tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724376948636627084.post1340502302760302919..comments2024-03-20T21:38:10.502+00:00Comments on Science matters: SightlinesBobTheScientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038631019672961663noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724376948636627084.post-50932823256090742932018-12-19T17:35:08.316+00:002018-12-19T17:35:08.316+00:00I suspect that the answer to your question might b...I suspect that the answer to your question might be "42",BobTheScientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02038631019672961663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724376948636627084.post-17854310042601855752018-12-19T12:07:38.839+00:002018-12-19T12:07:38.839+00:00Damn...I came here to find out!Damn...I came here to find out!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11004395408592948120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724376948636627084.post-64205779790923546652018-12-19T12:05:46.812+00:002018-12-19T12:05:46.812+00:00Damn...I came here to find out!Damn...I came here to find out!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11004395408592948120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724376948636627084.post-6227117017336293012018-07-22T06:13:34.769+01:002018-07-22T06:13:34.769+01:00Inscousant. I was convinced I could just look up a...Inscousant. I was convinced I could just look up an actual dictionary and it would be there. But it's not. I can't pass it by. I need to know. Typo or made up Kathleen? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13569588759748055700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724376948636627084.post-69001841690226528962018-02-01T22:42:30.372+00:002018-02-01T22:42:30.372+00:00Brilliant! So Humpty-Dumpty:
"When I use a wo...Brilliant! So Humpty-Dumpty:<br />"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things." "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master—that's all."<br />BobTheScientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02038631019672961663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724376948636627084.post-80022965078292489272018-02-01T19:37:50.052+00:002018-02-01T19:37:50.052+00:00I've just been trying to find out more about i...I've just been trying to find out more about inscousant as well. 'Smooring' is perhaps 'smoring', meaning smothering in Scots or certainly Doric and 'smothering the moon's light' sounds good. 'Inscousant' isn't really onomatopoeic but could be if said with emphasis on the 'scous' bit. I only hope I don't have to nterrupt my reading of Kathleen James' 'Sightlines' too often to look up a word's meaning. In fact, having spent all this time when only just started the read, I won't bother and will bypass such words with barely a cursory thought except to give it a meaning of my own.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09404614130172757772noreply@blogger.com