Flora and fauna ending in 'x'

yarb commented on the list flora-and-fauna-ending-in-x

Marvellous contributions from fbharjo and yaybob - thanks both (I've binned sphinx moth though).

December 11, 2008

yaybob commented on the list flora-and-fauna-ending-in-x

A pleasure, Yarb. I wasn't sure about your interest in scientific names.

Mollusque sure went to town.

I suppose "binned" is polite society's way of saying "sh*t-canned." That would no doubt be due to the fact that sphinx moth doesn't count as an "x" word if its last term isn't an "x" word.

In my week or two on Wordie, I've noticed that most of the group has been fairly demure and relatively sophisticated. I have not. I have tended to gravitate toward low-brow humor. I hope that that is not unwelcome. I think that I took the vagina list as evidence that at least some bawdy humor was tolerated. I wish neither to offend or annoy. If there are any special needs or requests in this area, please let me know.

December 11, 2008

sionnach commented on the list flora-and-fauna-ending-in-x

dolichonyx?

micromyx?

December 12, 2008

yarb commented on the list flora-and-fauna-ending-in-x

Well, yaybob, you've certainly not offended or annoyed me. It's a pleasure to have you sniffing around my old lists.

Thanks for the contributions, m'lusque.

sionnach: ok.

December 12, 2008

yaybob commented on the list flora-and-fauna-ending-in-x

Thanks for the kind words, Yarb. And to others who have been helpful as I get oriented to just what the hell is going on at this site.

December 12, 2008

bilby commented on the list flora-and-fauna-ending-in-x

Is bollox a scientific term?

December 12, 2008

yarb commented on the list flora-and-fauna-ending-in-x

Of course, bilby. But is it a plant or animal?

December 12, 2008

bilby commented on the list flora-and-fauna-ending-in-x

Fauna, yarb, fauna.

December 12, 2008

chained_bear commented on the list flora-and-fauna-ending-in-x

Yaybob, none of us here are strangers to lowbrow. :) Welcome!

December 12, 2008

reesetee commented on the list flora-and-fauna-ending-in-x

Yaybob, you get a gold star just for asking. Thanks for that--and welcome to Wordie. (Great screen name, by the way.)

December 13, 2008

sionnach commented on the list flora-and-fauna-ending-in-x

Hmmm. What kind of flora or fauna are the helix, the narthex, and the anticlimax?

If the sphinx and the phoenix make it onto this list, does that open up room for Shadowfax, Asterix, Obelix & Ideefix?

Not to mention Vercingetorix, Dora the dominatrix, Ruby the rixatrix, and a host of other characters, dead and alive, actual, mythical and fictional.

December 13, 2008

yarb commented on the list flora-and-fauna-ending-in-x

Narthex is apparently a term (directly from Ancient Greek but in OED) for a large fennel-like plant.

Anticlimax and helix I don't know. Mollusque, could you perhaps salve sionnach's skepticism?

Gauls historical and fictional are prohibited; I forgot to mention that.

December 13, 2008

reesetee commented on the list flora-and-fauna-ending-in-x

Yarb, for what it's worth I have an all-purpose "ending in X" list here.

December 13, 2008

yaybob commented on the list flora-and-fauna-ending-in-x

chained_bear said: "Yaybob, none of us here are strangers to lowbrow. :) Welcome!"

Thanks chained (or is it bear?).

reesetee said: "Yaybob, you get a gold star just for asking. Thanks for that--and welcome to Wordie. (Great screen name, by the way.)"

And thank you too. As I indicated, I'm still getting oriented, and while I prefer to be myself, as I said, I really didn't want to make anybody feel uncomfortable or lose potential friends before making any. You have all been so civil and witty, which, frankly, has been a pleasant surprise.

