place > > 2. Coolness > > > > Cool: as a verb or intransitive > > 1. To become or make cool > > 2. To calm or allay > > > > Cool: Synonyms > > Mean actually or appartently free from agitation or excitement > > 1. Cool, specifically implies dispassionateness, calmness, deliberation, > >appearance or the like > > 2. Composed, implies this freedom as the sign of a decorous, sedate temper > or > >self-discipline > > 3. Collected, implies a concentration of mind or spirit that eliminates > >distractions > > 4. Unruffled, implies coolness, placidity, and often poise in the midst of > >excitement > > 5. Imperturbable, implies such coolness or assurance that one is beyond > >agitation > > 6. Nonchalant, implies causalness of manner, the sign but not the result > of > >unconcern > > > > > > Alright now, just which of all these is James wanting us to picture in our > >minds as he throws out the word "cool" at us.? > > > > I had the impression that James was thinking, "thats right" or > "admiration" or > >"agreement" , the word cool isn't any of those. > > > > Oh-well, guess we each will just have to guess what he ment in our own > ways, > >and we each will have a different thought as to what he was trying to say. > Such > >chaos. > > > > Think we need another Chucky one liner here. :-) > > > > Bless you Bob Lee > > > > > > > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: cking...@nycap.rr.com <cking...@nycap.rr.com> > >> To: silver-list@eskimo.com <silver-list@eskimo.com> > >> Date: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 9:11 PM > >> Subject: Re: CS>Computer virus warnings... > >> > >> >Yep, > >> >Grammer always made SURE I understood!!!! > >> > Chuck > >> >Marching to a different kettle of fish > -- oozing on the muggy shore of the gulf coast l...@fbtc.net -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. 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