Comments on: bläg http://laughingsquid.com/blag/ art, culture and technology from San Francisco and beyond Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:11:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Bruno Morelli http://laughingsquid.com/blag/comment-page-1/#comment-40398 Bruno Morelli Sat, 14 Oct 2006 00:35:42 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=314#comment-40398 Apple dictionary does not have mining definition of glory-hole. It should be: one search. all dictionaries & encyclopedias. keywords Noun 1. glory hole - a small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship Synonyms: lazaretto By Wordnet Dictionary Glory hole is a colloquial term for any small room or cupboard, usually containing odds and ends. In glassblowing, a glory hole is an opening in a furnace, or a stand alone furnace, which is used to reheat the molten glass as it is formed. The phrase originated in mining. In the western states during the Gold Rush days, independent miners who did not have the finances to dig a conventional mine shaft would dig a shaft staight down to try to find a gold seam. These perpendicular shafts became known as "glory holes". In modern mining, a glory hole is an open-cut or pit mine used to reach and mine out an ore deposit with extraction from the bottom level via an adit or underground markings. In glory-hole mining a steep-sided, funnel-shaped surface excavation is connected to tunnels below it. Rocks blasted off the sides of the excavation fall into the tunnels, from which they are then removed. I can't figure out how to contact them and submit mining definition. Help Apple dictionary does not have mining definition of glory-hole. It should be:
one search. all dictionaries & encyclopedias.

keywords

Noun 1. glory hole – a small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship
Synonyms: lazaretto

By Wordnet Dictionary

Glory hole is a colloquial term for any small room or cupboard, usually containing odds and ends. In glassblowing, a glory hole is an opening in a furnace, or a stand alone furnace, which is used to reheat the molten glass as it is formed.

The phrase originated in mining. In the western states during the Gold Rush days, independent miners who did not have the finances to dig a conventional mine shaft would dig a shaft staight down to try to find a gold seam. These perpendicular shafts became known as “glory holes”.

In modern mining, a glory hole is an open-cut or pit mine used to reach and mine out an ore deposit with extraction from the bottom level via an adit or underground markings. In glory-hole mining a steep-sided, funnel-shaped surface excavation is connected to tunnels below it. Rocks blasted off the sides of the excavation fall into the tunnels, from which they are then removed.
I can’t figure out how to contact them and submit mining definition. Help

]]> By: Luke Bosman http://laughingsquid.com/blag/comment-page-1/#comment-3432 Luke Bosman Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:30:32 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=314#comment-3432 On the subject of umlauts, it's not an umlaut at all. It's a diaresis. On the subject of umlauts, it’s not an umlaut at all. It’s a diaresis.

]]> By: Bezahlt(dot)Org » Blogging Bad Apple http://laughingsquid.com/blag/comment-page-1/#comment-395 Bezahlt(dot)Org » Blogging Bad Apple Mon, 08 Aug 2005 19:25:12 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=314#comment-395 [...] John Borland in News.com’s Apple Blog and Scott Beale over at Laughing Squid both got bombarded by Mac Maniacs when they mentioned that Apple’s dictionary defines a blog as “run by twenty-something Americans with at least an unhealthy interest in computers.” [...] [...] John Borland in News.com’s Apple Blog and Scott Beale over at Laughing Squid both got bombarded by Mac Maniacs when they mentioned that Apple’s dictionary defines a blog as “run by twenty-something Americans with at least an unhealthy interest in computers.” [...]

]]> By: Apple News Log » Blog Archive » Apple: Bloggers are “unhealthy” http://laughingsquid.com/blag/comment-page-1/#comment-392 Apple News Log » Blog Archive » Apple: Bloggers are “unhealthy” Sun, 07 Aug 2005 20:43:43 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=314#comment-392 [...] Laughing Squid [...] [...] Laughing Squid [...]

]]> By: mushan.de/blog » Blog Archive » Dictionary: Bläg http://laughingsquid.com/blag/comment-page-1/#comment-390 mushan.de/blog » Blog Archive » Dictionary: Bläg Sun, 07 Aug 2005 13:11:43 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=314#comment-390 [...] Source: Scott Beale from Laughing Squid [...] [...] Source: Scott Beale from Laughing Squid [...]

