A list of 4 words by uselessness.
- amongstwas added by uselessness and appears on 20 lists
- amongwas added by uselessness and appears on 25 lists
- amidstwas added by uselessness and appears on 19 lists
- amidwas added by uselessness and appears on 31 lists
trivet commented on the list democracie-know-your-surroundings
How about smack dab in the middle?
February 28, 2007
uselessness commented on the list democracie-know-your-surroundings
Sorry, write-in candidates not allowed. ;-)
February 28, 2007
sionnach commented on the list democracie-know-your-surroundings
Could we have some music whilst we are pondering our options?
This is easy; 'amongst' is only for pretentious gits, or those who don't object to being mistaken for pretentious gits.
My choice: (to avoid the stigma of pretentious gitdom):
among and amid. Which of these two to use in a particular context might have something to do with the countability or otherwise of whatever one is in the middle of. Not sure about this.
February 28, 2007
notanotherjazzpoet commented on the list democracie-know-your-surroundings
but because it's "in the middle of a bunch of stuff" I'm going with amid For some reason, among has connotations of similarity across the group in my head, and being not stuff, I'd prefer to be amid it.
February 28, 2007
reesetee commented on the list democracie-know-your-surroundings
Hmm. If we're in the middle of a bunch of *things*, I say amid. If we're in the middle of a bunch of *people*, among. So assuming "stuff" means "things," amid gets my vote.
We can't vote twice?
February 28, 2007
trivet commented on the list democracie-know-your-surroundings
among suggests discrete surroundings - they could be counted, if you felt like it:
"Here we come a wassailing among the leaves so green"
honor among thieves
amid suggests more diffuse surroundings - much harder to count:
"I stand amid the roar/Of a surf-tormented shore" (Poe)
standing amid the ruins
February 28, 2007
uselessness commented on the list democracie-know-your-surroundings
Y'all are so wishy-washy. Are we going to need a recount?
February 28, 2007
uselessness commented on the list democracie-know-your-surroundings
I should mention that I chose the word stuff carefully, because it's imprecise and I knew this issue would come up. The goal is make you pick a candidate, not in terms of grammatical correctness, but of personal preference. And you only get one vote! And you must state your choice quickly and clearly, before the polls close!
February 28, 2007
reesetee commented on the list democracie-know-your-surroundings
Amid! Amid!
February 28, 2007
oroboros commented on the list democracie-know-your-surroundings
Amidst a plethora of peonies, confusion rained.
February 28, 2007
sionnach commented on the list democracie-know-your-surroundings
if we get only one vote, then among. but there were severe voting irregularities in this election, not least of which is the lack of a secret bullet.
February 28, 2007
notanotherjazzpoet commented on the list democracie-know-your-surroundings
I still vote amid
February 28, 2007
uselessness commented on the list democracie-know-your-surroundings
Hey, don't blame me, sionnach. Didn't you know this site is owned by Diebold? Besides, what good is democracy without oratory, and the chance to persuade your fellow man to vote for your completely unimportant candidate? Where are my Ciceros?
February 28, 2007
chained_bear commented on the list democracie-know-your-surroundings
I vote amongmid. And that's final.
Wait... maybe aming.
March 4, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list democracie-know-your-surroundings
Not allowing for write-ins is sheer uselessness. I'm voting for smack dab.
March 5, 2007
abraxaszugzwang commented on the list democracie-know-your-surroundings
smack dab as well. Quit trying to keep us down, u, or there will be a revolt.
March 5, 2007
uselessness commented on the list democracie-know-your-surroundings
Me, good old anti-authoritarian uselessness, keeping you down?
You, the friendly apolitical Wordie users, staging a revolt?
I'm clearly on the wrong team. Can I revolt against myself?
Additionally, this is a four-party system. Introduce any more than that and the whole bureaucracy falls apart -- and then we won't even be able to revolt together. Takes all the fun out of everything. So I shall be firm on the write-in issue, so that I might someday be able to overthrow myself.
March 5, 2007
abraxaszugzwang commented on the list democracie-know-your-surroundings
We'll be glad to have you on our side when we overthrow you.
March 5, 2007
chained_bear commented on the list democracie-know-your-surroundings
I'm getting confused amongmid all the political options or lack thereof.
March 5, 2007
abraxaszugzwang commented on the list democracie-know-your-surroundings
You know what u, I want amongmid on the list too! A friend of mine adds mid to a lot of stuff, so it's getting my support too.
March 5, 2007
reesetee commented on the list democracie-know-your-surroundings
Gee, this democracie stuff shure is hard.
March 5, 2007
uselessness commented on the list democracie-know-your-surroundings
Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time. Pity this site is so full of free thinkers.
March 5, 2007
reesetee commented on the list democracie-know-your-surroundings
Yeah, dammit. If only everyone thought the same! ;-)
March 5, 2007