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In response to: "technorati" 91 days old
by No Nick [Visitor]

Hello...

I have a question for you. I saw on net that you studied something about Song of the Songs. And I'm interesting - does anywhere Songs talk about Muhammed? What is your opinion?

Sorry of my bad english, I'm from Serbia. :)

Please, answer me, because I'm very interesting about this topic. more…
In response to: "The end is nigh" 260 days old
by www.jeffreydavidmorris.com [Visitor]

The 'spammers' are dumbasses. Everyone has a record, God/Jesus see all, hence, Judgement Day, let those (of the age's from the beginning to the end whom wanna be dumbasses, be Lucifer's bitches, that they are. Lucifer thought he was gonna run his mouth to the Father in the beinning; yeah, think again. Thus, there will be a day of reckoning, all wil more…
In response to: "National Poetry Month" 280 days old
by Samarkand [Visitor]

A Quinquireme was originally built by the people of Carthage. It was a wooden boat over 100 feet long, which had as many as 170 rowers at three levels. It was the most advanced vessel at sea during the middle ages, and had a huge metal battering ram on its front end, used to bash into enemy boats and sink them. Later the Romans copied this style more…
In response to: "Oh Lord my God..." 310 days old
by Ian [Visitor]

Check the definition of Awesome and I think you will understand that the writet [or perhaps the translator - from Russian , I think] used the correct term.

from Wiktionary;
awesome (comparative more awesome, superlative most awesome)

Positive - awesome
Comparative - more awesome
Superlative - most awesom more…
In response to: "Blue remembered hills" 329 days old
by sian beeston [Visitor]

i am studying this for drama and i really enjoyed doing it because we had a laugh while trying to do the accents more…
In response to: "Birthday pros and cons" 352 days old
by Lisa (visitor) [Visitor]

Thank you! I loved that poem as a child. I heard it when I was 5 and a few lines have stuck with me for the past 35 years. I suddenly thought today that I could track it down through google. Now I can recite it to my kids.
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In response to: "False atheism?" 406 days old
by JJKinsella [Member]

Perhaps not though, if the bible is wrong. more…
In response to: "A paper in search of a title" 520 days old
by greg [Visitor]

Ros - would it be possible to get a copy of your paper? I'm always interested in analyses of this stuff. I realize this is an old post and don't know that you'll get this post, but wanted to take a shot . . . more…
In response to: "Oh Lord my God..." 521 days old
by Glenn [Visitor]

Surely, as a wonder, it is inexplicable. Therefore, as no other can explain their sense of it to others, others are going to feel let down, and our own personal experiences feel somewhat left out because we are unable to describe that "sense" that we have shared with others, but can't quite explain.
" Birth and re-birth are an individual's c more…
In response to: "Noni bags" 521 days old
by Jay [Visitor]

Nice looking bag, Good Luck! more…
In response to: "Through New Eyes" 588 days old
by rosclarke [Member]

They were making MP3's of John Owen?!?! Why did it take so long for everyone else to catch on?

Readers of this blog and my post above will not need telling what I think of the resources Reg has linked to. But it's always good to hear the other side, I suppose. more…
In response to: "Through New Eyes" 589 days old
by Reg Barrow [Visitor]

A recent refutation of James Jordan can be found in the free MP3 series, "Liturgical Antinomianism," by Brian Schwertley beginning at http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=316081559532

We (Still Waters Revival Books) also include free resources refuting James Jordan at "Reformation Worship, the Regulative Principle, Iconoclasm, more…
In response to: "Feeling inspired" 633 days old
by TrinketTree [Member]

I have a Etsy shop and think it is a great way to find unusual gifts & loads of great craft suplies, definatly the best Hand Made market around! more…
In response to: "Echoes of Scripture" 729 days old
by Honda body kit [Visitor]

Hi, nice topic. Thanks. Honda body kit more…
In response to: "Brand shiny new laptop" 774 days old
by rosclarke [Member]

Sony Vaio
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In response to: "Brand shiny new laptop" 779 days old
by [Visitor]

Is it dell laptop? more…
In response to: "Birthday pros and cons" 802 days old
by Charlotte [Visitor]

Gosh--according to Google, me and you are the only people in the world who have this poem posted. I memorized it in second/poss. third grade at the Oporto British School in 1974, and your version tallies exactly with the poem as I remembered it! more…
In response to: "SBL style help" 831 days old
by Steffen [Visitor]

Thanks for the plug, Ros! :-)

To explain how it works a bit...

It's a database of citations: you give it the bibliographic info for each work that you're citing, and keep it there for the rest of your life. It generates footnotes and a bibliographic entry correctly formatted for that entry. You can select a subset of you more…
In response to: "What happened next?" 833 days old
by matthew [Visitor]

Maybe. But I hope you're not going to stop with mimicry. more…
In response to: "What happened next?" 833 days old
by rosclarke [Member]

Thank you!

*blushes madly*

Mimicking other people's styles is much easier than developing my own. more…
In response to: "What happened next?" 833 days old
by matthew [Visitor]

Ros, we think this is wonderful. You're a very gifted writer. You've captured JKR's style nicely, and given Kingsley real depth. Following on from Deathly Hallows, it felt like a natural fit. And it's great to see that horrid statue destroyed. Seriously impressed.

Matthew and Annabel more…
In response to: "Whoa!" 836 days old
by rosclarke [Member]

Yes, I definitely want one of those beaded bags that you can fit everything in. Much more chic than Mary Poppins. It's odd though, because the number of visitors to the site is about the same as normal, just the number of page views is much higher. more…
In response to: "Whoa!" 837 days old
by Amanda Robbie [Visitor]

I wasn't one of the hitters yesterday, for a change. Were you coming up on Google with your comments about JKR? We've been thinking of you as we've been reading the DH - Hermione's bag is such a Ros touch!

I learnt the Greek alphabet to the tune of Gentille Alouette. Not that I can remember it now, though :( Maybe we should teach Ellio more…
In response to: "Metaphorical language" 840 days old
by rosclarke [Member]

Cool. Thanks for the link. more…
In response to: "Metaphorical language" 840 days old
by Iulia Clow [Visitor]

Dear Ros
Couldn't work out how to email you directly so i've posted this as a comment. I thought you might be interested in listening to some extracts of Gerard Manley Hopkins poems set to contemporary folk music by singer-songwriter Sean O'Leary at http://www.gerardmanleyhopkins.net/demo/
Best wishes
Iulia
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In response to: "Promoting the family" 841 days old
by Diana [Visitor]

A classic law response to a gospel problem. You're right, some things don't change. more…
In response to: "Minor irritations" 843 days old
by matthew [Visitor]

Paul,
Good question. I'm sticking to my guns over split infinitives (not least because I think they're ugly), and I'm happier with "We always have had...", but your last example is a good one; I can't think of a simple way round splitting up the verb, without adding an extra clause to the sentence. But it's late, I'm way out of my grammatic more…
In response to: "Much squeeing this morning" 844 days old
by Diana [Visitor]

Squeeing? Is that a refined, British way of squeeling? more…
In response to: "Much squeeing this morning" 844 days old
by Samantha [Visitor]

I am so glad you like it :-) You can see it in progress on Flickr if you're so inclined... http://www.flickr.com/photos/spamantha/828397594/ more…
In response to: "Minor irritations" 844 days old
by Paul B. [Visitor]

Let me offer a little more fighting talk, split-infinitivewise. (One of my own peeves is the gratuitous and inelegant use of -wise.)

I used to be a copy editor at a daily paper. You can find some real pedants among copy editors. Some have an aversion to split infinitives, and those typically also frown on splitting any components of a more…