What do you assign to Mordor? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Cailín · 09-28-2005, 01:51 PM

I just have to...

Phonetics should go to Mordor. Including all people who actually like phonetics. They scare me.

The difference between English and American spelling should go to Mordor, too. Honestly, why couldn't you keep it at one system and vocab?

Also, the expression sanguine about definitely does not belong in a happy land. Nobody knows what that means, anyway *sulks*

And evil, sarcastic, sadistic teachers - who say you argue like the American president - should be assigned to Mordor immediately.

-- Cailín *having some college issues*

Amanaduial the archer · 09-28-2005, 02:04 PM

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The difference between English and American spelling should go to Mordor, too. Honestly, why couldn't you keep it at one system and vocab?

Absolutely. Bagsy our way wins.

Socrates. And Plato. And my Ancient Philosophy teacher with them. Make it a fight to the death between them in fact, preferably above the bubbling pit of Mount Doom's innards. Entertainment for all the family.

littlemanpoet · 10-03-2005, 10:56 AM

Lost passports and all the resulting complications. Grrrrr! Still in London.

Lalwendë · 10-03-2005, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Lalaith

Now, we know what a person with an American accent means by pants. But when a person with an English accent talks about pants, he means his underwear. What he puts on over his pants are trousers, which is what the characters clearly meant.

Pants to me is translated as meaning something is rubbish or useless. So you might say "I'm not reading anything fantasy after reading Tolkien, everything else is just pants." Trousers are 'kecks'.

I'm sending to Mordor: Anti-Cyclonic Depression. There I was this morning hopefully waiting for a glimpse of the partial eclipse, but the Anti-Cyclonic Depression that was the weather today (i.e. clouds and general greyness and an absence of any weather, even rain) made this impossible. It went a little darker but it was impossible to tell if this was just the unremitting Yorkshire gloom.

wilwarin538 · 10-05-2005, 03:31 PM

I send the people my father works for to Mordor. They want my dad to go on this week long business trip to Philadelphia. Guess when his plane leaves??

Thanksgiving day!!! I know, its terrible.

To Mordor with whoever made that decission.

I also send dish washers to Mordor.

Anguirel · 10-06-2005, 11:32 AM

Time to repay Fea and send tantalising SAVES to Mordor once more...

And the Norman Conquest (unlike Tollers, out of laziness not aesthetics)

Feanor of the Peredhil · 10-06-2005, 02:01 PM

Awful, aren't they, Ang.

I'll send to Mordor... my first Uni Psych test. When 14/25 students fail, regardless of pages upon pages of note-taking, scrupulous homework completion, hours of studying, and a lot of desire to pass, you know that there is something wrong. When one of the notes in the margin of the "little blue book" in which you've got eight full pages of short answers, compare/contrasts, and essays that you wrote in an hour says "you didn't need to go into this detail here" instead of commending you for knowing so well the difference between reinforcement and punishment...

Oh, and when you get full credit taken away because you wrote "study" instead of "science" on one of the questions. That entire test and test-taking experience is Mordor-worthy.

Also Mordor-worthy is living on the third floor when you take dance classes. Those stairs just plain hurt to climb up and down some days.

Lhunardawen · 09-29-2005, 12:32 AM

Math exams scheduled at seven in the morning on a Saturday, no question.

*poke* *poke* I thought you'll stop sending things to Mordor?

This one attracts Mordor like...umm...fangirls flock to the phantom. So there.

Lush · 10-10-2006, 09:25 AM

Student loans.

the guy who be short · 10-10-2006, 02:03 PM

As a soon-to-be student, may I ask why, Lush?

Formendacil · 10-10-2006, 07:48 PM

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As a soon-to-be student, may I ask why, Lush?

Because when you're done being a student, you have to pay them off...

As for me, I assign car troubles. Specifically, car troubles resulting in said car not moving and needing very expensive replacement parts.

And to Mordor with making important decisions regarding communities. Is there a right way?

Lhunardawen · 10-10-2006, 08:18 PM

I assign myself for not knowing how to use a sphygmomanometer. I was practising on my mum the other night because she just had high BP that morning, and the way I heard it her diastolic pressure was registering on 20! So on a related note, I assign not being able to hear anything through a stethoscope.

For something really serious, I assign suddenly hearing from high school batchmates that another batchmate just passed away, because of an autoimmune disease. He's too young...way too young...

Volo · 10-13-2006, 07:59 AM

One of your best friends showing off by smoking (also stronger stuff) and offering you snuff, telling you how a water bong works and would I want to try after school. My class is full of drunkards to be. Not even nice or witty in any way... I really hope for something better next year in the upper secondary school or whatever you call it there.

Rune Son of Bjarne · 10-13-2006, 06:16 PM

English trains for two reasons.
1. Not enough space for the legs
2. Toilets that resembles the ones of a Danish public school! (not good at all)

Oh yeah and English keyboards. . .well they are annoying when you are not used to them.

jallanite · 02-03-2014, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Cailín

Phonetics should go to Mordor. Including all people who actually like phonetics. They scare me.

J. R. R. Tolkien obviously had to deal with phonetics in his professional career and obviously enjoyed it. I am also one of the people who actually like phonetics. So, as another example, is Tolkien author John Garth. Who I would send to Mordor is people who post a request for the pronunciation of some word but then ask that no-one use phonetics to give the pronunciation.

