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The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: dane on August 07, 2013, 05:58:57 PM
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worse is when they use it incorrectly, and type 'me thinks' rather than 'methinks'.
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worse is when they use it incorrectly, and type 'me thinks' rather than 'methinks'.
Methinks you're begging for trouble. :-)
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worse is when they use it incorrectly, and type 'me thinks' rather than 'methinks'.
If thou must ask, thou wouldst ne'er ken.
:-)
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Methinks thou art thinking too much.
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Filner has taken methinks to another level. Mefeels.
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I'm guilty of it. I just think that "methinks" is a fun word and I enjoy saying fun words.
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worse is when they use it incorrectly, and type 'me thinks' rather than 'methinks'.
All jokes aside, it probably derives from the famous Shakespearean quote "methinks the lady doth protest too much." From that derives other pithy observations...
Or so methinks...
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All jokes aside, it probably derives from the famous Shakespearean quote "methinks the lady doth protest too much." From that derives other pithy observations...
Or so methinks...
Methinks you are correct.
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I'm guilty of it. I just think that "methinks" is a fun word and I enjoy saying fun words.
Like "Wankel Rotary Engine" or "Megaphone" or "Grunties."
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Like "Wankel Rotary Engine" or "Megaphone" or "Grunties."
You've hurt Felix Wankel's feelings.
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You've hurt Felix Wankel's feelings.
And Adam Grunty's...
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Is the word "methinks" pretentious?
Only when you can't spell the word "pretentious." :-)
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All jokes aside, it probably derives from the famous Shakespearean quote "methinks the lady doth protest too much." From that derives other pithy observations...
Or so methinks...
Methinks "pithy" is an underutilized word. We need to use that one more. :-)
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Methinks "pithy" is an underutilized word. We need to use that one more. :-)
I didn't know you had a lisp. :whatever:
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Me thinks the word "methinks" is kind of an outdated fad like ending every sentence with "ya know?", but has just stuck with some people.
Kind of like hair styles :whatever:
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Me thinks the word "methinks" is kind of an outdated fad like ending every sentence with "ya know?", but has just stuck with some people.
Kind of like hair styles :whatever:
<<(Going bald, so I keep it very short) Some of us don't have a choice in our hairstyle.
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Methinks "pithy" is an underutilized word. We need to use that one more. :-)
Not to be mistaken for pissy, which would be the prevalent attitude (and odor) emanating from Skins and The Gang o'er on the Isle yonder.
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<<(Going bald, so I keep it very short) Some of us don't have a choice in our hairstyle.
Methinks you still have a choice, ya know?
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Methinks you still have a choice, ya know?
Not going to waste money on implants or other crap like that, and comb overs are out.
(http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh229/lisamarie_1268/Smiley%20Faces/bth_BaldIsBeautifulSmiley.gif)
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Not going to waste money on implants or other crap like that, and comIb overs are out.
(http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh229/lisamarie_1268/Smiley%20Faces/bth_BaldIsBeautifulSmiley.gif)
If your a guy, being bald is fine. Even guys with hair shave their heads.
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Me thinks fire bad.
(http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/philhartmanfrankenstein.jpg)
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I had to steal this from Trav's wall.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/563019_10153051795825462_1767893497_n.jpg)
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If your you're a guy, being bald is fine. Even guys with hair shave their heads.
And then their/there comes other confused words. Methinks there's a place for balding spelling and grammar nazis.
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methinks
English
Alternative forms
me thinks, mythinks, my thinks
Etymology
From me (object pronoun = "to me") + think (from Old English þyncan). In Early Modern English, used at least 150 times by William Shakespeare; in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer, me thinketh; and in Old English by Alfred the Great, me þyncþ.
Pronunciation
(UK) IPA: /mɪˈθɪŋks/, X-SAMPA: /mI"TINks/
Contraction
methinks (past tense: methought)
1.(archaic or humorous) It seems to me.
References
Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989
See also
methought (archaic)
meseems (obsolete)
mehopes
--from wikipedia.
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methinks
English
Alternative forms
me thinks, mythinks, my thinks
Etymology
From me (object pronoun = "to me") + think (from Old English þyncan). In Early Modern English, used at least 150 times by William Shakespeare; in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer, me thinketh; and in Old English by Alfred the Great, me þyncþ.
Pronunciation
(UK) IPA: /mɪˈθɪŋks/, X-SAMPA: /mI"TINks/
Contraction
methinks (past tense: methought)
1.(archaic or humorous) It seems to me.
References
Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989
See also
methought (archaic)
meseems (obsolete)
mehopes
--from wikipedia.
With the neo-narcistic Obama presidency, all methinks about is mehope and mechange.
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In ebpnics, "methinks" = "I'se be tinkin'."
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all methinks about is mehope and mechange.
That almost sounds like an Irish dialect.
And then their/there comes other confused words. Methinks there's a place for balding spelling and grammar nazis.Nazis
Yeah, I miss the you're/your a lot.
Another one is, to & too. :-)
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And its and it's.
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Methinks "pithy" is an underutilized word. We need to use that one more. :-)
Not pithy enough.
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That almost sounds like an Irish dialect.
...don't forget meluckycharms! :lmao:
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...don't forget meluckycharms! :lmao:
Do you have those somewhere?
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...don't forget meluckycharms! :lmao:
:-)
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Do you have those somewhere?
There (<-- :-) ) always after 'em.
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Methinks someone is just trying to stir up some crap.
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Methinks someone is just trying to stir up some crap.
And methinks the hoi polloi goes for said excrement.
The term "hoi polloi" makes me laugh, and I've gotten to use it twice in the last month. Definitely an underused word/term!
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The term "hoi polloi" makes me laugh, and I've gotten to use it twice in the last month. Definitely an underused word/term!
That's one of Michelle Malkin's favorites, along with kabuki.
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I had to steal this from Trav's wall.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/563019_10153051795825462_1767893497_n.jpg)
Saw that today too! :P;D