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General Discussion => Introduce Yourself! => Topic started by: ZippyDee on March 26, 2011, 06:44:09 am
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Hey everyone! I'm Zippy. Or Taw. Either one.
I love words.
Words are awesome.
Anathema. Putrid. Spackle. Dank. Elbow. Gaggle. Pundit. Vivacious.....
You may look at words like that and just say "Okay...those are words. Cool story." But I look at words and see things like this:
STARTLING
STARTING
STARING
STRING
STING
SING
SIN
IN
I
Remove one letter each time and it is STILL a real word. Isn't that awesome?
Or how about this:
Therein, Therein, Therein, Therein, Therein, Therein, Therein, Therein, Therein, Therein, Therein.
All those words can be seen without rearranging any letters.
SO AWESOME.
Even just thinking about every-day words is awesome. Words like "banana" and "floss."
But enough about words, I've barely introduced myself! :P
I'm Zippy/Taw (as you already know), I'm a nerd (As you probably guessed), and I'm perfectly fine with that fact. :)
I like people. I like to talk. And I love talking to people...
I have ADHD and Tourette's Syndrome, along with a few other minor things, but hey, we all have our issues, right?
I like math. I hate math classes. I love to learn. I hate the educational system.
I love thinking. Specifically problem solving.
My love for learning inspires me to try all sorts of things, leading to the smorgasbord of activities and ideas that I refer to as my interests.
Programming, problem solving, psychology, building things, playing music, composing music, singing, acting, dancing, drawing, painting, marching band, colorguard, writing, stilt-walking, juggling, spinning poi, gymnastics, aerial acrobatics, teaching things to people, laughing, dreaming, meeting new people, just generally being around people, telling jokes (usually bad puns or obnoxiously witty remarks), correcting spelling/grammar, and obviously a lot more things.
I'm 18, I graduated high school a year ago, but I'm taking a year off before college. I am currently dancing 13 hours a week doing Jazz, Lyrical, Ballet, Ballroom, Hip-Hop, Breaking, and Popping/Locking. This year I'm dancing competitively in Jazz, Ballroom, Hip-Hop, and Popping/Locking.
I'm a self-taught programmer with plans to take actual CS courses in college. I started with VB4 when I was 7 (looking back at that always makes me laugh), then I learned Flash ActionScript 2.0, then 3.0, then TI-BASIC, then a liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittle bit of z80 ASM, then Java, then 4 days ago I started poking around with Axe, and now I'm here. :D
I play a lot of instruments. I won't list them all right now, but if you really want I can tell you.
I teach at a circus camp in the summer, hence the stilt-walking, juggling, poi, gymnastics, and aerial acrobatics in my list of interests.
I'm one of those people who starts a bunch of projects but is conveniently too ambitious to finish any of them before starting more and completely forgetting about the old ones. I wish that wasn't the case, but oh well.
That's basically me. If you have any questions about me or even about anything really, I'll be happy to answer them, at least to the best of my knowledge.
Glad to be on the forums :D
My apologies for writing so much,
-Zippy Dee
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Welcome ZippyDee, I like your games with words :P
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I prefer to think of them as explorations. It's like spelunking into language. :D
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omg, this dude is AWESOME!. Slightly creepy, though... But we all are. What part do you have Tourette's Syndrome in?
I wish I could stilt-walk.
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You know what another interesting word to think about is? Balloon.
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You sound almost exactly like me :P
My favorite word, just cause it is so long: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis
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omg, this dude is AWESOME!. Slightly creepy, though... But we all are. What part do you have Tourette's Syndrome in?
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Hm, seems you are doing a lot of things.
You may also like this word: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0 (http://www.sarahmcculloch.com/luminaryuprise/longest-word.html) (too long to be written in a single post)
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And this word (even longer (http://goo.gl/QMET)).
EDIT: Can't believe it! Nobody's given him !peanuts yet!
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Longest word in the english language
http://ourl.ca/6299/182960
and the post after that
EDIT: this seems to fit with the theme of the thread...
(http://www.omnimaga.org/images/peanut-bag-rickroll.gif)
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Man, why do I keep forgetting this peanuts. Enjoy the peanut goodness...
(http://tinyurl.com/taopeanuts)
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Welcome aboard! Here are your !peanuts
Here's a word-related website for you:
phrontistery.info
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Welcome aboard! Here are your !peanuts
Late.
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My favorite word is juxtapose.
