Comments on: Just freewheeling on mistakes and etymology http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/10/20/just-freewheeling-on-mistakes-and-etymology/ a blog about information Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Reminiscing – confused of calcutta http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/10/20/just-freewheeling-on-mistakes-and-etymology/comment-page-1/#comment-597876 Reminiscing – confused of calcutta Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:12:57 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/10/20/just-freewheeling-on-mistakes-and-etymology/#comment-597876 [...] using these place names reminded me of an earlier post about Hamilton [...] [...] using these place names reminded me of an earlier post about Hamilton [...]

]]> By: Slightly out of tune: Dandlewords | confused of calcutta http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/10/20/just-freewheeling-on-mistakes-and-etymology/comment-page-1/#comment-208013 Slightly out of tune: Dandlewords | confused of calcutta Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:04:56 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/10/20/just-freewheeling-on-mistakes-and-etymology/#comment-208013 [...] Great album, I really loved it, but Stephen’s right: today, thirty years later, what lives in my memory is the enjoyment of the live performance. Not the hundreds of times I’ve listened to the album.  Now that album has many fantastic tracks, but the one it is probably best known for is Desafinado. Which is the kernel for this post, aided and abetted by Kevin Marks’ comment re kangaroo. [...] [...] Great album, I really loved it, but Stephen’s right: today, thirty years later, what lives in my memory is the enjoyment of the live performance. Not the hundreds of times I’ve listened to the album.  Now that album has many fantastic tracks, but the one it is probably best known for is Desafinado. Which is the kernel for this post, aided and abetted by Kevin Marks’ comment re kangaroo. [...]

]]> By: JP http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/10/20/just-freewheeling-on-mistakes-and-etymology/comment-page-1/#comment-207798 JP Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:47:21 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/10/20/just-freewheeling-on-mistakes-and-etymology/#comment-207798 Hi Balaji, I haven't had time to write up the Facebook event, and a few other things for that matter. Will do shortly. Nice to see you around. You too, Kevin. Hadn't heard the kangaroo one, loved it. That kind of etymology really intrigues me, where a relatively short word conveys a lot of meaning. More later. Hi Balaji, I haven’t had time to write up the Facebook event, and a few other things for that matter. Will do shortly. Nice to see you around. You too, Kevin. Hadn’t heard the kangaroo one, loved it.

That kind of etymology really intrigues me, where a relatively short word conveys a lot of meaning. More later.

]]> By: Kevin Marks http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/10/20/just-freewheeling-on-mistakes-and-etymology/comment-page-1/#comment-207788 Kevin Marks Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:27:18 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/10/20/just-freewheeling-on-mistakes-and-etymology/#comment-207788 The apocryphal etmolgy I liek best is that "Kangaroo" is the aboriginal dialect for "what did you say?", which was the reply to "what the heck was that big jumping animal?" The apocryphal etmolgy I liek best is that “Kangaroo” is the aboriginal dialect for “what did you say?”, which was the reply to “what the heck was that big jumping animal?”

]]> By: Balaji Sowmyanarayanan http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/10/20/just-freewheeling-on-mistakes-and-etymology/comment-page-1/#comment-207699 Balaji Sowmyanarayanan Sun, 21 Oct 2007 04:26:40 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/10/20/just-freewheeling-on-mistakes-and-etymology/#comment-207699 Bugs becoming features! and then bugs and the cycle goes on. Wooden top, rolls, Tambaram, and now Ambattan bridge. It is getting interesting by the day? But what happened in the facebook debate? I'm curious. Bugs becoming features! and then bugs and the cycle goes on.
Wooden top, rolls, Tambaram, and now Ambattan bridge. It is getting interesting by the day?
But what happened in the facebook debate? I’m curious.

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