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 Post subject: Darth Who?
PostPosted: Wed Jun 05, 2002 1:57 pm 
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Notwithstanding that the Open Letter is one of the funniest things i've read for a while... What about Darth Maul :?:


a few more off the top of my head:

Darth Jured
Darth Grate
Darth Sane
Darth Capacitated



and, my favorite....

Darth Ebriated! :twisted:

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 05, 2002 2:01 pm 
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Darth Fluenza.
Darth Toxicated.
Darth Verted.
Darth Evitable.


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 05, 2002 2:21 pm 
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Darth Adequate
Darth Advertent
Darth Alienable
Darth Admissible
Darth Ane
Darth Asmuch
Darth Augural
Darth Carcerate
Darth Carnation (pink and fluffy!)
Darth Cendiary
Darth Cessant
Darth Cision

....

okay, here. <a href="http://msowww.anu.edu.au/~ralph/OPTED/v003/wb1913_i.html">go to town...</a> :D

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Darth Cubus is another good one =]

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 05, 2002 2:48 pm 
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I am also of the opinion that, since according to the illustrious dictionary:

<b>In</b>- () An inseparable prefix, or particle, meaning not, non-, un- as, inactive, incapable, inapt. In- regularly becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial.

and since

<b>Labial</b> (<i>n.</i>) A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as b, p, w.

Howrad must hereby be granted the usage of Darth Potent and Darth Becile! (it <u>should</u> be Inbecile, but convention dictates the "Im") :D

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Darth Who... Time Lord of the Sith?


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 05, 2002 8:07 pm 
Aw, Darth Sane was one I came up with, too. I guess I'll have to find some others to put up....

Has anyone done Darth Significant?

(Darth nards...beurk.)


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Pulka wrote:
I guess I'll have to find some others to put up....

well, if you follow the dictionary link i posted, it has 5090-some-odd "in"-words. =]

Darth Formant - Sith spy!

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what the heck. here's a list of all the ones my dictionary munching program spit out.
http://kazriko.freezope.org/darthwords
poor Darth Digent. can't get anything he needs...


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Not to mention Darth Trovert. He doesn't get along with any of the clones.


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tulzscha wrote:
Howrad must hereby be granted the usage of Darth Potent and Darth Becile! (it should be Inbecile, but convention dictates the "Im") :D


This process is called assimilation; when a sound changes to be closer to an adjacent sound. For example, the word assimilate is really ad-similate. (Ad- "to, towards"; similate "make similar") It's not convention, though, that makes inbecile into imbecile; it's linguistic change and part of English. No one ever says inbecile.

Thus, as much as I would like to use im- words, they technically don't follow the convention.


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8O Ooooooooooh, reeeeeeeeeelly, Jer?

Who died and made you Sheriff of Linguistics, hah?
Just because you're POTUS and a Janitor doesn't mean you get to make up all the rules.

You're not the boss of me.

Darth Subordination will never achieve a status above Janitor.


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Some people here are definitely running for Darth Pedant. ;)

(Call me Darth Comprehensible.)


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KareNin wrote:
8O Ooooooooooh, reeeeeeeeeelly, Jer?

Who died and made you Sheriff of Linguistics,hah?


Him. *points to dead body in corner, who's wearing a Sheriff of Linguistics badge, which Jer takes*

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Just because you're POTUS and a Janitor doesn't mean you get to make up all the rules.


I'm afraid I do get to make all the rules, as this is now the United States of Calvinball.


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jeremiahsmith wrote:
It's not convention, though, that makes inbecile into imbecile; it's linguistic change and part of English. No one ever says inbecile.

Thus, as much as I would like to use im- words, they technically don't follow the convention.



um... english is made up of one huge fuzzball of conventions.

<b>Convention</b> (v. i.) General agreement or concurrence; arbitrary custom; usage; conventionality.

it's a convention that "in" becomes "in" in front of some letters. inbecile inbecile inbecile! however, it's <b>not</b> consistent with the original "Darth {in}Concusive" convention.

Whether the in/im convention overrides the Darth convention is a matter of what you choose to believe...

just trying to give people the benefit of the doubt :P and then you come in, being all negative...

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How dare you question my Darth Telligence!

Darth Voluntary.
Darth Terpret.
Darth Ane.
Darth Dulge.
Darth Volute.
Darth Testine.
Darth Censed.


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jeremiahsmith wrote:
KareNin wrote:
8O Ooooooooooh, reeeeeeeeeelly, Jer?

Who died and made you Sheriff of Linguistics,hah?


Him. *points to dead body in corner, who's wearing a Sheriff of Linguistics badge, which Jer takes*



Umm, POTUS, I am the 'secatary of offence'. I get to do the breaking things and hurting people. If I catch you infringing (Darth Fringe, anyone?) on my job again, you can expect some job action from my union. And the Breaking Things and Hurting People Union does some pretty outrageous job action. :x

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Well, he HAS changed it to the United States of Calvinball, I guess that means he can make whatever rules he wants. ;)


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2002 2:33 am 
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Well, then I'll just have to strike.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2002 8:18 am 
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Pronto wrote:
Well, then I'll just have to strike.

i'm assuming this'd be a nuclear strike? :twisted:

-Darth Cinerate


Darth Dustrialization hates GreenPeace!
Darth Feriority wibbles in fear at the approach of Ewoks!
Darth Fielder is trying very hard to earn a Golden Glove
Darth Fidel lives in the United States! (not Cuba!)
Darth Citer stirs up opinion against him! (we'll leave Darth Tifada out of this)
Darth Ventory works in a warehouse, while Darth Terview still can't get a job...
Darth Somnia looks suspiciously like me....

okay, I shut up now :roll:

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2002 1:06 pm 
Forgive me if someone has already said these...

Darth Conprehensible
Darth Voluntary
Darth Fantile (can use the force to make messes ANYWHERE!)
Darth Vincible
Darth Visible
Darth Terested (or Teresting, or just Terest)
Darth Scribe
Darth Dubitably
Darth Fallible
Darth Fatigable
Darth Stincts

(has anyone already done Darth Surance?)

((Fear the ultimate evil that is Darth Sync)


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2002 1:10 pm 
Ooh! and what about Darth Conspicuous?

As for Darth Maul, I would assume that the rule was inverted, and his root name is Maulin' or Clarence. That would make any evil being angry.


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Darth Bred - married his sister


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Pulka wrote:
Darth Fatigable

doncha mean Darth <i>De</i>fatigable? :P ( dictionary definition of Infatigable is "Indefatigable" - shure is a heckuva mouthful. bloody brits.)

Darth Commensurable - best dang Sith ever!
Darth Sulation - wears an asbestos cloak!
Darth Sulted - the butt of everyones' joking!
Darth Terject (aka Darth Terfere) - always breaking Darth Terrupted's concentration!
Darth Terdiction - intercepting the supply of soda before it reaches me!
Darth Terchange - Never can find the right exit from the Mixing Bowl (sorry, DC joke :P)!
Darth Tegrity - genuine 100% Sith, baby!

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