tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557954218760161620.post5525196457047595101..comments2023-08-24T16:23:44.260+10:00Comments on Words all Around: Oxford dictionary's word of the year in the 20th centuryparlancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11175843064324380048noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557954218760161620.post-88928504174898631292009-11-29T15:11:17.496+11:002009-11-29T15:11:17.496+11:00Oh, theregatha, now I get what you meant. It remin...Oh, theregatha, now I get what you meant. It reminds me of an experience, many years ago, in the early days of the internet, when I was a member of a discussion group about the novels of Dorothy Dunnett. <br /><br />The group was quite a high-power one, with multi-published authors, people who lectured at university level in literature studies, and, of course, ordinary people like myself. <br /><parlancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11175843064324380048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557954218760161620.post-71853960419129249312009-11-28T11:11:45.486+11:002009-11-28T11:11:45.486+11:00Sure, it is that awful thing one can experience on...Sure, it is that awful thing one can experience one morning, afternoon, late at night, when they enter their series of facebook dalliances to check in with "friends". Suddenly one can be confronted with what has been described as cyber bullying, which of course is receiving much warranted concern and attention. What is also possible and does occur quite often is that one can suddenly betheregathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04956028783556947063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557954218760161620.post-75460330715657185212009-11-27T22:59:20.902+11:002009-11-27T22:59:20.902+11:00Theregatha, I'm not sure what you mean. Can yo...Theregatha, I'm not sure what you mean. Can you explain a bit more?parlancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11175843064324380048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557954218760161620.post-74823784799597515942009-11-27T17:30:58.117+11:002009-11-27T17:30:58.117+11:00what I find most scary about this new "action...what I find most scary about this new "action" is that someone can so easily wipe one out of existence/communication without any discussion or opportunity to know or learn from one's assumed mistakes.theregathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04956028783556947063noreply@blogger.com