Also the longest word is the longest molecule chain, which would probably be some derivation of DNA. But the REAL longest word must be in English :P
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Longest undisputed word is still antidisestablishmentarianism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English
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Welcome.
Why do I feel attracted to you(as a friend)?
Maybe its because we have similar ideas: I like singing(but I don't know if I can), I like drawing, I like programming.
And when I'm busy on a project I start already thinking ideas for my next project.
I hope you will become a nice member on this forum. :)
ADHD? Isn't that just that you are kinda enthusiastic many things? I think that can be a positive point.
Well, once more. WELCOME!!!
p.s: Your post amount is 42
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My fav word is cancrizans (moving backwards).
I also like widdershins (counter-clockwise), cattywompus (misaligned, askew, out of wack), antimacassar, illlit (poorly lit), cant (multiple meanings), deleterious, and many others.
Edit: What Stefan Bauwens posted, too.
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queueing?
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Hi and welcome on the forums. :D I hope eventually we can motivate you enough to finish one of your projects. :D
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What part do you have Tourette's Syndrome in?
In order to be diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome, you have to have at least one motor tic, and at least one oral/vocal tic. For those who don't know, a tic is a (pseudo)involuntary movement or sound. That's a simple explanation, but it's more complex than that. Like...When you're lying down and about to fall asleep, then suddenly your leg spasms....that's not a tic. Sorry. You don't have a tic disorder because of that. :P
A majority of the time motor tics are facial tics, and a majority of THAT is eyes and eyebrows. The reason for that being that facial expressions are pseudo-involuntary actions. You CAN voluntarily move your facial muscles to make an expression, but every time something makes you upset, or happy, or surprised, small (and sometimes large) changes occur in your expression involuntarily. Therefore, pseudo-involuntary muscle movements are the easiest target, so to speak, for tic disorders. Another example of a pseudo-involuntary muscle is your diaphragm. Do you consciously breathe in and out every minute of every day? I hope not...Otherwise it sucks to be you. Diaphragm-related tics are qualified usually as vocal/oral tics, because they relate to passing of air and usually also involve making sounds.
My exact tics change all the time. They also fluctuate in severity depending on multiple factors, a lot of which is stress or stress-related.
What my tics generally consist of: Raising/furrowing eyebrows, closing my eyes tight for a second or so, blinking, wrinkling my nose, tensing a smile for a second or so, coughing (this one shows up the most often after I just get over a cold and have an actual cough, then the real cough goes away and is replaced by a tic), exhaling sharply, small inhaling and/or exhaling grunts, same as previous only higher pitched, clicking my tongue, stretching my neck (like when you see someone trying to crack their neck. This one ends up hurting like a BITCH after the first hour, but I can't stop. Tough life :P )
As I said, they change (maybe "cycle" is a better word?) all the time, so those are just examples of tics I've had.
WHAT MY TICS DO NOT CONSIST OF: Swearing, saying any words even at all, violent spastic movements.
Verbal tics (not the same as vocal) are part of what's know as Coprolalia. Only about 10% of people with Tourette's have Coprolalia. Sadly, around 85% of those people have swearing as their verbal tic(s). Why? Because swear words are the simplest words for your language processing center to use. Think about it: you smash your thumb accidentally while trying to hammer in a nail and often the first thing that comes to mind is a swear word of some kind. Swear words used in that sense (meaning used as exclamations) are effectively definition-less. They're basically a quick-access route through your language processing center for your brain to say "STRONG EMOTIONAL OR PHYSICAL DISCOMFORT!!!"
Sadly, these people are also the ones that you usually see on TV, because of their "freak show" factor. I hope reading this has made you more aware (if you were not already) of the REAL Tourette's Syndrome, and not just the Tourette's Syndrome shown to you by the media.
One last note on my Tourette's: I have taught myself to disguise almost all of my tics into my daily speech patterns and expressions. If I hadn't told you I had Tourette's, you would never have known.
My favorite word, just cause it is so long: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis
That was originally my thread name, but I changed it so I wouldn't seem like one of those people who uses big words just to make people feel stupid...
Also, that was ALMOST correct. ~coniosis, not ~koniosis. Still a fantastic word! :D
Longest undisputed word is still antidisestablishmentarianism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English
Begone, heathen. :P j/k.
Welcome.
Why do I feel attracted to you(as a friend)?
Maybe its because we have similar ideas: I like singing(but I don't know if I can), I like drawing, I like programming.
