Comments on: Captchas

By: katie cowden

katie cowden — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:03:24 +0000

i have that etymology site bookmarked. did you see that you can sponsor words? i’m picking out the one i want to give to my s.o.

Erin O'Brien — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:47:57 +0000

I don’t get it.

Send help.

Ken Houghton — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 16:40:19 +0000

And we love you for it, Steve.

(That said, I would make that the Homepage for my six-year-old’s computer in an instant. He should market the thing.)

Morgan – Choice is still a bad thing. After all, the late Milton Friedman’s accessible-classic is called Free to Choose.

Steven Gould — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 15:55:55 +0000

I sent him an email. I love this concept but he has one that isn’t clear cut enough.

“It is poor form to ________ your temper in a discussion group.”

The choices are “lose” or “loose.”

But just as one can unleash one’s anger, one can loose one’s temper.

Unusual usage but not incorrect.

I know–I’m a pedant.