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Conference thebay::joyoflex

Title:	The Joy of Lex
Notice:	A Notes File even your grammar could love
Moderator:	THEBAY::SYSTEM

Created:	Fri Feb 28 1986
Last Modified:	Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1192
Total number of notes:	42769

205.0. "Name that Name" by PROSE::WAJENBERG () Fri Jun 13 1986 14:44

    People typically address their parents and other relatives with words
    other than their given names: "Mom," "Dad," "Mother," "Granny,"
    "Grampa," "Auntie," etc.  Does this category of appellation have
    a name, analogous to pen names, stage names, the nom de plume
    and nom de guerre, nicknames, surnames and maiden names?
    
    Earl Wajenberg

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
205.1	"Familiar" name??	APTECH::RSTONE		`Fri Jun 13 1986 16:55`	1

205.2	What part of speech are they?	DELNI::CANTOR	Dave Cantor	`Sat Jun 14 1986 04:09`	16
	Hmm. When used without an article or possessive pronoun, are these words nouns or are they pronouns? "I told Mother the news." ^ Capital letter because it refers to a particular mother, hence, it's almost a name, but not in the same sense as a real name, like, say, Jane. I seems to act like a name (hence a noun), but it clearly has an implied antecedent, like a pronoun. Perhaps the first person possessive pronoun is always understood in this construction ('my', 'mine', or 'our'). Dave C.
205.3	Relative nouns..??	FUTURE::UPPER		`Mon Jun 16 1986 15:00`	1
	:^)
205.4	Authorities on proper use	EVER::MCVAY	Pete McVay	`Mon Jun 16 1986 15:45`	5
	There's almost always an example of one writer or another who disdained the rules of grammar--usually the written, not the pronounced, rules. Shaw, for example, thought most punctuation was unnecessary. ("I dont expect him to reply directly, Mrs Worthington stated.") e.e. cummings used lowercase exclusively, even in writing his name.
205.5	Dis an' dat	FUTURE::UPPER	I canna ge' enuf power-r, sur-r-r!	`Wed Oct 08 1986 16:03`	11
	Your use of the word "disdain" brings up an interesting topic. "Dis obviously is a negative prefix here. Does that mean that the rest of the authors dain the rules of grammar? The same would apply to words like "disheveled". (Have you ever seen anyone who looked "sheveled"? Or "kempt", for that matter. ("Hmmm-mmm, you look very kempt today. And sheveled as well.") BU (Pronounced "boo!")
205.6	You can't get there from here...	KBOV07::TINIUS	Kaufbeuren, Germany	`Thu Oct 09 1986 03:39`	12
	>The same would apply to words like "disheveled". (Have you ever seen anyone >who looked "sheveled"? Or "kempt", for that matter. ("Hmmm-mmm, you look >very kempt today. And sheveled as well.") I think the word is then "heveled", not "sheveled". Kind of like the /TIFY switch: $PRINT/NOTIFY FOO.TXT !Tell me when it's done $PRINT/TIFY FOO.TXT !Don't bother Stephen
205.7	/NONO Nanette!	HARDY::KENAH	O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!!	`Thu Oct 09 1986 11:13`	10
	> Kind of like the /TIFY switch: > $PRINT/NOTIFY FOO.TXT !Tell me when it's done > $PRINT/TIFY FOO.TXT !Don't bother Actually, the real qualifier is almost as funny: $PRINT/NONO FOO.TXT !Don't bother andrew
205.8	Works for VAXnotes too!	BISTRO::TIMMER	Rien Timmer, Valbonne.	`Fri Oct 10 1986 05:01`	5
	Try: $ NO/NONO UCOUNT::JOYOFLEX ! I do not want to read this conference Rien.
205.9	O joy, O bliss!	LYMPH::LAMBERT	My karma ran over my dogma	`Fri Oct 10 1986 10:23`	7
	Or get into your notebook and simply do an: Notes> O JOY Starts my day off with a smile... :-) -- Sam
205.10		SQM::RAVAN		`Mon Oct 13 1986 10:19`	6
	There are lots of Fun Things To Do With VAXnotes. I get to say a lot of "dirty" words (DIR/TI=FOO), and make lots of exclamations (O JOY, O NO [TES], etc.). I've debated renaming a couple of entries TEMPORA and MORES... -b
205.11	O Tempora, O Mores!	SUPER::KENAH	O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!!	`Mon Oct 13 1986 13:05`	5
	Okay, Beth, I can guess that you renamed the TIME conference as TEMPORA, but which conference did you rename as MORES? andrew
205.12	ETIQUETTE, of course!	SQM::RAVAN		`Mon Oct 13 1986 14:16`	1

205.13	Take out your frustrations with VAX Notes!	JON::MORONEY	This space for rent.	`Mon Oct 13 1986 21:40`	7
	Add FIREARMS to your notebook and you can... Notes> OPEN FIRE Don't blame me, someone else thought this one up! -Mike
205.14		RTVAX::CANNOY	The more you love, the more you can.	`Mon Oct 13 1986 22:22`	4
	Add HBO::SINGLES and praise Notes> O SIN
205.15		SQM::RAVAN		`Tue Oct 14 1986 10:29`	3
	Or, on a more religious note, Notes> O CHRIST
205.16		19484::CALLAS	O jour frabbejais! Calleau! Callai!	`Wed Oct 15 1986 17:26`	6
	And don't forget o hum o hack Jon
205.17	Often true!	CSMADM::WELLINGTON	Larry Wellington	`Sun Oct 19 1986 00:46`	4
	At the DCL prompt, I can type in $ NOT SAFE
205.18	How about o joy	THEBAY::WAKEMANLA	Cybernetic Etymologist	`Mon Oct 20 1986 15:58`	1

205.19	...another	CLOSUS::TAVARES	John--Stay low, keep moving	`Tue Oct 21 1986 11:06`	1
	I have "o tool".