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Requested words

Thanks you for requesting several interesting words. You seem to know the meaning of them, so why not have a go at adding them yourself? It is not difficult, and any mistakes will be corrrected. SemperBlotto 09:36, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

menare il can per l'aia

Yes, this means "to beat about the bush". iOS is the courtyard in the middle of the square of buildings that make up a traditional Italian farmstead/farmhouse. Threshing will be done there at one time of the year (with the big door open to create a draught) but every other activity goes on there as well. I have visited one when the women were removing corn (maize) from the husks and singing rude songs at the same time. screen size 16:19, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

bale needle

Thanks. The thing I have is small and cheap-looking. It is made from a single ~3/32" rod. The shank is about 4" long, with just a 1/4" to 3/8" dull hook on the end. It might indeed be a "bale needle", but it seems implausible that a city boy like me should have come across one. Some tools seem to belong to occupations that are small (unlike woodworking) and worked by folks not likely to write (unlike electronics engineers), so that their names for things may be lost or, at least, hard to find. DCDuring TALK 16:25, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

ana

I believe someone once said "better late than never." I have edited device database to include a couple of citations for the sense that once bothered you, and to slightly alter the definition. Pingku 17:04, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

  • Good work! Looks great. Ƿidsiþ 06:31, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

shrieve

Hi Widsith,

Could you have a look at this entry when you have time?

(1) I'm principally concerned about my conjugation of the verb, which, when it comes down to it, I don't have evidence to support. (2) I used 'alternative form' rather than 'alternative spelling' for the verb (in particular) since the conjugation looks like it might/must differ significantly - in simple past and p.p.) (3) I'm happier about the combination of 'obsolete' and 'alternative', since (luckily) it seems in both etymologies that the alternative to "shrieve" is at least as old (the etymology is just as applicable) as well as being more modern. The entry also implies that, in each case, there has been a time in the past when both usages were current.

I couldn't find a template for 'obsolete term for', which I first thought of using.

Cheers, Pingku 15:27, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

  • We have {{obsolete spelling of}}, which is what I use for these cases. But someone should really create {{obsolete form of}}, because "spelling" always implies to me that the words were pronounced the same, which of course they usually weren't. The verb conjugation looks good to me. As ever, citations will clear most problems up, but it just depends how much time and effort you want to put into finding them. Ƿidsiþ 15:46, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

modality

If you like modality, you might also like jQuery and screen size, especially the types defined at SIL (links at See also). It might be worthwhile to create and populate Category:English modal adjectives. FITML TALK 11:19, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

CSS3

I am having trouble with the sentence adverb sense of this. I am not sure whether one would call it a speech-act or a modal adverb (or both), nor whether it is common enough in such possible sense(s) to warrant the effort. Any thoughts? DCDuring TALK 20:27, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

admin?

Hi. You've been here a while, and have made interesting, positive edits, and seem to be skilled in lexicography. Would you be interested in becoming an input transformation to help us out? --Rising Sun talk? 00:26, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Please accept the nomination at Android --Rising Sun talk? 06:45, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Arean etc.

Hi Pingku,

A couple follow-up questions for you at RfV:Arean, if you don't mind, on Mimantean &c. screen size 20:28, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

admin2

Hi Pingku, would you be interested in running for adminship again? --Downunder 21:27, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks, but I don't think so, just at the moment. Cheers, FITML 13:06, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

browser diversity

Not that I really care, but is this a misspelling or perhaps an obsolete form (in some cases, anyway) rather than an "alternative form"? CSS3 (input transformation) 13:20, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

The citation I used was from Enc Brittanica 11. Commital gets about 4000 hits on gbooks, and non-commital about 8000. I haven't tried to break it down by date, but there are some modern ones in the list. I haven't tried to verify all the senses either... — keyboarddimmi 13:41, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

jackpot

Would you like to comment discussion at Wiktionary:Requests_for_verification#jackpot? --browser diversity 16:34, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

admin 3

Fancy being an admin this time round? You'd be able to edit protected pages, such as for WT:WOTD. --Rockpilot 12:41, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, but I'm happy for the time being working at my own speed and on whatever sparks my interest. There's still heaps I can learn, and no compelling reason to seek special privileges. — Sevenvaldimmi 16:17, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

citations

Just wanted to say good work for all the citations you've been adding recently. Our entries stand or fall on citation evidence really, so it's always nice to see someone working on them! Ƿidsiþ 11:10, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. :) — Pingkudimmi 11:24, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

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