Comments on: Periodicity (77) http://thewordnerds.org/2006/09/23/periodicity-77/ A podcast about words, language, and why we say the things we do Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:20:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jose Domingo http://thewordnerds.org/2006/09/23/periodicity-77/#comment-774 Jose Domingo Fri, 06 Oct 2006 21:50:07 +0000 http://thewordnerds.org/2006/09/23/periodicity-77/#comment-774 hi there Im from mexico,and i accidentaly discovered your blog, its a great job that u guys do, it has helped me to improve my english pronunciations and that kind of stuffs, i hope u can do your program every weekend so we can start the week learning more of those rough words. keep on the air u guys. best whishes just one more thing, Why dont u record an hour program? hi there

Im from mexico,and i accidentaly discovered your blog, its a great job that u guys do, it has helped me to improve my english pronunciations and that kind of stuffs, i hope u can do your program every weekend so we can start the week learning more of those rough words.

keep on the air u guys.
best whishes

just one more thing, Why dont u record an hour program?

]]> By: Fabio http://thewordnerds.org/2006/09/23/periodicity-77/#comment-752 Fabio Tue, 03 Oct 2006 20:30:42 +0000 http://thewordnerds.org/2006/09/23/periodicity-77/#comment-752 Hi There! This is a WordNerds' listener from Brazil. I am 21 and live in Sao Paulo city. I am interested in keeping in touch with people who listen to TWN. My email adress is ronyvictorious (at) yahoo (dot) com (dot) br. See you. Hi There!
This is a WordNerds’ listener from Brazil. I am 21 and live in Sao Paulo city. I am interested in keeping in touch with people who listen to TWN.
My email adress is ronyvictorious (at) yahoo (dot) com (dot) br.
See you.

]]> By: Michael Buchko http://thewordnerds.org/2006/09/23/periodicity-77/#comment-713 Michael Buchko Sat, 30 Sep 2006 16:07:04 +0000 http://thewordnerds.org/2006/09/23/periodicity-77/#comment-713 Congrats on the new Pod-- err... Nerdcast! It was great to hear about the "every other week" thing, which may be better for some people. As you can see, I just listened to this for the first time, 7 days after it was out, so not having a new one every Saturday might just work out after all. And, it sucks about the Cease and Desist Letters... how can they just do that? That's just not right. And, I wanted to let you know, in case you didn't, that "SPAZ" is a type of Shotgun with a random 'burst' where the shots travel in random directions and not just go straight out of the barrel. That kind of goes with the 'spaz-out' definition you gave for spaz. As always, keep up the good work! I look forward to hearing about Sports Dereritives (spell check?) Congrats on the new Pod– err… Nerdcast! It was great to hear about the “every other week” thing, which may be better for some people. As you can see, I just listened to this for the first time, 7 days after it was out, so not having a new one every Saturday might just work out after all.

And, it sucks about the Cease and Desist Letters… how can they just do that? That’s just not right.

And, I wanted to let you know, in case you didn’t, that “SPAZ” is a type of Shotgun with a random ‘burst’ where the shots travel in random directions and not just go straight out of the barrel. That kind of goes with the ’spaz-out’ definition you gave for spaz.

As always, keep up the good work! I look forward to hearing about Sports Dereritives (spell check?)

]]> By: Vicky Kicha http://thewordnerds.org/2006/09/23/periodicity-77/#comment-696 Vicky Kicha Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:29:30 +0000 http://thewordnerds.org/2006/09/23/periodicity-77/#comment-696 Herr Shepherd! You make me laugh really hard. :) I finally got around to listning to you on the podcasts. I just recently finished listning to the one about 'mofo'. Which. I must say. Made me smile. I didn't know that it stemmed all the way from Oedipus Rex. It was pretty cool, actually. Herr Shepherd!
You make me laugh really hard. :)

I finally got around to listning to you on the podcasts.
I just recently finished listning to the one about ‘mofo’.
Which. I must say.
Made me smile.
I didn’t know that it stemmed all the way from Oedipus Rex.
It was pretty cool, actually.

]]> By: Scott Rollins http://thewordnerds.org/2006/09/23/periodicity-77/#comment-688 Scott Rollins Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:19:19 +0000 http://thewordnerds.org/2006/09/23/periodicity-77/#comment-688 I can certainly understand the decision...and best wishes... I can't imagine how you put together shows every week for so long...and I hope you find the time and space that this move is intended to give you. I can certainly understand the decision…and best wishes…

I can’t imagine how you put together shows every week for so long…and I hope you find the time and space that this move is intended to give you.

]]> By: Joanna http://thewordnerds.org/2006/09/23/periodicity-77/#comment-679 Joanna Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:22:44 +0000 http://thewordnerds.org/2006/09/23/periodicity-77/#comment-679 Hi Dave, Howard S. and Howard C. Thanks so much for all the work that you've done, and continue to do for your Word Nerd fans, it's very much appreciated! I understand the need to scale back the production of your show, and I'll still be watching eagerly for each new episode, as you find time to podcast! Hi Dave, Howard S. and Howard C.

Thanks so much for all the work that you’ve done, and continue to do for your Word Nerd fans, it’s very much appreciated!
I understand the need to scale back the production of your show, and I’ll still be watching eagerly for each new episode, as you find time to podcast!

]]> By: CGHill http://thewordnerds.org/2006/09/23/periodicity-77/#comment-673 CGHill Sun, 24 Sep 2006 17:40:38 +0000 http://thewordnerds.org/2006/09/23/periodicity-77/#comment-673 Southeastern Pennsylvania listeners will recognize "Spaz" as the name of a beverage distributor in West Chester; I've driven past their facility, which has the word "SPAZ" in very large letters on an exterior wall. The owner of Spaz is Bob Spaziani, and there's your etymology, at least in this case. Southeastern Pennsylvania listeners will recognize “Spaz” as the name of a beverage distributor in West Chester; I’ve driven past their facility, which has the word “SPAZ” in very large letters on an exterior wall.

The owner of Spaz is Bob Spaziani, and there’s your etymology, at least in this case.

]]> By: Alexandre http://thewordnerds.org/2006/09/23/periodicity-77/#comment-669 Alexandre Sun, 24 Sep 2006 13:05:47 +0000 http://thewordnerds.org/2006/09/23/periodicity-77/#comment-669 IIRC, in Lars von Trier's <a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0154421/" rel="nofollow">The Idiots</a> (Dogme 2), they use "spaz" to describe themselves when they get "into character," which is to say, when they start acting like mentally disabled people. Is it a Danish word or was I just confused by the subtitles? (I probably used the French subtitles, though.) IIRC, in Lars von Trier’s The Idiots (Dogme 2), they use “spaz” to describe themselves when they get “into character,” which is to say, when they start acting like mentally disabled people.
Is it a Danish word or was I just confused by the subtitles? (I probably used the French subtitles, though.)

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