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The difference between English and American spelling should go to Mordor, too. Honestly, why couldn't you keep it at one system and vocab?

Again, Tolkien was a linguist who knew about such differences. And there are more supposedly correct spellings than two for many words. British English has the currently taught version, used in European Common Market documents, and the Oxford English Dictionary system, used in United Nations documents and in many academic documents.

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Also, the expression sanguine about definitely does not belong in a happy land. Nobody knows what that means, anyway *sulks*

The word is often used, and I think that most who use it think they know what it means. Just look up the word in a dictionary if you have doubts and really don ’t know. See http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sanguine , or http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sanguine , or http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sanguine or various other sites that will provide an answer more quickly than it took you to type the question in your post.

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And evil, sarcastic, sadistic teachers - who say you argue like the American president - should be assigned to Mordor immediately.

I have sympathy for teachers who must deal with what you think is an argument.

Elyna of Rivendell · 02-05-2014, 03:09 AM

My swimming coach would feel right at home in Mordor. Especially after tonights session.. Yuck..

Galadriel55 · 02-05-2014, 08:25 AM

When school cancels ski day... after you leave home early to get there on time.

Inziladun · 02-06-2014, 04:00 PM

Knee-jerk reactions from local government officials that inconvenience thousands of people.

10-05-2005, 03:31 PM	#5
wilwarin538 Fluttering Enchantment Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 2,508	I send the people my father works for to Mordor. They want my dad to go on this week long business trip to Philadelphia. Guess when his plane leaves?? Thanksgiving day!!! I know, its terrible. To Mordor with whoever made that decission. I also send dish washers to Mordor. __________________ Comme une étoile amarante Comme un papillon de nuit C'est la lumière qui m'attire La flamme qui m'éblouit Fenris Muffin

10-06-2005, 11:32 AM	#6
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	Time to repay Fea and send tantalising SAVES to Mordor once more... And the Norman Conquest (unlike Tollers, out of laziness not aesthetics) __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

10-06-2005, 02:01 PM	#7
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Awful, aren't they, Ang. I'll send to Mordor... my first Uni Psych test. When 14/25 students fail, regardless of pages upon pages of note-taking, scrupulous homework completion, hours of studying, and a lot of desire to pass, you know that there is something wrong. When one of the notes in the margin of the "little blue book" in which you've got eight full pages of short answers, compare/contrasts, and essays that you wrote in an hour says "you didn't need to go into this detail here" instead of commending you for knowing so well the difference between reinforcement and punishment... Oh, and when you get full credit taken away because you wrote "study" instead of "science" on one of the questions. That entire test and test-taking experience is Mordor-worthy. Also Mordor-worthy is living on the third floor when you take dance classes. Those stairs just plain hurt to climb up and down some days. __________________ peace

10-10-2006, 09:25 AM	#9
Lush Fair and Cold Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the big onion Posts: 1,770	Student loans. __________________ ~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~

10-13-2006, 07:59 AM	#13
Volo Silver in My Silent Heart Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the great beauty Posts: 1,611	One of your best friends showing off by smoking (also stronger stuff) and offering you snuff, telling you how a water bong works and would I want to try after school. My class is full of drunkards to be. Not even nice or witty in any way... I really hope for something better next year in the upper secondary school or whatever you call it there. __________________ Fenris Wolf The EVEN NEWER Barrow-Downs Photo Page Last edited by Volo; 10-14-2006 at 02:58 AM.

09-28-2005, 01:51 PM	#1
Cailín Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lurking in the shadows. Posts: 711	I just have to... Phonetics should go to Mordor. Including all people who actually like phonetics. They scare me. The difference between English and American spelling should go to Mordor, too. Honestly, why couldn't you keep it at one system and vocab? Also, the expression sanguine about definitely does not belong in a happy land. Nobody knows what that means, anyway sulks And evil, sarcastic, sadistic teachers - who say you argue like the American president - should be assigned to Mordor immediately. -- Cailín having some college issues

10-03-2005, 10:56 AM	#3
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Lost passports and all the resulting complications. Grrrrr! Still in London.

09-29-2005, 12:32 AM	#8
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	Math exams scheduled at seven in the morning on a Saturday, no question. poke poke I thought you'll stop sending things to Mordor? This one attracts Mordor like...umm...fangirls flock to the phantom. So there.

10-10-2006, 02:03 PM	#10
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	As a soon-to-be student, may I ask why, Lush?

10-10-2006, 08:18 PM	#12
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	I assign myself for not knowing how to use a sphygmomanometer. I was practising on my mum the other night because she just had high BP that morning, and the way I heard it her diastolic pressure was registering on 20! So on a related note, I assign not being able to hear anything through a stethoscope. For something really serious, I assign suddenly hearing from high school batchmates that another batchmate just passed away, because of an autoimmune disease. He's too young...way too young...

02-05-2014, 03:09 AM	#16
Elyna of Rivendell Animated Skeleton Join Date: May 2013 Location: Rivendell (duh) Posts: 37	My swimming coach would feel right at home in Mordor. Especially after tonights session.. Yuck..

02-05-2014, 08:25 AM	#17
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,521	When school cancels ski day... after you leave home early to get there on time. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

02-06-2014, 04:00 PM	#18
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,039	Knee-jerk reactions from local government officials that inconvenience thousands of people. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.