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21:31 / 19.05.03

I'm so glad I didn't spend all day sitting here and reading Barbelith - all these meaningless posts are unutterably stultifying.

(Incidentally I hope you will all be as enchanted as I was to learn that there is such a thing as 'stultiloquence', and that practitioners of this are are said to be 'stultiloquent'; furthermore, such stultiloquious persons might, when indulging in frothy and idle babblings, be said to be indulging in stultiloquy, much as I am doing at present. My life is immeasurably improved by this knowledge)

Dances with Gophers

21:43 / 19.05.03

I hope you don't think I'm being patronizing if I mention in passing that finding that such a word as stultiloquence exists is mesmerizing

21:58 / 19.05.03

It's clear that we've been infiltrated by the Icke-fearing reptilian creators of Life on Earth who, having become bored with hybridising with the Merovingian Line, have turned their nictating gaze upon our own little message-board.

Yes, Barbelith is Annunaki-ing.

02:14 / 20.05.03

mostly about the replying?

The local Goth prototype has become a run-of-the-mill example of the apocalypse.

02:20 / 20.05.03

The closest plastic I have is a debit card. Visa electron. With the PLus logo as well. Does London has plus cash withdrawal machine. Could I contact one of you when I'm in London?

Less searchable M0rd4nt

18:52 / 22.05.03

In its feverish, obsessive pursuit of the mrs. joyful prize for raffiawork, Barbelith is both tying and vying.

19:19 / 22.05.03

Like an all black gospel choir, Barbelith is testifying.

Can someone shout "Amen"?!

19:31 / 22.05.03

Amen, comrade.

Owing to the fact that I am currently trying to cut three thousand words out of an essay, I am in a vile mood - which Barbelith is slowly rectifying.

20:26 / 22.05.03

[thread-rot for Kit-Kat]

Hey Kit-Cat! Surely I would think that cutting out three thousand words presents a more reasonable task than trying to add three-thousand words to an essay that is already more or less complete! I spent a whole afternoon once merely trying to squeeze in three-hundred words into a (crap) essay that was basically completed (i.e., said all that I was going to say at the time), and that was sheer hell.

Not that I am trying to detract from your situation, mind you. Um, I'm sure that you have much experience in these areas, but I'll offer some hopefully somewhat handy advice: look for small words or phrases that can be cut out by replacing them with connective punctuation, i.e., try to take out connective phrases and replace them with colons, semi-colons, the dash '--', etc. While such a tactic will likely not allow you to get rid of all three thousand words, it might allow you to get rid of some words without too much of a sacrifice to some of the issues that, while important to the paper, might have to be trimmed/deleted in order for you to meet your required word count. Good luck and all the best!

20:50 / 22.05.03

[Thread-rot for El Zilcho]

Thanks very much, sirrah. I am following your methods to the best of my ability, but I'm getting to the stage where there really isn't anything left to chop. I think I'm just going to have to wave goodbye to a couple of paragraphs. I've already had to cut this thing three times and am feeling quite savage about the loss of some interesting material. Grrr! Snikt!

You are quite right that it is better to cut out than spin out, though, so I shall try to be more cheerful about it...

21:41 / 22.05.03

[Perhaps I ought to simply PM Kit-Cat but...]

Even though I can totally sympathize with the agony of having to cut out interesting material, you can always save those bits and expand upon them in other papers, yes?

Also, while I was out having a smoke, it occurred to me that the ellipses, '...', and crafty editing with square brackets, '[ ]', can be a good friends with regards to material you have quoted from other sources. Typically quotes will not only say what you want, but will often contain at least some superfluous material--getting rid of a few words by using '...' and editing with '[your words here]' might also work to your advantage. Cheers!

21:43 / 22.05.03

Or instead of quoting directly, shorten a quote with a paraphrase.

21:55 / 22.05.03

Cheers, Mr Z. I am beavering away madly as I write (well, not quite, but you know what I mean...), paraphrasing and wielding the ctrl-c command like billy-o, and hopefully I'll get it looking reasonable. If I use a small enough font they won't notice a bit extra anyway. I hope. And I will save the stuff I have cut for the viva and batter the examiners into submission...

And, to get things back on topic, that would be very satisfying. (have we had that one yet?)

20:35 / 24.05.03

amassing an army to destroy the world of men,

barbelith is urukai-ing.

Strange Machine Vs The Virus with Shoes

22:39 / 24.05.03

Barbelith creates its own prisoners/pioneers. Our eyeballs are red raw with guilt, sandpaper. Shit. Wrong thread.

01:56 / 25.05.03

We should venerate Toksik; he is divine.

Barbelith is sanctifying.

12:04 / 25.05.03

and what better after a long day's sanctifying than a good old fashioned saath efrikan barbecue?

barbelith is braiing.

13:43 / 25.05.03

The Chairman has enticed the Moomins onto the Board.

Barbelith is Little My-ing.

14:39 / 27.05.03

Our love is history.

Barbelith is Mai Tai-ing

16:08 / 28.05.03

Compelling us to drift ever closer to the source of its treacherous, siren song,

Barbelith is Lorelei-ing.

19:28 / 28.05.03

You're all WRONG! Barbelith is decrying.

alas.

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