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

Gothmog · 11-03-2005, 03:45 PM

Speaking of language, I'd like to send the english-latin mumbojumbo I have to read every day to Mordor. Words like Oligodendrogliocyt, adrenocorticotropic hormone, schlerenchyma, morphogenesis or phytoremediation... Does that sound sane to you?

And to all of you english speaking persons sending grammar or spelling to this and that dark place, think of us non-native english speakers. We've got to learn at least two languages to manage in this world: our own and yours. Not that I try to imply that you have an easy time in school or that we are so much brighter than you (that's up to each and everybody to decide

). I guess I'm just looking for some sympathy

. I don't want to send learning english to the Land of Shadows, but I agree in sending spelling, english or whatever language, and grammar to Mordor.

Not much of a consistent or coherent post this, is it? Halfway I started to wonder what it was I thought of in the beginning

Eonwe · 11-03-2005, 04:25 PM

well, i send irregular verbs in whatever language (if they're not there already) to mordor. what good is grammar (rules!) if you can disregard them sometimes!

littlemanpoet · 11-03-2005, 08:58 PM

Here's an alphabetical list of what was assigned to Mordor on the first 5 pages of this thread. Enjoy the review, or skip it if you prefer.

alarm clocks
algebra
American spelling
apostrophe mis-users
ATMs
authors of 'bad-ism' allegories
bad weather
'Big Brother' television
black licorice
boredom
British spelling
British television miniseries
British transportation system
Britney Spears
budget cuts
busy-work
CAPs lockers
'Caucasian' used to categorize or describe white people
celebrity magazines
cell phones
chapped lips
'chavs'
chewing gum spat out, covering pavement
cigarettes
cigarette smokers
cold viruses
comic sans font
computer viruses
conjunctivitis
corsets
country music
dangling prepositions
deadlines
diamonds
drivers who ignore pedestrians
empty tubes of chap stick
dentists
depression
dirty dishes
Disney
dog clothes
dogs that can't be housebroken
door to door sales people
double negatives
early classes
emergency rooms
English
fan fiction
final exams
fish
flash software
flat tires
food poisoning
frat parties
frog ring tones
fume and stench
furry animals
geometry
German
getting up early
government trying to improve people
ground spitters
guys who think pretty girls are always dumb
'have got'
heavy traffic
hot weather
i.b. exam (?)
ignorant fools
inability to turn down food dares
inconsiderate customers
incorrect written use of your and you're
incorrect written use of its and it's
intolerant people
Jamesian English speakers
know nothing nurses
lack of published Quenya
lawn mowing
lemmings
liability paranoids
library freeloaders
lima beans
long road trips
Mary Sues
math
men who proposition random girls
mice
mobile phones
'my bad'
'myself and ______'
nagging mothers
news report sound bites
nightmares
nonstandard word users
nuclear bombs
'nuculer'
'official Wendy's guy'
off-topic posts
overzealous political correctness
parents who name their kids badly
people always in a rush
people who are easily offended
people who are horrified by 'weird' food combinations
people who are overly worried about offending others
people who hate white chocolate
people who pay with change
people who say 'it's not rocket science'
people with gender double standards
perverts
political correctness
political correctness ignoramuses
politicians
Portuguese men of war
possums
pretentious pronunciations
pretentious silent letters
pretentious pronunciation of foreign words and phrases
PT Cruisers
purple ketchup
queue cutters
rabbit bites
raccoons
racism
rap music
reality television
red food coloring
religious fundamentalist terrorists
rising gas prices
road rage
SAT supporters
scary professors
shrieking early birds
slugs
snorers
snotty Sarumans
snotty upperclassmen
soap operas
soccer
spell checkers
spider bites
spyware
squirrels
standard English
stupid people
summer reading books
tax code writers
tax collectors
thongs
tomato hornworms
unfriendly computers
unpredictable kilns
vectors
vomit
war
watered down drinks
Wednesdays
white chocolate
Yankees announcers
year-long redundant teachers
Yoda

--------um, that tomato one is something I'll need to go back and figure out, because I couldn't read my own writing ..... unless one of you remembers and can tell me.

