Friday, August 20, 2010


8 comments:

Enbrethiliel said...

+JMJ+

Is the recent trend in posting your way of saying where you stand on the "One Picture" vs. "One Thousand Words" question?

Paul Stilwell said...

I can't make anything slip past you, can I? It's something I just have to do -*said in melodramatic tone*- and I don't know why. lol.

Enbrethiliel said...

+JMJ+

To be totally truthful now, Stiwell, there are a million things you could slip past me without my noticing them. Like elephants, rhinoceros, and hummers blaring Hiphop music.

Paul Stilwell said...

But not hippopotamuses?

Enbrethiliel said...

+JMJ+

I was going to name them until I came up against my insane compulsion to write the plural as "hippopotami." So I switched to hummers.

But yes, you could get a whole bloat of hippos past me, too. I'd be too busy squinting at all the little bugs on its back.

Paul Stilwell said...

There are a plethora of hippopotami?

There is a plethora of hippopotamuses?

Enbrethiliel said...

+JMJ+

Well, British English or American English?

Is "plethora" British? I use "bloat," but it's probably American.

Paul Stilwell said...

Oh, your talking about the word for a hippo herd. I would just use "pod". "Bloat" sounds better though, especially for hippos. But if I was to use "plethora" simply to describe "many" hippos, would the predicate be "is" or "are"?

I guess British English.