This thread is only for words with four letters or less - Page 2

limey · 07-27-2010, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Flint

So what you note is that when a user, be it lad or lass, goes to make one of this type of post, you see that the end of the work they do will tend to be of a size less than it is when they make a post that does not have the same rule--that is to say, when they are not made to use less over more (as far as word size goes)?

You have put it so well in your post that I can't do more than grin at your apt and pert line! You play the drum and yet are damn good and word and mind work!

Sundae · 07-27-2010, 03:50 AM

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Originally Posted by toranokaze

The word list is not very big, thus, we must make due.

I don't see why the list of words to use can be tiny.
In fact when I play a word game four is the best I can come up with most of the time!
But then the test for us is that we don't have much to say, only an idea of how to say it. This can try the mind.

Flint · 07-27-2010, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

But then the test for us is that we don't have much to say, only an idea of how to say it. This can try the mind.

It is true what you say here. This is in fact the main part that we err on. It is very hard to say even a bit of what you mean when you must use this rule--the "rule of four" let us call it, as the part you mean when you say you can only use four of them is more than four of what it is that you can't use! See what
I mean?

glatt · 07-27-2010, 08:36 AM

Will this "rule of four" talk ever move on? Let's try.

You know, it used to be that 90 was hot, but now it's nice and cool. How nuts is that? How's the heat in your town or city? It's nice here. Not too warm, and not too cold.

Flint · 07-27-2010, 08:52 AM

Do you find it odd that we have not used a "bad" word yet? That is what you mean, most of the time, when you call a word the type of word that we must use when we post here. But, like Bill, the joke man of TV fame, said: you do not need to use a bad word to say what you want to say. He even felt that it was not good to do so, and that one was less of a man, or not as good at his art, if they felt they had to use a bad word in what they said. I don't know if I feel the same way, but much the same has been said to me, here on this very site! So I do note that some feel that way. At any rate, we have not gone over that line, yet, so what if we just don't do that? As a new part of the rule, I mean. Any pros vs. cons on this?

monster · 07-27-2010, 09:00 AM

It's easy. A hard test for us is if each word must have more than one beat. Like coma, easy, and user. Even most mots is a task and a half.

monster · 07-27-2010, 09:07 AM

Away, evil dual beat test. My fury will boil over if I keep this up.

Undertoad · 07-27-2010, 09:37 AM

I used a bad word. I used "mind fuck".

It was the best way to skip a long word I had in mind.

I like "bee" and "fly" cos they got that name cos they were tiny bugs.

Undertoad · 07-27-2010, 09:39 AM

Ah. We can't skip this talk of four, we won't talk of the heat of the day...

classicman · 07-27-2010, 09:39 AM

I feel that we may want to do this. I am not sure that is is the best way to go, but we may have to do it just the same.
pro - this will stay SFW.
con - this may not let some post due to the new rule.

glatt · 07-27-2010, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Ah. We can't skip this talk of four, we won't talk of the heat of the day...

It's hard to stop. I know. We just have to talk about the four.

monster · 07-27-2010, 10:09 AM

Onyx.

glatt · 07-27-2010, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

about

Five! Shit. I lose.

classicman · 07-27-2010, 10:37 AM

Damn you sir. I had hope that you may have been able to join the talk more than that.
Oh well, look at it this way. You did try and that sure is good.

Undertoad · 07-27-2010, 11:20 AM

C, you do it! As some say, "If it is to be, it is up to me."

07-27-2010, 08:52 AM	#20
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Do you find it odd that we have not used a "bad" word yet? That is what you mean, most of the time, when you call a word the type of word that we must use when we post here. But, like Bill, the joke man of TV fame, said: you do not need to use a bad word to say what you want to say. He even felt that it was not good to do so, and that one was less of a man, or not as good at his art, if they felt they had to use a bad word in what they said. I don't know if I feel the same way, but much the same has been said to me, here on this very site! So I do note that some feel that way. At any rate, we have not gone over that line, yet, so what if we just don't do that? As a new part of the rule, I mean. Any pros vs. cons on this? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

07-27-2010, 09:00 AM	#21
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	It's easy. A hard test for us is if each word must have more than one beat. Like coma, easy, and user. Even most mots is a task and a half. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-27-2010, 09:07 AM	#22
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Away, evil dual beat test. My fury will boil over if I keep this up. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-27-2010, 09:39 AM	#25
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I feel that we may want to do this. I am not sure that is is the best way to go, but we may have to do it just the same. pro - this will stay SFW. con - this may not let some post due to the new rule. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

07-27-2010, 10:09 AM	#27
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Onyx. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-27-2010, 08:36 AM	#19
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Will this "rule of four" talk ever move on? Let's try. You know, it used to be that 90 was hot, but now it's nice and cool. How nuts is that? How's the heat in your town or city? It's nice here. Not too warm, and not too cold.

07-27-2010, 09:37 AM	#23
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I used a bad word. I used "mind fuck". It was the best way to skip a long word I had in mind. I like "bee" and "fly" cos they got that name cos they were tiny bugs.

07-27-2010, 10:37 AM	#29
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Damn you sir. I had hope that you may have been able to join the talk more than that. Oh well, look at it this way. You did try and that sure is good. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

07-27-2010, 11:20 AM	#30
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	C, you do it! As some say, "If it is to be, it is up to me."

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