"Race car" is a palindrome...
Thursday, September 26, 2002 by UBoB | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
....and other meaningless and/or little know facts. 
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UBoB
Reply #2 Thursday, September 26, 2002 10:56 PM
Reply #2 Thursday, September 26, 2002 10:56 PM
Good one GM.
Another meaningless fact....
"Go!" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
Ready? Set. Go!
Another meaningless fact....
"Go!" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
Ready? Set. Go!
goodmorphing
Reply #3 Thursday, September 26, 2002 11:10 PM
Reply #3 Thursday, September 26, 2002 11:10 PM
Me?
perhaps the shortest complete question...... In some cases maybe I?, but I haven't tested that....
perhaps the shortest complete question...... In some cases maybe I?, but I haven't tested that....
goodmorphing
Reply #4 Thursday, September 26, 2002 11:12 PM
Reply #4 Thursday, September 26, 2002 11:12 PM
and then you have the hot, torred questioning glance..... which uses no words at all!
Koasati
Reply #5 Thursday, September 26, 2002 11:47 PM
Reply #5 Thursday, September 26, 2002 11:47 PM
Is Palindrome the old TV show with Richard Boone? 
Tarkus
Reply #6 Friday, September 27, 2002 12:16 AM
Reply #6 Friday, September 27, 2002 12:16 AM
Why isn't palindrome spelled the same way backward?
wombat_1
Reply #8 Friday, September 27, 2002 3:27 AM
Reply #8 Friday, September 27, 2002 3:27 AM
'Race Car' is not 'English' it's 'American English' 
which is an oxymoron in itself. 
How about 'Wreck or Wrecked' in the same context?
Can one get 'in a wreck' or 'get wrecked' in a motor race??????
I thought these were 'accidents' or 'racing incidents'.
Or in the case of a certain over-paid and over-rated robot, 'championship winning tactics' come to mind.
Wombat returns to his copy of 'Mon Ami Mate'.
which is an oxymoron in itself. 
How about 'Wreck or Wrecked' in the same context?
Can one get 'in a wreck' or 'get wrecked' in a motor race??????
I thought these were 'accidents' or 'racing incidents'.
Or in the case of a certain over-paid and over-rated robot, 'championship winning tactics' come to mind.
Wombat returns to his copy of 'Mon Ami Mate'.
UBoB
Reply #9 Friday, September 27, 2002 5:59 AM
Reply #9 Friday, September 27, 2002 5:59 AM
GM, "I" is not a sentence since it contains no verb.
You need at least a subject and a verb to make a sentence. Under certain circumstances the subject can be implied. Like in my example "Go" you are really saying "You go" or "I go" or "They go", etc., But the subject "You", "I", "They" is implied. This rule seems to especially apply to commands such as "Go", "Stop", "Come", "Stay", etc.
However, it is not acceptable to have a sentence with the verb implied. For one thing, there are just way too many verbs, and therefore way too many possiblities. So "I" cannot be a sentence.
You need at least a subject and a verb to make a sentence. Under certain circumstances the subject can be implied. Like in my example "Go" you are really saying "You go" or "I go" or "They go", etc., But the subject "You", "I", "They" is implied. This rule seems to especially apply to commands such as "Go", "Stop", "Come", "Stay", etc.
However, it is not acceptable to have a sentence with the verb implied. For one thing, there are just way too many verbs, and therefore way too many possiblities. So "I" cannot be a sentence.
paxx
Reply #10 Friday, September 27, 2002 6:11 AM
Reply #10 Friday, September 27, 2002 6:11 AM
Sorry, motion, but in "Go!", "Stop!" or "Stay!", the subject is not implied. These verbs are in the imperative mode (they are orders) in which you don't write or say the subject. "Go!" is not the same as "You go." "Go!" is a command, while "You go." is a description of what you are doing at the moment.
UBoB
Reply #11 Friday, September 27, 2002 6:11 AM
Reply #11 Friday, September 27, 2002 6:11 AM
Here's another meaningless fact:
The term "the whole 9 yards" came from W.W.II fighter pilots in the Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got "the whole 9 yards."
The term "the whole 9 yards" came from W.W.II fighter pilots in the Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got "the whole 9 yards."
UBoB
Reply #12 Friday, September 27, 2002 6:13 AM
Reply #12 Friday, September 27, 2002 6:13 AM
paxx;
I forgot my commas. Therefore, "You go" should really have been "You, go!"....etc.
I forgot my commas. Therefore, "You go" should really have been "You, go!"....etc.
UBoB
Reply #13 Friday, September 27, 2002 6:18 AM
Reply #13 Friday, September 27, 2002 6:18 AM
It's like when I tell my dog Franny to 'stay'.
I either say;
Frannie, stay!
or just
Stay!
In the latter, the dog's name (subject) is implied.
I either say;
Frannie, stay!
or just
Stay!
In the latter, the dog's name (subject) is implied.
Koasati
Reply #15 Friday, September 27, 2002 8:32 AM
Reply #15 Friday, September 27, 2002 8:32 AM
Cement trucks also hold exactly 9 yards of material.
goodmorphing
Reply #16 Friday, September 27, 2002 9:04 AM I think you can imply verbs in a familiar conversation.....
Reply #16 Friday, September 27, 2002 9:04 AM
I think you can imply verbs in a familiar conversation.....
goodmorphing
Reply #17 Friday, September 27, 2002 9:06 AM Taken within context or within the established paragraph....
Reply #17 Friday, September 27, 2002 9:06 AM
Taken within context or within the established paragraph....
goodmorphing
Reply #18 Friday, September 27, 2002 9:07 AM
Reply #18 Friday, September 27, 2002 9:07 AM
For instance, who am I talking to right now? You?
Me!
Me!
KarmaGirl
Reply #19 Friday, September 27, 2002 9:20 AM
Reply #19 Friday, September 27, 2002 9:20 AM
wombat, how is "Race Car" not English? Do the English not have cars that they race?
Maybe we should change the "English Language" into "American Language" since there are more people who speak "English" in the US than in England? Or, we should all go back to the old English. Ah...I doth protest too much!
Maybe we should change the "English Language" into "American Language" since there are more people who speak "English" in the US than in England?
Or, we should all go back to the old English. Ah...I doth protest too much!
paxx
Reply #20 Friday, September 27, 2002 10:02 AM
Reply #20 Friday, September 27, 2002 10:02 AM
KarmaGirl: I believe that in English, it would be "racing car" not "race car" since it's not an object that is both a race and a car, but a car that races.
Also, don't forget that there are about 515,000,000 English speakers in the World, about only half of which live in the United States.
Also, don't forget that there are about 515,000,000 English speakers in the World, about only half of which live in the United States.
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Reply #1 Thursday, September 26, 2002 10:48 PM
that is one too!