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Planes.

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So who's taking him down to the airport, just to fly back up to Burlington? #FAIL

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Trains.

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The station is a bit out of the way (Amtrak line is up in Amherst).

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Automobiles.

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But *whose* automobile? Marigold? Steve? EMILY? CLAIRE??????

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Hitchiking? Walking?

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Uhm, no. Skinny indie boy legs won't get him out of NoHam.

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Spaceship? Stealth blimp?

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Hannelore's sick, remember?

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Bus?

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Like he would last on a Greyhound.

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Bike?

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Harley's aren't his style.

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AnthroPC?

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Okay, now you're just getting silly.

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Total Members Voted: 33

[Is it cold in here?]

* Is it cold in here? waves hand

This is not the thread you are looking for.

[Kugai]

There are not the Posts you want to read.

[cesium133]

Must read ALL the posts...

[Jedit]

(I know this is going back a ways, but I've been playing catch-up after a PC fatality.)

Jesus Jeph, we know you're Childfree and snipped and proud of it, stop grinding it into the ground. Yes, isn't it horrible that another person can make unreasonable demands and force you to shell out money because you still want them around, so let's make this into another comment on how horrible kids are and how much almost none of your characters want any! That's not children, that's family and friendship.

I couldn't read that strip without cringing, but for different reasons.  When Henry asked Maurice if he wanted kids and Maurice said he just wanted 20 puggles, the question of whether Jeph knows British nomenclature was answered once and for all.  Over here, "puggle" is a rural word for a miscarriage. 

[Method of Madness]

Yeah, on this side of the pond it's a half-pug/half-beagle that is just ridiculously adorable.  I wonder how "puggle" came to mean miscarriage, though.

[pwhodges]

I've never come across puggle=miscarriage.  The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang has puggle=poggle=crazy, mad, drunk (mostly in military usage).

[RedWolf4]

I hope someone around knows that a puggle is also a baby platypus/echidna/hedgehog (I dunno which sorry, it'll take a less sleep deprived man than I this night. . . )

[Method of Madness]

For the baby echidna or platypus, see Monotreme.

[Sidhekin]

Um, that refers to an article about the order.  More relevant is what that article tells: "The proper name for an infant echidna is also echidna and not a Puggle as is widely believed."

(ETA: ... and by denying confirms, if you ask me ...)

(Echidna is also know as "spiny ant eaters", and like the platypus, they're monotremes.)

[Method of Madness]

I'm just quoting the line on the top of the Puggle page. When you go to Monotreme and click both links next to  that, one says a baby echidna or platypus is called a puggle, the other says experts think it's wrong to use that for platypi, but not necessarily for echidna. Either way...weird sources to use to say it's not the proper name, unless that was just trying to show that it was widely believed?

[Pilchard123]

Um, that refers to an article about the order.  More relevant is what that article tells: "The proper name for an infant echidna is also echidna and not a Puggle as is widely believed."

As much as I'm loath to weaken my argument for the correct use of apostrophes, surely if the commonly-used name for a baby echidna a 'puggle', then that is what it is called.

[Method of Madness]

I'm curious, what is said argument? In what way do people use apostrophes wrong?

[Sidhekin]

As much as I'm loath to weaken my argument for the correct use of apostrophes, surely if the commonly-used name for a baby echidna a 'puggle', then that is what it is called.

Hence the "(ETA: ... and by denying confirms, if you ask me ...)".  You may have missed that ETA, of course ...

[Method of Madness]

ETA means estimated time of arrival...what were you referring to? I mean, I'm guessing the E is edit but other than that I have no idea. Wait...edited to add? Why not just say "edit"?

[henri bemis]

I tend to use 'edit' if I'm correcting something in the middle of a post, and 'eta' if I'm expanding on something I said but don't want to make a new post (usually because no one else has posted yet and I don't want to seem spammy).  Though I guess there isn't really much reason to make a distinction, as the reason should be fairly obvious in most cases.  For me, it's habit and convention I've carried over from other forums.

[Pilchard123]

I'm curious, what is said argument?

That apostrophes should be used correctly even though it seems like nobody bothers any more. As an example, Waterstones, a bookshop - which you'd think could get it right - founded by and named after Mr. Tim Waterstone, recently removed the apostrophe from its name.

In what way do people use apostrophes wrong?

Can you think of a way? It's been done. Yes, even that one.

It's just one of those things that really annoys me. It isn't hard to get it right, but I've seen signs around that use apostrophes incorrectly AND inconsistently. The best (worst?) one I've seen was "Come inside and see our magnificent range of bed's, sofas' and tables".

Hence the "(ETA: ... and by denying confirms, if you ask me ...)".  You may have missed that ETA, of course ...

I did miss it, but since there's no edit time on your post it seems I was just too lazy to read your post properly. Sorry. 

[Sidhekin]

Wait...edited to add? Why not just say "edit"?

Exactly.  Why?  I don't really know; I'm just following the lead.  Ten years ago I might have written "Edit:", but I've seen so many others use "ETA:", I've picked up the habit myself.

HTH, HAND, &c

[Method of Madness]

I have never seen it before but whatever works, I guess. What's that stuff at the end of your post?

[Sidhekin]

More abbreviations, intended as a joke, but apparently falling flat ...

("HTH, HAND, &c" = "Hope that helps, have a nice day, etcetera")

Bedtime, methinks.

[Carl-E]

As an example, Waterstones, a bookshop - which you'd think could get it right - founded by and named after Mr. Tim Waterstone, recently removed the apostrophe from its name.

One of the reasons for this, according to at least one local company that did something similar, is that apostrophes can't be used in a web address.  So you can type in Waterstones.com and probably get to their website, but Waterstone's.com won't cut it. 

However, most browsers have gotten smarter than that lately. 

[Sidhekin]

Domain names haven't though.

(My browser drops me in a web search when I type Waterstone's.com into the address field; if I type http://Waterstone's.com, it complains that the server is not found.  And what significantly different could it do?)

[Loki]

In what way do people use apostrophes wrong?

Can you think of a way? It's been done. Yes, even that one.

Griz'nakh
Gr'iznakh
Grizna'hk
Gri'z'n'akh
Grizna'hth
G'rizanakh

 

[Bluesummers]

Griz'nakh
Gr'iznakh
Grizna'hk
Gri'z'n'akh
Grizna'hth
G'rizanakh

She can only misspell it four times before the Death Note invalidates it.

[TimO]

... When Henry asked Maurice if he wanted kids and Maurice said he just wanted 20 puggles, the question of whether Jeph knows British nomenclature was answered once and for all.  Over here, "puggle" is a rural word for a miscarriage. 

I've never heard puggle used in that context (or for that matter relating to dogs either), and it seems unlikely that what sounds like a cute term would be used for what most people consider a somewhat sensitive subject.  Possibly it's different in Scotland, but I can't say that I've ever heard the term used in the south of England (having lived in Exeter, Cheltenham, Brighton and London).