shropshire 0 #101 August 10, 2009 Side note .... Is Instinctual actually a word? It doesn't sound correct to the English ear.... we'd say Instinctive. O.K you can carry on now....... (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #102 August 10, 2009 Quote Side note .... Is Instinctual actually a word? It doesn't sound correct to the English ear.... we'd say Instictive. O.K you can carry on now....... We just like to make 'em up as we go along. Not necessarily following any 'word protocol'. That way, it doesn't appear in a dictionary and we can't get caught 'mis-spelling'. It's really simple. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhondaLea 4 #103 August 10, 2009 Quote Side note .... Is Instinctual actually a word? It doesn't sound correct to the English ear.... we'd say Instictive. http://www.answers.com/instinctual But... Neither WordNet (Princeton University) nor Chambers recognized instinctual as a word. Then again, instictive didn't cut it either. If you don't know where you're going, you should know where you came from. Gullah Proverb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vortexring 0 #104 August 10, 2009 He means 'instictive' in a similiar way to 'balaclarva'. I think. 'for it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #105 August 10, 2009 QuoteWe just like to make 'em up as we go along. Not necessarily following any 'word protocol'. That way, it doesn't appear in a dictionary and we can't get caught 'mis-spelling'. It's really simple. You ain't fibbing, cowboy. "Ain't" is a word and it ain't no longer excluded from the dictionary. I go by Merriam-Webster circa 1980-something. It is my first dictionary as part of a special Costco trichotomy featuring a dictionary, a thesaurus and something else (I forget what--never used it). My dictionary has my name written inside it in my own beginner's handwriting and resides forthwith in such a locus where I can consult it for big words transcribed in my fashion magazines such as "coquettish" and "haute".Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #106 August 10, 2009 It's getting late ... I can't type even when I'm awake, let alone tired (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #107 August 10, 2009 Hi Rhonda! I still owe you so much... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #108 August 11, 2009 Quote Quote We just like to make 'em up as we go along. Not necessarily following any 'word protocol'. That way, it doesn't appear in a dictionary and we can't get caught 'mis-spelling'. It's really simple. You ain't fibbing, cowboy. "Ain't" is a word and it ain't no longer excluded from the dictionary. I go by Merriam-Webster circa 1980-something. It is my first dictionary as part of a special Costco trichotomy featuring a dictionary, a thesaurus and something else (I forget what--never used it). My dictionary has my name written inside it in my own beginner's handwriting and resides forthwith in such a locus where I can consult it for big words transcribed in my fashion magazines such as "coquettish" and "haute". You ain't kiddin', ain't is a word! It's gotta be... I use it all the time!I keep a copy of The american Heritage Dictionary handy to doublt-check spellings of words on ocasion. The way a lot of folks spell now days, I get confused at times. It's good to have a back-up. 'haute' and 'coquettish' usually ain't among my top choice os words. Don't they use those words in those 'romance novels'? I've never heard them outa the mouths of any of the hands I've worked with. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
labrys 0 #109 August 11, 2009 QuoteIf a situation arose in which you must choose between saving the life of your pet or the life of a stranger, whom would you rescue and why? If a situation arose in which you must choose between saving the life of your pet or the life of your child, whom would you rescue and why? What's the fundamental difference between a pet, a stranger, and a child. Now take the child out and think about it.Owned by Remi #? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhondaLea 4 #110 August 11, 2009 QuoteIf a situation arose in which you must choose between saving the life of your pet or the life of your child, whom would you rescue and why? What's the fundamental difference between a pet, a stranger, and a child. Now take the child out and think about it. Doesn't work for me. My pet and my child? No question that I'd save my child. The problem arises when it's down to the pet I love and a stranger. I know that the right action--the action I hope I would choose--is to save the stranger. I'm pretty sure that at the instinctive level, I would be compelled to save a strange child. I'm not so confident about what I would do in the real world if the choice were between my beloved pet and a strange adult. What's odd is that I can think of a few adults I would not choose to save if the choice were the life of my pet. A stranger might fare better with me than some of my casual acquaintances and my first husband. "Don't let them give you to the women."If you don't know where you're going, you should know where you came from. Gullah Proverb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhondaLea 4 #111 August 11, 2009 Quote Hi Rhonda! I still owe you so much... I'm glad I could help. No debt. I am curious though if you will choose to save me instead of your pet when you learn that in spite of his curmudgeonly ways, I'm rather fond of John Kallend?If you don't know where you're going, you should know where you came from. Gullah Proverb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #112 August 11, 2009 I would save both you and my pet, I would probably perish in the process, that is my luck. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
labrys 0 #113 August 11, 2009 QuoteI'm pretty sure that at the instinctive level, I would be compelled to save a strange child. I'm not so confident about what I would do in the real world if the choice were between my beloved pet and a strange adult. Fair answerOwned by Remi #? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 10 #114 August 11, 2009 QuoteBut there are so many dogs out there that are more worth saving than some liberals out there. shame you feel that way."No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vortexring 0 #115 August 11, 2009 QuoteI'm not so confident about what I would do in the real world if the choice were between my beloved pet and a strange adult. But that's the beauty of the question, because nobody can be sure until they're in the situation. And the next? I think we have trouble deciding on the answer to this question because we've the time to dwell on our emotional attachments to our pets. Have we this time for when it's real? My argument is that human instinct kicks in and we save the stranger. 'for it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christelsabine 1 #116 August 12, 2009 Quote .... My argument is that human instinct kicks in and we save the stranger. Now that's a fine and wise argument. I fully agree. dudeist skydiver # 3105 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
