I'm pretty sure the URL is supposed to be read as "Plenty of Fish [in the sea]", but I'm afraid I also read "Plenty Offish" right away. One's chances don't look very promising...
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This is one of the banner ads being touted at me here at C&F:
I'm pretty sure the URL is supposed to be read as "Plenty of Fish [in the sea]", but I'm afraid I also read "Plenty Offish" right away. One's chances don't look very promising...
I'm pretty sure the URL is supposed to be read as "Plenty of Fish [in the sea]", but I'm afraid I also read "Plenty Offish" right away. One's chances don't look very promising...
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I was typing the URL for a classical music website, and after I had typed "classical" the suggestion came up for a classic albums website. I was quite taken aback.
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There's psychotherapist.net.
Is that "psychotherapist" or "Psycho, the rapist"?
Is that "psychotherapist" or "Psycho, the rapist"?
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Nanohedron wrote:This is one of the banner ads being touted at me here at C&F:
I'm pretty sure the URL is supposed to be read as "Plenty of Fish [in the sea]", but I'm afraid I also read "Plenty Offish" right away. One's chances don't look very promising...
He just got fined for spamming.
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A friend of mine was looking for Dick's Sporting Goods' website and typed in www.dicks.com.
It was NOT sporting goods.
Since then I believe the store has claimed that domain, but I imagine a lot of people got unpleasant surprises from that.
It was NOT sporting goods.
Since then I believe the store has claimed that domain, but I imagine a lot of people got unpleasant surprises from that.
My acoustic recordings (with whistles, of course):
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Words I write:
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Words I write:
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I've always thought the hyphen in experts-exchange was well placed!Brus wrote:There's psychotherapist.net.
Is that "psychotherapist" or "Psycho, the rapist"?
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Well, the services available from amateurs-exchange are definitely to be avoided:Peter Duggan wrote:I've always thought the hyphen in experts-exchange was well placed!
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I suppose it depends on who's talking.calanthrophy wrote:It was NOT sporting goods.
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But forgot to test the non-hyphened version before commenting...Peter Duggan wrote: I've always thought the hyphen in experts-exchange was well placed!
(Quite disappointing, really!)
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Expert sexchange is rubbish these days, all the good advice seems to have migrated to StackOverflow ( which also has the advantage of not being misinterpretable)Peter Duggan wrote: I've always thought the hyphen in experts-exchange was well placed!
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Tunborough wrote:I was typing the URL for a classical music website, and after I had typed "classical" the suggestion came up for a classic albums website. I was quite taken aback.