So just to keep this in the spirit of the thread, I assign to Mordor my own sloppy writing that I can't read later.

radagastly · 11-03-2005, 09:45 PM

I did a search. I think it was Tomato Hornworms posted by Oddwen. I'm not sure what tomato hornworms are, but they sound like they belong in Mordor.

Oddwen · 11-03-2005, 09:53 PM

They're big, waxy, green, horrid, fat, ugly caterpillars that can bite. Oh gross, I just found a recipe...bring the Mordor-bound truck around, there's another shipment ready...

Feanor of the Peredhil · 11-04-2005, 08:48 PM

I hereby officially and very pointedly assign:

Skwerls and Deus Ex Machina.

See AtM Planning Thread for an explanation.

Lalwendë · 11-05-2005, 09:16 AM

I'm sending excessively stupid people to Mordor, or more specifically, excessively stupid people who earn far higher wages than I do.

Yesterday I got to work and found an e-mail from someone who earns approximately 3.5 times more salary than I do. It was in response to an e-mail inviting said person to a meeting and furnishing them with all necessary details and papers. The instructions could not have been more clear had I gone and gently led them by the hand to the meeting themselves. The reply I received simply said "whens the meetin" (sic). If I could get approximately 3.5 times my salary for sitting behind a desk and going "nurrrrrr" while drooling then I would. However, said e-mail was sent at 6.40am, so clearly being willing (or stupid enough) to get up and get to work before the milkman has even started his rounds negates any lack of brain cells.

I am not sending to Mordor my excess of sarcasm.

littlemanpoet · 11-05-2005, 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by radagastly

I did a search. I think it was Tomato Hornworms posted by Oddwen. I'm not sure what tomato hornworms are, but they sound like they belong in Mordor.

Thanks for the assist, radagastly!

(forgot to say that earlier, sorry)

11-03-2005, 03:45 PM	#1
Gothmog Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Where I lay my head is home Posts: 421	Speaking of language, I'd like to send the english-latin mumbojumbo I have to read every day to Mordor. Words like Oligodendrogliocyt, adrenocorticotropic hormone, schlerenchyma, morphogenesis or phytoremediation... Does that sound sane to you? And to all of you english speaking persons sending grammar or spelling to this and that dark place, think of us non-native english speakers. We've got to learn at least two languages to manage in this world: our own and yours. Not that I try to imply that you have an easy time in school or that we are so much brighter than you (that's up to each and everybody to decide ). I guess I'm just looking for some sympathy . I don't want to send learning english to the Land of Shadows, but I agree in sending spelling, english or whatever language, and grammar to Mordor. Not much of a consistent or coherent post this, is it? Halfway I started to wonder what it was I thought of in the beginning __________________ Three switched witches watch three Swatch watch switches. Which switched witch watch which Swatch watch switch? He who breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom ~Lurker...

11-03-2005, 04:25 PM	#2
Eonwe Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: In a world grown ever smaller. Posts: 678	well, i send irregular verbs in whatever language (if they're not there already) to mordor. what good is grammar (rules!) if you can disregard them sometimes! __________________ I've got bridge club on Wednesday, Archery on Thursday, Dancing on a Friday night!

