A list of 29 words by pterodactyl.
- most important preserve skeleton and gills = fish describedwas added by ruzuzu and appears on just this list
- !was added by ruzuzu and appears on 7 lists
- the eagle has landedwas added by chained_bear and appears on 2 lists
- digwas added by bilby and appears on 46 lists
- come on. big village. be quick. bring packs.was added by jfk and appears on just this list
- streets full of water. please advisewas added by Prolagus and appears on just this list
- .. .- - - . - .... . - - -was added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
- by seawas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- gondor calls for aidwas added by chained_bear and appears on 2 lists
- that's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankindwas added by chained_bear and appears on 2 lists
- houston, we have a problemwas added by chained_bear and appears on 2 lists
- veni vidi viciwas added by qroqqa and appears on 2 lists
- monotremes oviparous, ovum meroblasticwas added by yarb and appears on just this list
- howdy dzoboy!was added by Prolagus and appears on just this list
- inviting coworkerswas added by Prolagus and appears on just this list
- ...---...was added by chained_bear and appears on just this list
- - - ... ... - - 73swas added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
- - . -. - -.- cqwas added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
- saw ship sank samewas added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
- swas added by qroqqa and appears on 20 lists
- the horse does not eat cucumber saladwas added by pterodactyl and appears on just this list
- sos cqd sos cqdwas added by chained_bear and appears on just this list
- are you readywas added by chained_bear and appears on 2 lists
- one two three four, is it snowing where you arewas added by pterodactyl and appears on just this list
- merry christmaswas added by Prolagus and appears on 5 lists
- lowas added by Prolagus and appears on 28 lists
- what hath god wroughtwas added by chained_bear and appears on just this list
- mr watson, come here, i want to see youwas added by pterodactyl and appears on just this list
- england expects that every man will do his dutywas added by pterodactyl and appears on just this list
Prolagus commented on the list famous-transmitted-messages
I can't wait for this list to grow.
June 5, 2009
chained_bear commented on the list famous-transmitted-messages
Me too! Cool!
A question for you, ptero: by "transmitted" do you mean only through some technological means? Or is "carried by messenger" okay too? In the first case, something like the Marathon messenger's "We were victorious!" would not be acceptable, but in the second, it would. Also General Anthony McAuliffe's "To the German commander: Nuts! The American commander." But these were plain messages, either spoken or on paper.
Edit: Sorry, I couldn't resist after fbharjo added the dots and dashes! I know it borks Wordie...
June 5, 2009
reesetee commented on the list famous-transmitted-messages
Great list, ptero!
June 5, 2009
pterodactyl commented on the list famous-transmitted-messages
Hi c_b! My concept for this list is very broad, and also rather vague, so feel free to include both of your examples.
I guess the only thing I don't want to see is quotations that happened to have been transmitted, but aren't really "messages". Everything's transmitted these days, so including them all would flood the list with every famous line since the start of the Information Age. So, for example, you can't add "Ask not what your country would do for you, ask what you can do for your country", even though it was certainly transmitted. It's a quotation, not a message.
June 5, 2009
qroqqa commented on the list famous-transmitted-messages
Peccavi, being a single word, would be ideal; 'tis pity it's a fraud.
June 5, 2009
chained_bear commented on the list famous-transmitted-messages
You know, I was actually discussing the possible criteria for inclusion with my SO just now, and I think the same kind of limitation applies to the messages I suggested. What's to prevent the list from being flooded with "famous" passages of letters, or speeches, etc.? So I'll restrain myself from posting the Marathon messenger's (spoken) message or "Nuts!" (even though I really love it). :) But thanks for considering it.
If my new additions don't meet your criteria (after adding them I thought "gee, they sound like quotations..."), feel free to delete!
June 6, 2009
jfk commented on the list famous-transmitted-messages
Unable to restrain myself...subscribing to the broad concept.
June 9, 2009
chained_bear commented on the list famous-transmitted-messages
*still loves this list*
June 9, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the list famous-transmitted-messages
If question marks were allowed, I'd add "?" and "!" to this list.
Edit: I added !.
April 14, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the list famous-transmitted-messages
I just read this on Wikipedia:
"The coelacanths, which are related to lungfishes and tetrapods, were believed to have been extinct since the end of the Cretaceous period. More closely related to tetrapods than even the ray-finned fish, coelacanths were considered the 'missing link' between the fish and the tetrapods until the first Latimeria specimen was found off the east coast of South Africa, off the Chalumna River (now Tyalomnqa) in 1938. Museum curator Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer discovered the fish among the catch of a local fisher, Captain Hendrick Goosen, on December 23, 1938. A local chemistry professor, JLB Smith, confirmed the fish's importance with a famous cable: 'MOST IMPORTANT PRESERVE SKELETON AND GILLS = FISH DESCRIBED'."
December 23, 2011