Comments for Words I Learned From Reading David Foster Wallace http://dfwwords.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:12:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on You say hello, I say goodbye. by Dr. Edward Evil http://dfwwords.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/you-say-hello-i-say-goodbye/#comment-18 Dr. Edward Evil Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:12:38 +0000 http://dfwwords.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-18 my dfw ij words fwiw my dfw ij words
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]]> Comment on You say hello, I say goodbye. by bo http://dfwwords.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/you-say-hello-i-say-goodbye/#comment-17 bo Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:42:26 +0000 http://dfwwords.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-17 i'll totally do it. if you need any type of resume or anything, check out my blog. i’ll totally do it. if you need any type of resume or anything, check out my blog.

]]> Comment on You say hello, I say goodbye. by Not so new, but man, did I miss that word « Unabridgedbookstore’s Blog http://dfwwords.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/you-say-hello-i-say-goodbye/#comment-15 Not so new, but man, did I miss that word « Unabridgedbookstore’s Blog Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:33:46 +0000 http://dfwwords.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-15 [...] Though no longer updated on a regular basis, the person is looking for someone to take the reins. Could that person be you? You know you love DFW that much. Who doesn’t? I mean, it only took me 2 years to get through Infinite Jest. It was about a video tape, right? Tennis? I remember pot. [...] [...] Though no longer updated on a regular basis, the person is looking for someone to take the reins. Could that person be you? You know you love DFW that much. Who doesn’t? I mean, it only took me 2 years to get through Infinite Jest. It was about a video tape, right? Tennis? I remember pot. [...]

]]> Comment on vertiginously by kendallopere http://dfwwords.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/vertiginously/#comment-14 kendallopere Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:13:29 +0000 http://dfwwords.wordpress.com/?p=73#comment-14 Really? My dictionary defines it as related to vertigo, the fear of heights... "causing vertigo, esp. by being extremely high or steep " Seems more in keeping with the usage above too. Really?

My dictionary defines it as related to vertigo, the fear of heights…

“causing vertigo, esp. by being extremely high or steep ”

Seems more in keeping with the usage above too.

]]> Comment on vertiginously by Ms Crabapple http://dfwwords.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/vertiginously/#comment-13 Ms Crabapple Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:55:20 +0000 http://dfwwords.wordpress.com/?p=73#comment-13 So that's it? Only that many words you didn't know? You must be a genius!! So that’s it? Only that many words you didn’t know? You must be a genius!!

]]> Comment on About by greebs http://dfwwords.wordpress.com/about/#comment-12 greebs Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:53:51 +0000 #comment-12 Sad to say but I did not know the word onanism until reading Infinite Jest: http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS244&=&q=define%3A+onanism&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f Sad to say but I did not know the word onanism until reading Infinite Jest:

http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS244&=&q=define%3A+onanism&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f

]]> Comment on anapest by evonn http://dfwwords.wordpress.com/2008/11/05/anapest/#comment-11 evonn Sun, 30 Nov 2008 06:00:11 +0000 http://dfwwords.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-11 It's a little late but I just saw your reply, "Rebecca." Yes you are brilliant! The vowel drawl in "at!"' I hear it! De de de! Thank you for being my teacher, Evonn It’s a little late but I just saw your reply, “Rebecca.” Yes you are brilliant! The vowel drawl in “at!”‘
I hear it! De de de!

Thank you for being my teacher,
Evonn

]]> Comment on epigone by anonymous2 http://dfwwords.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/epigone/#comment-10 anonymous2 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:20:48 +0000 http://dfwwords.wordpress.com/?p=45#comment-10 *Descriptivists *Descriptivists

]]> Comment on pourparler by anonymous2 http://dfwwords.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/pourparler/#comment-9 anonymous2 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:16:57 +0000 http://dfwwords.wordpress.com/?p=52#comment-9 In that case, I should mention "presecriptivists." In that case, I should mention “presecriptivists.”

]]> Comment on anapest by Nancy http://dfwwords.wordpress.com/2008/11/05/anapest/#comment-8 Nancy Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:23:13 +0000 http://dfwwords.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-8 Thanks, Rebecca. That's brilliant. Thanks, Rebecca. That’s brilliant.

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