11-03-2005, 08:58 PM	#3
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	For ATM rpg and for the hey of it: Here's an alphabetical list of what was assigned to Mordor on the first 5 pages of this thread. Enjoy the review, or skip it if you prefer. alarm clocks algebra American spelling apostrophe mis-users ATMs authors of 'bad-ism' allegories bad weather 'Big Brother' television black licorice boredom British spelling British television miniseries British transportation system Britney Spears budget cuts busy-work CAPs lockers 'Caucasian' used to categorize or describe white people celebrity magazines cell phones chapped lips 'chavs' chewing gum spat out, covering pavement cigarettes cigarette smokers cold viruses comic sans font computer viruses conjunctivitis corsets country music dangling prepositions deadlines diamonds drivers who ignore pedestrians empty tubes of chap stick dentists depression dirty dishes Disney dog clothes dogs that can't be housebroken door to door sales people double negatives early classes emergency rooms English fan fiction final exams fish flash software flat tires food poisoning frat parties frog ring tones fume and stench furry animals geometry German getting up early government trying to improve people ground spitters guys who think pretty girls are always dumb 'have got' heavy traffic hot weather i.b. exam (?) ignorant fools inability to turn down food dares inconsiderate customers incorrect written use of your and you're incorrect written use of its and it's intolerant people Jamesian English speakers know nothing nurses lack of published Quenya lawn mowing lemmings liability paranoids library freeloaders lima beans long road trips Mary Sues math men who proposition random girls mice mobile phones 'my bad' 'myself and ______' nagging mothers news report sound bites nightmares nonstandard word users nuclear bombs 'nuculer' 'official Wendy's guy' off-topic posts overzealous political correctness parents who name their kids badly people always in a rush people who are easily offended people who are horrified by 'weird' food combinations people who are overly worried about offending others people who hate white chocolate people who pay with change people who say 'it's not rocket science' people with gender double standards perverts political correctness political correctness ignoramuses politicians Portuguese men of war possums pretentious pronunciations pretentious silent letters pretentious pronunciation of foreign words and phrases PT Cruisers purple ketchup queue cutters rabbit bites raccoons racism rap music reality television red food coloring religious fundamentalist terrorists rising gas prices road rage SAT supporters scary professors shrieking early birds slugs snorers snotty Sarumans snotty upperclassmen soap operas soccer spell checkers spider bites spyware squirrels standard English stupid people summer reading books tax code writers tax collectors thongs tomato hornworms unfriendly computers unpredictable kilns vectors vomit war watered down drinks Wednesdays white chocolate Yankees announcers year-long redundant teachers Yoda --------um, that tomato one is something I'll need to go back and figure out, because I couldn't read my own writing ..... unless one of you remembers and can tell me. So just to keep this in the spirit of the thread, I assign to Mordor my own sloppy writing that I can't read later. Last edited by littlemanpoet; 11-04-2005 at 04:55 AM.

11-03-2005, 09:45 PM	#4
radagastly Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Washington, D. C., USA Posts: 299	I did a search. I think it was Tomato Hornworms posted by Oddwen. I'm not sure what tomato hornworms are, but they sound like they belong in Mordor. __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before, I listen for returning feet and voices at the door. Last edited by radagastly; 11-03-2005 at 09:46 PM. Reason: clarity

11-03-2005, 09:53 PM	#5
Oddwen Drummer in the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Next Sunday A.D. Posts: 2,145	They're big, waxy, green, horrid, fat, ugly caterpillars that can bite. Oh gross, I just found a recipe...bring the Mordor-bound truck around, there's another shipment ready... __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before I listen for returning feet and voices at the door

11-04-2005, 08:48 PM	#6
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	I hereby officially and very pointedly assign: Skwerls and Deus Ex Machina. See AtM Planning Thread for an explanation. __________________ peace

11-05-2005, 09:16 AM	#7
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	I'm sending excessively stupid people to Mordor, or more specifically, excessively stupid people who earn far higher wages than I do. Yesterday I got to work and found an e-mail from someone who earns approximately 3.5 times more salary than I do. It was in response to an e-mail inviting said person to a meeting and furnishing them with all necessary details and papers. The instructions could not have been more clear had I gone and gently led them by the hand to the meeting themselves. The reply I received simply said "whens the meetin" (sic). If I could get approximately 3.5 times my salary for sitting behind a desk and going "nurrrrrr" while drooling then I would. However, said e-mail was sent at 6.40am, so clearly being willing (or stupid enough) to get up and get to work before the milkman has even started his rounds negates any lack of brain cells. I am not sending to Mordor my excess of sarcasm. __________________ Gordon's alive!