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[edit] frankenword
Thanks for fixing up my edit of portmanteau word. The use of the <ref> tag is relatively new, and I should use it more myself. I threw the "frankenword" reference into the section on portmanteaux involving proper names, because, of course, it is such a thing, but your move higher in the article actually enhances the reason I put the reference into the article in the first place. You may be interested to know that the whole reason I added the factoid about "frankenword" is that I fixed a double-redirect, causing "frankenword" to now redirect straight to portmanteau. Once I did that, I thought it was rather unhelpful to direct the hapless wiki-reader to a page that didn't even reference the search term he must have entered or clicked to get there. So it was with joy that I saw you left the gist of my edit untouched while improving the flow of the article!—GraemeMcRaetalk 22:24, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] more Portmanteau
You removed "Billary", I added "Brangelina" (1,830,000 hits on Google)...after reading the whole "portmanteau" section on the Supercouples page,I thought there should be some mention back on the original article. I know this has gone back and forth a good dozen times with yours being the last edit, so I wanted to check in and take your temperature on the add. Elizabeth BY (talk) 06:43, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
I'm not going to undo your undo without a conversation. And I absolutely agree that people shouldn't just add their favorite words, simply bulking up an entry (although someone did since my change, which remains). (Brangelina is not my favorite, I actually dislike it.) However, I'm arguing that the immediate application of Portmanteau to "supercouples" (or even high profile couples) is the most popular current use of the linguistic phenomena. A phenomenon and has been for quite a number of years. I'd be happy to do the research and find the references, beyond the one I'd already added. Truly, I believe this is worthy of note in a contemporary encyclopedia. Elizabeth BY (talk) 15:52, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
All right, I'm comfortable with the page as it stands - I went looking for the page of portmanteau words you suggested and? couldn't find it. If one would have a moment...could you possibly give me the link again? (Would like to suggest it for the resent add: "Rock band Flyleaf's song, Red Sam is a portmanteau of the names of fellow band members Jared and Sameer") Deepest thanks, Elizabeth B York/Elizabeth BY (talk) 21:44, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
You have great faith in a WikiNewbie's skill, but I'll try. Elizabeth BY (talk) 16:16, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Myer Lyon DYK
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On 10 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Myer Lyon, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
--Daniel Case (talk) 03:20, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] 4/25 DYK
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On 25 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Enfield Old Park, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
--Bedford 10:02, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] London Meetup - Sunday May 11th
We're hoping to have regular meetups for wikipedia enthusiasts in London. The next one is this Sunday lunchtime (May 11th) see Wikipedia:Meetup/London 9. in Holborn. Come along! -- Harry Wood (talk) 15:10, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Category:British opera composers
I've posed a couple of questions about this cat on the Opera Project page. Perhaps you'd like to comment? --Kleinzach 05:17, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Possibly unfree Image:Dburrowes.jpg
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