]]> By: feik.org » Blog Archive » Ich bin nicht http://laughingsquid.com/blag/comment-page-1/#comment-389 feik.org » Blog Archive » Ich bin nicht Sun, 07 Aug 2005 12:01:06 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=314#comment-389 [...] (heise, Laughing Squid) [...] [...] (heise, Laughing Squid) [...]

]]> By: Chris http://laughingsquid.com/blag/comment-page-1/#comment-388 Chris Sun, 07 Aug 2005 06:14:39 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=314#comment-388 ä is not just an German "Umlaut". Other languages use this character as well. English uses the s-plural. If the word is adapted by English speakers, umlauts is of course correct. Just like the German word Büro is correct, even though it was originally a misspelled French word. ä is not just an German “Umlaut”. Other languages use this character
as well. English uses the s-plural. If the word is adapted by English
speakers, umlauts is of course correct. Just like the German word Büro
is correct, even though it was originally a misspelled French word.

]]> By: Doug http://laughingsquid.com/blag/comment-page-1/#comment-386 Doug Sun, 07 Aug 2005 01:19:39 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=314#comment-386 Well, you've already got a job writing potential dictionary examples. Dictionary usage examples usually use real-life examples found in print somewhere, so it's quite possible that something you write will wind up in a dictionary. True etymological dictionaries (ie the full OED) will also give dates and sources so if you were an early user of the word 'blog' (or any other new word) you could be lexicographically immortalised! As I'm still using Panther I can't check if Tiger's dictionary app gives this info. One more thing, as an Australian I'd prefer not to have to use a dictionary of American English, does anyone know if Tiger provide other options? Well, you’ve already got a job writing potential dictionary examples. Dictionary usage examples usually use real-life examples found in print somewhere, so it’s quite possible that something you write will wind up in a dictionary. True etymological dictionaries (ie the full OED) will also give dates and sources so if you were an early user of the word ‘blog’ (or any other new word) you could be lexicographically immortalised! As I’m still using Panther I can’t check if Tiger’s dictionary app gives this info.

One more thing, as an Australian I’d prefer not to have to use a dictionary of American English, does anyone know if Tiger provide other options?

]]> By: gregor horst http://laughingsquid.com/blag/comment-page-1/#comment-384 gregor horst Sat, 06 Aug 2005 20:23:14 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=314#comment-384 nice text. please don't write umlauts. umlaut is a german word and the plural is umlaute not umlauts. your idea to speak the word with the umlaut "ä" is realy nice, but the word bläg sounds realy awful. nice text.
please don’t write umlauts. umlaut is a german word and the plural is umlaute not umlauts.
your idea to speak the word with the umlaut “ä” is realy nice, but the word bläg sounds realy awful.

]]> By: Stormgrass http://laughingsquid.com/blag/comment-page-1/#comment-382 Stormgrass Sat, 06 Aug 2005 16:41:24 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=314#comment-382 <strong>The unhealthy blogger</strong> As Scott Beale from The laughing squid has found out, Apple’s built in widget dictionary would describe me as a 20something (true), American (not true) with “at least an unhealthy interest in computers” (well…). And all that jus... The unhealthy blogger

As Scott Beale from The laughing squid has found out, Apple’s built in widget dictionary would describe me as a 20something (true), American (not true) with “at least an unhealthy interest in computers” (well…). And all that jus…

]]> By: Commenter http://laughingsquid.com/blag/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Commenter Sat, 06 Aug 2005 13:34:35 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=314#comment-380 Re Scott’s second update: The dictionary applicaiton does indeed give credit to Oxford American Dictionaries. If you don’t want to go as far as looking in the preferences, just start the application by double-clicking. Re Scott’s second update: The dictionary applicaiton does indeed give credit to Oxford American Dictionaries. If you don’t want to go as far as looking in the preferences, just start the application by double-clicking.

]]> By: CSS http://laughingsquid.com/blag/comment-page-1/#comment-379 CSS Sat, 06 Aug 2005 13:02:15 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=314#comment-379 Afaik italic sentences mark exmaples how to use a specific word. Afaik italic sentences mark exmaples how to use a specific word.

