Comments on: BTT: Vocabulary http://foxywriter.com/2008/04/17/btt-vocabulary/ A Weblog on Writing and Fantasy Literature. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:41:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Lenneth http://foxywriter.com/2008/04/17/btt-vocabulary/#comment-627 Lenneth Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:57:21 +0000 http://foxywriter.com/?p=213#comment-627 It's a good way to learn new vocabulary, that's for sure. And as for spoo . . . Ick! Who eats <i>fresh</i> spoo? XP It’s a good way to learn new vocabulary, that’s for sure.

And as for spoo . . . Ick! Who eats fresh spoo? XP

]]> By: Jon http://foxywriter.com/2008/04/17/btt-vocabulary/#comment-626 Jon Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:47:25 +0000 http://foxywriter.com/?p=213#comment-626 <blockquote>liquid A + liquid B = liquid C + gook. In this case, gook = dinner?</blockquote> "Have you tried the spoo? It is quite fresh this morning!" I haven't yet run into this kind of a scenario in fiction, but I think I would be the kind of person who would drop everything and look up the word before continuing. At least I have a tendency to do that with non-fiction books and technical manuals.

liquid A + liquid B = liquid C + gook. In this case, gook = dinner?

“Have you tried the spoo? It is quite fresh this morning!”

I haven’t yet run into this kind of a scenario in fiction, but I think I would be the kind of person who would drop everything and look up the word before continuing. At least I have a tendency to do that with non-fiction books and technical manuals.

]]> By: Lenneth http://foxywriter.com/2008/04/17/btt-vocabulary/#comment-625 Lenneth Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:30:05 +0000 http://foxywriter.com/?p=213#comment-625 I guess so! Sounds . . . tasty? XP I guess so! Sounds . . . tasty? XP

]]> By: Hoshichan http://foxywriter.com/2008/04/17/btt-vocabulary/#comment-624 Hoshichan Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:22:30 +0000 http://foxywriter.com/?p=213#comment-624 [is bothered by this, still] I just want to point out that precipitates, as I remember them from years of college chemistry, did not look yummy. Usually they followed the formula: liquid A + liquid B = liquid C + gook. In this case, gook = dinner? [is bothered by this, still] I just want to point out that precipitates, as I remember them from years of college chemistry, did not look yummy. Usually they followed the formula: liquid A + liquid B = liquid C + gook. In this case, gook = dinner?

]]> By: Lenneth http://foxywriter.com/2008/04/17/btt-vocabulary/#comment-623 Lenneth Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:14:03 +0000 http://foxywriter.com/?p=213#comment-623 Maybe the atmosphere between their ears. ;) Maybe the atmosphere between their ears. ;)

]]> By: Hoshichan http://foxywriter.com/2008/04/17/btt-vocabulary/#comment-622 Hoshichan Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:09:14 +0000 http://foxywriter.com/?p=213#comment-622 In a purely chemical context, "precipitated dinners" suggests to me that they manifested out of thin air, or at least, out of the atmosphere. LOL In a purely chemical context, “precipitated dinners” suggests to me that they manifested out of thin air, or at least, out of the atmosphere. LOL

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