And when I'm busy on a project I start already thinking ideas for my next project.
I hope you will become a nice member on this forum. :)
ADHD? Isn't that just that you are kinda enthusiastic many things? I think that can be a positive point.
Well, once more. WELCOME!!!
p.s: Your post amount is 42
I'm glad I made friends quickly enough :D
And that is a very comforting post count. Very comforting. Also, I just realized I forgot my towel.
My fav word is cancrizans (moving backwards).
I also like widdershins (counter-clockwise), cattywompus (misaligned, askew, out of wack), antimacassar, illlit (poorly lit), cant (multiple meanings), deleterious, and many others.
Edit: What Stefan Bauwens posted, too.
All great words :D I have a list of more than 600 words that I've just kind of written down. Just for fun. I'll add these :D I already have deleterious and illit, and I might have cattywompus, but I'll add the others for sure :D We should start a WORDS thread!!!! :O
queueing?
5 consecutive vowels. Great word for Hangman. Kind of like Sequoia (which contains all 5 vowels) or Syzygy (I'm not even going to explain why this one's good for hangman).
Hi and welcome on the forums. :D I hope eventually we can motivate you enough to finish one of your projects. :D
Thanks! I hope so too! I've been working toward finishing things more lately, so I'm looking forward to that day! :P
Also, I'd like to add a general thanks for all your gracious gifts of peanuts. I shall be quite comfortable I dare say. :D
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Actually, the best hangman word is fly. Only three letters, and none of them common.
I actually know what syzygy means, and doesn't it look awesome in print?
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Quote from: SirCmpwn on Yesterday at 13:38:16
My favorite word, just cause it is so long: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis
That was originally my thread name, but I changed it so I wouldn't seem like one of those people who uses big words just to make people feel stupid...
Also, that was ALMOST correct. ~coniosis, not ~koniosis. Still a fantastic word!
I think it can be either c or k. Not sure on this one though, because I've seen it spelled both ways.
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My opinion of Tourette's Syndrome.
90% diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome actually have it.
9% of people Tourette's Syndrome actually had a spinal injury causing the same symptoms. (I fall into this category)
<1% found the episode of south park found it funny, though they pretend to have compulsive swearing
I had Raising/furrowing eyebrows and wrinkling my nose, closing my eyes tight for a second or so, blinking, grunts, bad twitches in my neck.
After several weeks with my chiropractor, most of the conditions are gone, and I am able to suppress the ones that aren't.
Have you ever been in an accident that involved your neck/ spine. Such as a bike accident?
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I have eye tics, so that's why I was wondering.
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I remember I used to have eye tics too I think, but it's less bad when I'm not nervous/stressed. I sometimes tend to do some noises though.
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I remember I used to have eye tics too I think, but it's less bad when I'm not nervous/stressed. I sometimes tend to do some noises though.
Yeah. I can control them strangely now, but it still happens.
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My fav word is cancrizans (moving backwards).
I also like widdershins (counter-clockwise), cattywompus (misaligned, askew, out of wack), antimacassar, illlit (poorly lit), cant (multiple meanings), deleterious, and many others.
Edit: What Stefan Bauwens posted, too.
It. A. The. Short and simple :P
One of my personal favorites is defenestration, the act of throwing something (esp. a person) out of a window
Another weird combo: take the 's' out of "slaughter" and you get "laughter" O.O
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My fav word is cancrizans (moving backwards).
I also like widdershins (counter-clockwise), cattywompus (misaligned, askew, out of wack), antimacassar, illlit (poorly lit), cant (multiple meanings), deleterious, and many others.
Edit: What Stefan Bauwens posted, too.
It. A. The. Short and simple :P
One of my personal favorites is defenestration, the act of throwing something (esp. a person) out of a window
me too. :P
I like how it comes from de, meaning down, and fenestrus, -i, meaning window. :P
I mentioned this on IRC at one point when jimbauwens decided to throw someone out the window. XD
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Another weird combo: take the 's' out of "slaughter" and you get "laughter" O.O
Chuck Norris put that in there. :P
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Yeah, I was going through the "fun facts" of whatever they're called on dictionary.com :P
That was also how I found the chemical name for Titin.
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queueing?
Hmm, xkcd anyone? http://xkcd.com/853/
Welcome here, Zippy! ;D
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I had forgotten defenestration. It's nice to finally see an etymology.
