Has anyone checked to see if it's in the Becktionary?

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Are you a qualified blimp pilot? Or were you just allowed to hold onto the controls for a bit as you glided over head?

Well, English, as most Germanic and Romance languages, used to have perfectly good second-person singular and plural pronouns. "Thou" was singular and "you" was plural. But thou was dropped from everywhere except some religious contexts. Maybe thou became the familiar form (like French/Spanish), and then it became…

I'm not sure about his proposal for boncentration bamps.

"But it's my only line!"

My poorly remembered German says "das geht nicht" means "that doesn't go" literally. Something like "that's no good"?

Don't mention the war!

And this is why I haven't even clicked on that article to read it, much less the comments.

Liked for "lissome hams".

@avclub-0397758f8990c1b41b81b43ac389ab9f:disqus I also associate the southern California landscape with South Korea and Hazzard County. Thanks, 70s TV!

LAAAANAAAAAA!!!

What your are talking about is digital technology. Our real-life experience is not digitized. If you listen to real musical instruments being played, each performance will be slightly different due to changes in the physical environment, variations in how the players use their instruments, etc. Basically, any…

I know this issue has been discussed in these parts before. Basically, we don't want to be reminded that we are watching people on sets. The "70s BBC" look arose because they did their drama "live on tape" on soundstages, and video cameras of the time didn't have much dynamic range. This required bright lighting.…

I've definitely read complaints that the introduction of sound ruined the purely visual experience of what we now call "silent" film. I don't remember if those were complaints from the movie makers or critics of that time, or whether they were retrospective.

@avclub-1e306e7641ed7c1e423ac1985bff615e:disqus Fellow Johnson County kid? The HJs I was talking about were the ones in the service areas on the Turnpike. Those were all converted to Hardee's in the early 80s, I think. However, now that you mention it, I am having a vague memory of one visible from I-35 somewhere in…

My sister deflated my bouncy-ball thing by sticking it with a pin. She also stepped on and broke my Big Loader. I'm still kinda mad about those over 30 years later.

Courtney Taylor-Taylor is 47. So, not a bad guess for her age.

For years, I think I had no idea what they were about. The name sounded jokey, but occasionally I would notice something about them being important. Never really listened to them until the AVC article on Parsons a year or 2 ago.  I think they just really fell off the radar somehow for people who are too young to have…

So, what should we ask for? We all know the rule, tho…