tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post1470012396699253764..comments2024-03-29T22:18:45.103+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which the pond is startled to see the Devine savage the Caterists and Akker Dakker demand the deportation of the Bolter ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-23302349955028688682017-01-16T01:02:49.668+11:002017-01-16T01:02:49.668+11:00Sisters are doin' it for themselves...
UN pas...<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drGx7JkFSp4" rel="nofollow">Sisters are doin' it for themselves</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asherah" rel="nofollow">...</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.who.int/pmnch/media/events/2014/child_marriage/en/" rel="nofollow">UN passes historic resolution on ending child marriage</a><br /><a href="http://www.girlsnotbrides.org/girls-brides-statement-un-general-assembly-resolution-child-early-forced-marriage/" rel="nofollow">Girls Not Brides statement on UN General Assembly resolution on child, early and forced marriage</a><br /><a href="http://www.unfpa.org/child-marriage" rel="nofollow">UNFPA Child marriage Overview</a><br /><a href="https://www.unicef.org/protection/57929_58008.html" rel="nofollow">UNICEF Child protection from violence, exploitation and abuse</a><br /><a href="https://data.unicef.org/topic/child-protection/child-marriage/" rel="nofollow">UNICEF Child marriage Data</a><br /><a href="https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2016/ending-child-marriage" rel="nofollow">HRW Ending child marriage World Report 2016</a><br /><a href="https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg5" rel="nofollow">Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform: Goal 5 - Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls </a><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-75610981884925547582017-01-15T15:41:50.776+11:002017-01-15T15:41:50.776+11:00I think it's just about reached the stage wher...I think it's just about reached the stage where "creeping" has become "galloping" Merc. (sigh)<br /><br />But conjunctions and prepositions are just going to blazes these days: for instance the people who say "I'm bored <b>of</b> x". To me it always was, and always will be "bored <b>with</b> x". And talking about Americanisms, what about the "<b>off of</b>" meme ? As in "I got it <b>off of</b> him" instead of the simple "got it <b>from</b> him". Why is "off of" considered an improvement over 'from" ?<br /><br />Oh well, language is a "living thing" they tell me, and like all such aspects of humanity, they eventually experience a "race to the bottom", I guess.GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-46851569306135254092017-01-15T13:25:32.011+11:002017-01-15T13:25:32.011+11:00... and while we're on the subject, the saying...... and while we're on the subject, the saying of estimates "between 6 to 10"; that is, 'between 6 TO 10' when what is meant is 'between 6 AND 10'. I'm still waiting for the rest of it: "between 6-10 and WHAT!?!"Mercurialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-80536804179532539202017-01-15T13:18:45.189+11:002017-01-15T13:18:45.189+11:00Sounds to me like creeping Americanism in our gram...Sounds to me like creeping Americanism in our grammar, GB.Mercurialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-66726525943384462852017-01-15T12:31:21.417+11:002017-01-15T12:31:21.417+11:00'I believe in democracy', whatever it mean...'I believe in democracy', whatever it means, at least got a glam pic of Our Nicole for her fan-mags - Fairfax, News, ABC. Job done! <br />We are a pathetic lot.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08158673564017581517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-84340492211982972762017-01-15T10:59:35.021+11:002017-01-15T10:59:35.021+11:00Gotta be quick on these high click-rate blogs, DWT...Gotta be quick on these high click-rate blogs, DWT, 'cos there's only the quick and the dead.GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-63659630696279271972017-01-15T10:55:31.341+11:002017-01-15T10:55:31.341+11:00Well despite my occasional inattentive failures, I...Well despite my occasional inattentive failures, I have to agree with you totally there, DP.<br /><br />But I guess the one that really gets up my goat is the "I'll try <b>and</b> improve" meme. So you'll try, <b>and</b> you'll improve - guaranteed ! Or did you really mean "I'll try <b>to</b> improve, but actual improvement is not guaranteed". [Not referring to you, personally, DP, but to the generic "you" that has long replaced the stylistically obsolescent "one"].<br /><br />The only one along that line that's basically acceptable is "I'll go and see" - you will go, and the you will see.GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-27380841059421575552017-01-15T10:16:42.270+11:002017-01-15T10:16:42.270+11:00Well played GB, though its the its that really giv...Well played GB, though its the its that really gives the ponds the sh itsdorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-85719454062368929762017-01-15T09:33:45.897+11:002017-01-15T09:33:45.897+11:00Beat me to it, Gruebleen!Beat me to it, Gruebleen!deewhytonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13401773516482445629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-27709850486430584762017-01-15T09:29:36.438+11:002017-01-15T09:29:36.438+11:00I wouldn't put MGM in quite the same category ...I wouldn't put MGM in quite the same category as FGM, DP. Along with most other males who were mutilated shortly after birth, I'm still perfectly capable of getting my rocks off.<br /><br />MGM may have been misguided, but it's nowhere near as damaging in the long term.Mercurialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08531202189169082683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-8114783014226268862017-01-15T08:44:01.131+11:002017-01-15T08:44:01.131+11:00"...your real crime is to talk of "it...<i>"...your real crime is to talk of "it's borders." "</i><br /><br />Not too sure about <i>"your families future"</i> either, DP. Maybe "your family's future" ? Or possibly even something like "all families' futures" ?GrueBleennoreply@blogger.com