In the last two or three years, I've experienced three different Internet communities, in succession, brought together for three different reasons, and they have all been different from each other in important ways, but they were all alike in that there was always at least a whiff of rough play or belligerence (one was political, so you can just imagine), and nobody had better wear their heart on their sleeve in any of them. So, this is a welcome change. Secular and liberal if anyone is interested, but I get along well with most conservative theists

One warning. Please be tolerant. I seem to have some kind of dyslexia equivalent when I compose my posts - a dysgraphia if you will - that results in the submission of some gross grammatical errors, probably as a result of all the surgery I do in the process of generating them. At times, it's been more like Medieval torture than surgery, and some truly tortured sentences have resulted. For some reason, even though I look at them before posting, I frequently fail to pick up the error until I see it published.

Fortunately, Wordie lets me edit after posting, so when I do see the problem, I can clean it up before everybody has seen it. It's embarrassing, but I know that it's going to happen repeatedly. It already has - dropped words, sentences that aren't sentences, etc.. It looks careless and sloppy, even though it's likely the opposite is true. I'll spend an hour on a post at times. I just wanted to explain. I don't think that I can do any better.

And one other thing. My posts are longer than average. I like to think "out loud" and I like to freely associate. Some people have not cared for that in the past. I hope that my episodic typos from hell (I hope that the life of that phrase has not expired yet - I still like it) and my at times unfocused musing (like that) will be received as idiosyncracies and not impositions.

December 13, 2008

skipvia commented on the list flora-and-fauna-ending-in-x

Lowbrow humor? Geez--where should we start, reesetee? How about fernando poo? Dork out might make a good start. Luncheon? It doesn't get much lower than that. Chained_Bear--help us out here. We need to make Yaybob feel more comfortable here...

December 13, 2008

Prolagus commented on the list flora-and-fauna-ending-in-x

Yaybob, are you good at singing? It's a very important requirement for Wordie.

December 13, 2008

sionnach commented on the list flora-and-fauna-ending-in-x

Narthex is apparently a term (directly from Ancient Greek but in OED) for a large fennel-like plant.

Omigod! How embarrassing. I thought fbharjo's "giant fennel" definition the other day was a typo for "giant funnel".

December 13, 2008

skipvia commented on the list flora-and-fauna-ending-in-x

And, don't forget, Pro--you have to like AWESOME WORDS!!!!!! The awesomer, the better.

December 13, 2008

mollusque commented on the list flora-and-fauna-ending-in-x

C'mon even Weirdnet knows that Helix is a genus of mollusks. Anticlimax is rather more obscure.

December 13, 2008

bilby commented on the list flora-and-fauna-ending-in-x

Neat intro, Yaybob. Yay! Have fun here as you wont, the goodship Wordie's a resilient old tub.

My brow's so low I use it as a skipping rope.

December 13, 2008

yaybob commented on the list flora-and-fauna-ending-in-x

Prolagus said: "Yaybob, are you good at singing? It's a very important requirement for Wordie."

That can’t be right. I think that you’re thinking of Lyricie.

December 13, 2008

reesetee commented on the list flora-and-fauna-ending-in-x

Skip, perhaps you should introduce our new friend here to your pal Skinny. Funny thing--I got an e-mail today that included a photo of the Inn sign. Naturally, I thought of you.

I mean...er...because you live nearby.

*leaves the room*

December 15, 2008

skipvia commented on the list flora-and-fauna-ending-in-x

Not...not...Skinny Dick's Halfway Inn! *gasp* Is he ready?

Oh, what the hell...

December 15, 2008

yaybob commented on the list flora-and-fauna-ending-in-x

skipvia said: Not...not...Skinny Dick's Halfway Inn! *gasp* Is he ready?

You betcha!

December 15, 2008

chained_bear commented on the list flora-and-fauna-ending-in-x

Perhaps the conversation at Bristol stool scale would interest Yaybob...?

psst... it's not a big deal, but you don't really need to repeat each comment you're replying to! :) Some people use the name to help differentiate though... Just a thought!

Or the ever-fascinating tappen? Wait... sorry... we're talking low-brow, not necessarily scatological...

December 15, 2008