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jeber
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| According to the folks at Merriam-Webster, blog was the word of the year for 2004, based on online lookups. One has to wonder; does this speak to the popularity of the format, or simple curiousity among those to whom the term is not familiar? |
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WildBlueMekaLizard
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| Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Both I'm sure. And blatant misuse by people who have no idea what it means. ex: "This weekend we flooded our outboard motor and for a while there it kept going blog blog blog."  |
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goretsky
Joined: Dec 07, 2002
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| Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 3:00 am Post subject: |
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Hello,
Google's Zeitgeist page provides a similar listing of popular search terms.
Regards,
Aryeh Goretsky |
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killahgrag
Joined: Aug 10, 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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| At least no one is saying "Smoking Gun" anymore. If I hear some evening news person say that again, I'm gonna smash my TV set. Grrr. :angry: |
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Webb
Joined: Feb 17, 2003
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| Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2004 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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I vote for curiousity. If blog is short for weblog shouldn't it be "wog"? Blog just makes no sense.
I don't watch network news but I assume that they explained it all after Rathergate.
Since killahgrag has opened this up to generally overused phrases - if I hear "in harm's way" one more time I'm going to personally put the speaker in harm's way. |
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tiredmother
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| Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 12:35 am Post subject: |
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| "wog" makes more sense when you read "web log" but say web blog out loud 7 or eight times and "blog" makes sense. |
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goretsky
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| Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 2:10 am Post subject: |
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Hello,
The term "wog" may be considered offensive by some.
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Aryeh Goretsky |
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Webb
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| Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 2:26 am Post subject: |
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I said weblog out loud several times and it didn't seem to be a tongue twister.
PC seems like a much better reason to adopt a term. Do we still use master/slave when referring to memory devices?
I'd like to put the people who think "wog" is derogatory in harm's way. |
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tiredmother
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| Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't consider web log to be a tongue twister either but when you say it out loud (or at least when most people I know say it out loud) the distinction between web and log gets lost. Sorta like when kids figure out that "It's not" sounds like "it's snot". |
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WildBlueMekaLizard
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| Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 10:52 am Post subject: |
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"When you wake up and it's sunny...
...if your nose is kinda runny...
...you may think it's kind of funny...
...but it's not!"
Thanks tiredmother, I almost forgot about that!! 
On "weblog": The phrase is too long, too many syllables. We reduce everything to acronyms now, there is no time to talk, but plenty of time to type, we need all the shortcuts we can get.
...so I'm all for the use of "blog", it fits better into a a sentence when being used as a verb:
"I have to blog this."
"Don't bother me, I'm blogging."
"Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to blog I go."
Whereas "weblog" sounds WAY to geeky.
"Pardon me sir, do you mind if I weblog this exchange?"
"Yes mother, I will do the dishes once I complete my weblog."
"Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to weblog I go."
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