]]> By: ALT1040 » Blog según el Mac OS X 10.4 http://laughingsquid.com/blag/comment-page-1/#comment-377 ALT1040 » Blog según el Mac OS X 10.4 Sat, 06 Aug 2005 03:00:20 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=314#comment-377 [...] Blog según el Mac OS X 10.4 Qué significa “blog” según el diccionario que viene en el Mac OS X 10.4. Bläg! Bläg! Bläg! Esta anotación fue escrita el Viernes 05 de Agosto, 2005 a las 9:57 pm por Eduardo Arcos y está clasificada dentro de: 1040 Links. [...] [...] Blog según el Mac OS X 10.4 Qué significa “blog” según el diccionario que viene en el Mac OS X 10.4. Bläg! Bläg! Bläg! Esta anotación fue escrita el Viernes 05 de Agosto, 2005 a las 9:57 pm por Eduardo Arcos y está clasificada dentro de: 1040 Links. [...]

]]> By: Dan Bruno http://laughingsquid.com/blag/comment-page-1/#comment-375 Dan Bruno Sat, 06 Aug 2005 01:59:23 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=314#comment-375 Simone: Too late! I bet the meme is already well on its way. :) Simone: Too late! I bet the meme is already well on its way. :)

]]> By: shut http://laughingsquid.com/blag/comment-page-1/#comment-374 shut Sat, 06 Aug 2005 01:20:30 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=314#comment-374 blog should be stricken from the english language and all words derived from it blog should be stricken from the english language and all words derived from it

]]> By: pm http://laughingsquid.com/blag/comment-page-1/#comment-371 pm Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:43:11 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=314#comment-371 And besides, "A Weblog" is actually a placeholder for the definition. Double clicking "Weblog" brings up the real one, "Web site on which an individual or group of users produces an ongoing narrative." And besides, “A Weblog” is actually a placeholder for the definition. Double clicking “Weblog” brings up the real one, “Web site on which an individual or group of users produces an ongoing narrative.”

]]> By: MacGrass » Blog: 不健康的電腦使用習慣？ http://laughingsquid.com/blag/comment-page-1/#comment-370 MacGrass » Blog: 不健康的電腦使用習慣？ Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:18:46 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=314#comment-370 [...] Laughing Squid的網友Scott Beale發現，Tiger內建的Dictionaryå°‡Blog定義為 run by twenty-something Americans with at least an unhealthy interest in computers [...] [...] Laughing Squid的網友Scott Beale發現，Tiger內建的Dictionaryå°‡Blog定義為 run by twenty-something Americans with at least an unhealthy interest in computers [...]

]]> By: Simone Manganelli http://laughingsquid.com/blag/comment-page-1/#comment-369 Simone Manganelli Fri, 05 Aug 2005 22:44:17 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=314#comment-369 Ugh, for the second time, it's not a definition. It's an example of usage! Ugh, for the second time, it’s not a definition. It’s an example of usage!

]]> By: john http://laughingsquid.com/blag/comment-page-1/#comment-368 john Fri, 05 Aug 2005 22:39:10 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=314#comment-368 Regardless of who penned the entry it's a horrible definition. Why do they have to be written by twenty-somethings? Also anyone who uses the internet regularly should know better then to assume anyone's nationality. Unhealthy interest in computers? I'll buy that. Regardless of who penned the entry it’s a horrible definition. Why do they have to be written by twenty-somethings? Also anyone who uses the internet regularly should know better then to assume anyone’s nationality. Unhealthy interest in computers? I’ll buy that.

]]> By: Simone Manganelli http://laughingsquid.com/blag/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Simone Manganelli Fri, 05 Aug 2005 22:34:11 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=314#comment-367 It also should be noted that anything in italics in Apple's dictionary widget is USAGE, not the definition. Try looking up "overrated" -- it will say the definition in normal print, which is "have a higher opinion of (someone or something) than is deserved". It will then say in italics "dismissing the work as pompous and overrated". This second part surely isn't a definition, but is usage. The same applies to "blog" -- the definition given is simply "a weblog", but the usage is what is quoted. There's a reason why I chose tho word "overrated". :rolleyes: It also should be noted that anything in italics in Apple’s dictionary widget is USAGE, not the definition. Try looking up “overrated” — it will say the definition in normal print, which is “have a higher opinion of (someone or something) than is deserved”. It will then say in italics “dismissing the work as pompous and overrated”. This second part surely isn’t a definition, but is usage. The same applies to “blog” — the definition given is simply “a weblog”, but the usage is what is quoted.

There’s a reason why I chose tho word “overrated”. :rolleyes:

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