XWord Muggles Forum

periperi wrote: ↑Thu Aug 05, 2021 4:43 pm Is the WSJ website confirming that the grid is correct a new thing? I thought it didn't do that for Fridays ever before.

LadyBird wrote: ↑Fri Aug 06, 2021 8:27 am I am on shore, as of 2 am last night.

It's a GOod thing that the cabana boy left a LIght on over the tiki bar since it was a little hard to find the gATHering on shore in the wee hours of the night. Couldn't sleep last night, so I had to find some otHER thing to do besides stare at the ceiling. Came downstairs, spent a few minutes looking upON the meta, and there the answer was. Now for some coffee plus (not "real" coffee as my husband and daughter say) since I need a caffeine jolt and the day awaits.

HunterX wrote: ↑Fri Aug 06, 2021 1:40 pm

mntlblok wrote: ↑Fri Aug 06, 2021 11:44 am

HunterX wrote: ↑Fri Aug 06, 2021 11:00 am [...]
But... I did think the question was regarding the "but." And any proper grammarian will tell you, it's spelled with an ellipsis: "But..." Ending a sentence with "but..." and leaving off the unfinished part in order to indicate that there are potentially many other possibilities which you can imagine for yourself, is quite common and not particularly regional.

At least it is in my experience, but...

[...]
Have become a utiliser of that "end of the sentence" ellipsis. Even read up on em and learnt (from one source) that there should be double spacing between those "dots".

Egad! I had no idea there should be double-spacing between the dots! (Yes, I used a hyphen there.) I can never show my face in good grammarian company again without hanging my head in shame! And Microsoft Word autocorrects it to be a single character with, seemingly, less space between the dots than three single-spaced periods. (Let's start a new Bill Gates conspiracy theory!)

Learn sumpin' new every day...

zach wrote: ↑Fri Aug 06, 2021 2:48 pm

livpolfan wrote: ↑Fri Aug 06, 2021 2:42 pm Ashore with a pint of Makers Mark.

A PINT of Makers Mark?

SReh26 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 06, 2021 1:57 pm So, how are things going these days? Any improvement?

Top of the world! Fantabulous! Never better! Si se puede!
Glad to hear.... (scribbling... grandiosity, invincibility, check)
Getting fitted for a tiara, feel fulfilled!
That’s wonderful. Got an advanced degree?

oh yes, but thats not it...
Bought a home? Got a great job? Did someone propose?
Yes yes, but its even better!
Early retirement, good skin, cancer and covid free? Two weeks of mild weather with low humidity?
YES, but that’s not it!
Then what ... oh don’t tell me... the little game in the crossword
I made it to SHORE by myself!!!!
You made it to shore... (scribbling, )

hoover wrote: ↑Fri Aug 06, 2021 8:06 pm

SReh26 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 06, 2021 1:57 pm So, how are things going these days? Any improvement?

Not yet.

Top of the world! Fantabulous! Never better! Si se puede!
Glad to hear.... (scribbling... grandiosity, invincibility, check)
Getting fitted for a tiara, feel fulfilled!
That’s wonderful. Got an advanced degree?

Yes, as a matter of fact, just turned in the last assignment on Wednesday. Diploma should be in the mailbox by the end of the month. No walkies in summer, but I can walk with the December grads. Not sure how long I'll get to keep my student subscription to WSJ.

oh yes, but thats not it...
Bought a home? Got a great job? Did someone propose?
Yes yes, but its even better!
Early retirement, good skin, cancer and covid free? Two weeks of mild weather with low humidity?
YES, but that’s not it!
Then what ... oh don’t tell me... the little game in the crossword
I made it to SHORE by myself!!!!
You made it to shore... (scribbling, )

Not me. Still enjoying the company of Isaac and a few other stragglers out here.

Chantellebeal wrote: ↑Fri Aug 06, 2021 5:22 pm On shore earlier today. Fairly new at this so it was nice to solve one of these easily.