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chained_bear commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
see usage note on ivy-tuft. This is a phrase I'm going to say more often.
March 19, 2008
reesetee commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
By god. ;-)
March 19, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
That's right. The port-admiral be damned.
March 19, 2008
reesetee commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
Oh, ha ha ha!
March 20, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
Don't forget the commas. Your version made it look suspiciously like actual laughter, whereas with the commas--"Oh, ha, ha, ha!"
March 20, 2008
reesetee commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
I see. I'll try to remember that. Ha, ha, ha.
March 20, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
I just can't see how that's actual laughter. Does anyone pause, as the comma suggests, after each "ha"?
March 20, 2008
reesetee commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
I suppose if you're laughing heartily, in a certain forced way. But who thinks of commas while laughing heartily?
March 20, 2008
bilby commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
I have a friend - no, it's not me! - who has one of those yuk yuk laughs and he definitely spits commas.
Yuk, yuk, yuk, yuk.
March 21, 2008
reesetee commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
Yuk, yuk, yuk I can understand. But ha-has seem not to need definitive pauses.
Oh, the subjects we get into on Wordie. :-D
March 21, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
Yeah, there's a hard consonant at the end of yuk that ha just doesn't have. Hm. *thinks some more about this when she should be working*
March 21, 2008
bilby commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
I don't mind commaless ha's. But there should be a lot of them, uncontrollable outburst of machine-gun felicity sort of thing.
March 21, 2008
reesetee commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
Right! Who needs commas when you're firing off your has ten per second?
March 21, 2008
sionnach commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
I nominate this for phrase of the year 2008.
December 29, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
The port-admiral be damned.
December 29, 2008
bilby commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
Oh ha!
December 29, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
psst... you forgot the comma.
December 29, 2008
reesetee commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
Forgetting the commas? Oh, ha, ha, ha!
December 30, 2008
bilby commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
I didn't forget, I just chose to go without. Oh, ha seems almost calculating and I was afraid it may have been misconstrued.
But now that we are back on matters of substance, I'd like to know if he may also be thusly punctuated.
Hehehe.
He, he, he.
December 30, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
I prefer the more archaic, but far clearer, hee, hee, hee.
December 30, 2008
sionnach commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
Harde-har, har!
December 31, 2008
reesetee commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
Tee, hee!
January 1, 2009
sionnach commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
So nice to see this phrase on the front page again!
hehehehehehehehehe
September 25, 2009
dontcry commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
*yawn...stretch*
September 25, 2009
milosrdenstvi commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
Happy to oblige. I used this in conversation a few weeks ago, the doing so giving me great delight.
September 25, 2009
sionnach commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
Yes, but did you use it ON THE PORCH?
September 25, 2009
milosrdenstvi commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
No - but it was directly after being frighted half to death by the sudden appearance of a bat in the house!
September 25, 2009
dontcry commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
Hee, hee!
September 25, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft
I don't use this enough. *sigh*
I'll try to remember to use it when I'm in the upcoming fog of sleep deprivation.
September 25, 2009