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My opinion of Tourette's Syndrome.
90% diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome actually have it.
9% of people Tourette's Syndrome actually had a spinal injury causing the same symptoms. (I fall into this category)
<1% found the episode of south park found it funny, though they pretend to have compulsive swearing
I had Raising/furrowing eyebrows and wrinkling my nose, closing my eyes tight for a second or so, blinking, grunts, bad twitches in my neck.
After several weeks with my chiropractor, most of the conditions are gone, and I am able to suppress the ones that aren't.
Have you ever been in an accident that involved your neck/ spine. Such as a bike accident?
When you say suppress, do you mean completely? Or temporarily. Because if it's an actual tic disorder, then suppressing is only a temporary solution. The only way to stop ticing is to tic.
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Yeah, like fighting a sneeze.
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Actually, the best hangman word is fly. Only three letters, and none of them common.
I actually know what syzygy means, and doesn't it look awesome in print?
I beg to differ.
The best word for hangman is lynx.
In my experience, nobody has been able to solve it without giving the hangman new shoes and some shiny sunglasses.
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Huh. I'll have to try it sometime. But the shortness of fly messes with your head, man.
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Yeah, like fighting a sneeze.
Many people use this as an example. I don't agree with this. There's a point at which you literally cannot stop yourself from sneezing, just before it starts. With tics, that point comes as soon as you start ticing. Because of this, I usually liken it to a cough. Ever have that feeling like you really have to cough, but you hold it in, and it just builds up in your chest, and creeps up to the back of your throat until you can't hold it in any more and you have to let it out? That's what it's like. You CAN hold it in, but the longer you hold it in, the worse the feeling gets. The only way to make the pressure go away is to let the tics come out. I say "tics" instead of "tic" because it often ends up being more than you thought it was.
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Like pee?
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Lol no, there's a point where you physically can't hold pee in any longer too, no matter how much you want to. With this you CAN hold it in, but it just feels AWFUL.
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Well, if you hold pee in too long, there's a chance it may go back into the kidneys. This is called renal reflux and it can cause serious kidney damage.
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Sounds fun. No kidney damage with Tourette's as far as I'm aware. :P
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Oh, it's a barrel of monkeys. My dad got me a Game Boy Color so I wouldn't be so bored in the hospital, and that GBC was what started me on video games and probably computers in general. I still have it. It's teal.
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For the record, my favorite hangman word is rhythm. ;)
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What about LP?
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LP? ???
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Long play, a kind of Vinyl .
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Oh ok. I always wondered what LP meant when ppl refered to vinyl as LPs.
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And then there's EP, Extended Play.
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Is it just something about quality? It seems to remind me how VHS recordable tapes could be recorded in SP, LP and EP mode, but in EP mode it was a bit blurrier and quality would degrade from a VCR to another and sometimes colors would change at the top of the screen.
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I dunno. 'Twas before my time.
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If I remember correctly, LPs were the first records to have multiple tracks on them. You basically had a single, or an LP. But LPs ran at a slower rpm (33)than singles (45), so EPs were released to compete with LPs. Like singles, they ran at 45 rpm but they usually held 2-3 (in rare cases 4) songs per side, while LPs could hold a full album.
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I asked my dad (who was around back then) and an EP was 7" and held 4 songs, 2 on each side. An LP was 12", and held 10-12 songs, half on each side.
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Yeah. As I said, EPs held 2-3 songs per side (meaning 4-6 total), while LPs held entire albums.
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So you have 99 posts already, but hello! The way you play with words is pretty similar to how I play with numbers ^_^ I have a form of synesthesia that makes numbers have colors, feelings, and physical shapes and locations. I cannot really think off the numbers the match the feeling, but if I think of a numbers, I usually get a feeling ^_^
Hehe, I just changed my profile pic ♥
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Aha! That explains it. I just like messing with the English language, though. Just for giggles :)
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So you have 99 posts already, but hello! The way you play with words is pretty similar to how I play with numbers ^_^ I have a form of synesthesia that makes numbers have colors, feelings, and physical shapes and locations. I cannot really think off the numbers the match the feeling, but if I think of a numbers, I usually get a feeling ^_^
Hehe, I just changed my profile pic ♥
I have number-color/personality synesthesia! :D
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Cool! ♥ I like the profile pic It's really cute <(^_^)>
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Ditto.
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Thanks! :D I just made it using MSPaint! (FTW)