http://www.marramgrass.org.uk/2008/02/06/back-it-up-%e2%80%94-online/ unexpected, and a little spiky Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:32:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.marramgrass.org.uk/2008/02/06/back-it-up-%e2%80%94-online/comment-page-1/#comment-4982 peet Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:32:01 +0000 http://www.marramgrass.org.uk/2008/02/06/back-it-up-%e2%80%94-online/#comment-4982 you'll not be surprised to hear i didn't make it too far through this post but i did notice your use of the phrase "half-inched" and thought, 'huh? i always thought it was "half-hinched"' - possibly referring to some kind of knot. i guess, on reflection, that half-inch makes more sense. similarly, it's not all that long since i saw the phrase "no rest for the wicked" written down for the first time, dispelling my long-held belief that it was "wicket" and referred to the (seemingly never-ending to the unenlightened) duration of a first-class cricket match. i wonder what else i've never seen written down and remain in blissful ignorance about... P.S. you be pleased to know that i'm "backing-up" this post by hitting Ctrl-C before "Submit Comment". you’ll not be surprised to hear i didn’t make it too far through this post but i did notice your use of the phrase “half-inched” and thought, ‘huh? i always thought it was “half-hinched”‘ – possibly referring to some kind of knot. i guess, on reflection, that half-inch makes more sense. similarly, it’s not all that long since i saw the phrase “no rest for the wicked” written down for the first time, dispelling my long-held belief that it was “wicket” and referred to the (seemingly never-ending to the unenlightened) duration of a first-class cricket match. i wonder what else i’ve never seen written down and remain in blissful ignorance about…
P.S. you be pleased to know that i’m “backing-up” this post by hitting Ctrl-C before “Submit Comment”.

]]>