Comments on: You can’t spell ‘Algonquin’ without the ‘Whedoneqsue’ http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/16/you-cant-spell-algonquin-without-the-whedoneqsue/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 27 May 2012 00:15:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Sebastian Holsclaw http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/16/you-cant-spell-algonquin-without-the-whedoneqsue/comment-page-1/#comment-144663 Sebastian Holsclaw Sat, 18 Feb 2006 10:05:19 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4326#comment-144663 Ah, the Comic-Con. I haven't missed one in a decade. If any of you come out here for it, let me know. Ah, the Comic-Con. I haven’t missed one in a decade. If any of you come out here for it, let me know.

]]> By: Belle Waring http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/16/you-cant-spell-algonquin-without-the-whedoneqsue/comment-page-1/#comment-144639 Belle Waring Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:26:22 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4326#comment-144639 But I prefer the spelling, 'whedoneqsue', from the thread in question. But I prefer the spelling, ‘whedoneqsue’, from the thread in question.

]]> By: Alas, a blog » Blog Archive » Link Farm and Open Thread #10 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/16/you-cant-spell-algonquin-without-the-whedoneqsue/comment-page-1/#comment-144588 Alas, a blog » Blog Archive » Link Farm and Open Thread #10 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:02:47 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4326#comment-144588 [...] Warren Ellis and Joss Whedon Provide Fan Service, Oh My Yes They Do If you don't know who both those people are, then I'm geekier than you. (Curtsy: Crooked Timber). [...] [...] Warren Ellis and Joss Whedon Provide Fan Service, Oh My Yes They Do If you don’t know who both those people are, then I’m geekier than you. (Curtsy: Crooked Timber). [...]

]]> By: slolernr http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/16/you-cant-spell-algonquin-without-the-whedoneqsue/comment-page-1/#comment-144548 slolernr Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:44:56 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4326#comment-144548 You can't spell "Whedonesque." You can’t spell “Whedonesque.”

]]> By: Simstim http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/16/you-cant-spell-algonquin-without-the-whedoneqsue/comment-page-1/#comment-144529 Simstim Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:19:35 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4326#comment-144529 Am I missing something here? It seemed like a run-of-the-mill "let's try to outwitticise each other" thread that you can find on several million blogs. Even, meta-speaking, if it was a spoof of such a genre, it wasn't a very funny one. However, I am speaking as someone who has never got the whole Joss "Do you know what happens to a toad when it's struck by lightning?" Whedon obsession anyway, so feel free to tune me out. Am I missing something here? It seemed like a run-of-the-mill “let’s try to outwitticise each other” thread that you can find on several million blogs. Even, meta-speaking, if it was a spoof of such a genre, it wasn’t a very funny one. However, I am speaking as someone who has never got the whole Joss “Do you know what happens to a toad when it’s struck by lightning?” Whedon obsession anyway, so feel free to tune me out.

]]> By: Jonathan http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/16/you-cant-spell-algonquin-without-the-whedoneqsue/comment-page-1/#comment-144524 Jonathan Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:12:27 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4326#comment-144524 I always think that his parents had read "An Encounter." I always think that his parents had read “An Encounter.”

]]> By: Russell Arben Fox http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/16/you-cant-spell-algonquin-without-the-whedoneqsue/comment-page-1/#comment-144523 Russell Arben Fox Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:09:36 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4326#comment-144523 Does anyone else ever sit around, looking at the name "Joss Whendon," and think to themselves, "Surely his parents meant 'Josh'"? Because I do. Does anyone else ever sit around, looking at the name “Joss Whendon,” and think to themselves, “Surely his parents meant ‘Josh’”? Because I do.

]]> By: Jacob T. Levy http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/16/you-cant-spell-algonquin-without-the-whedoneqsue/comment-page-1/#comment-144519 Jacob T. Levy Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:20:50 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4326#comment-144519 A thing of utter beauty. Truly... A thing of utter beauty. Truly…

]]> By: Gary Farber http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/16/you-cant-spell-algonquin-without-the-whedoneqsue/comment-page-1/#comment-144492 Gary Farber Fri, 17 Feb 2006 06:49:57 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4326#comment-144492 Even absent the fact that W. Ellis vouched for the authenticity, incidentally, I'd have claimed in any case that anyone who could fake Joss Whedon's style so well is essentially being as amusing as the original, anyway. :-) (But, then, I have an inordinate confidence in my ability to read for style. ;-)) (I leave consideration of the implications of the first assertion to those here with the background in philosophy that I lack.) Even absent the fact that W. Ellis vouched for the authenticity, incidentally, I’d have claimed in any case that anyone who could fake Joss Whedon’s style so well is essentially being as amusing as the original, anyway. :-) (But, then, I have an inordinate confidence in my ability to read for style. ;-)) (I leave consideration of the implications of the first assertion to those here with the background in philosophy that I lack.)

]]> By: washerdreyer http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/16/you-cant-spell-algonquin-without-the-whedoneqsue/comment-page-1/#comment-144490 washerdreyer Fri, 17 Feb 2006 05:44:03 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4326#comment-144490 Also the <a href="http://whedonesque.com/comments/9558#more" rel="nofollow">post on Whedonesque</a> which says that it is Joss. Also the post on Whedonesque which says that it is Joss.

]]> By: Gary Farber http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/16/you-cant-spell-algonquin-without-the-whedoneqsue/comment-page-1/#comment-144489 Gary Farber Fri, 17 Feb 2006 05:39:23 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4326#comment-144489 "Do we have independent verification?" You can assume that when Warren Ellis says that he verified it with Joss in e-mail, he's fibbing, if you like, but I don't, myself. See <a href="http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=1848#comment-73996" rel="nofollow">here</a>, and <a href="http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=1852" rel="nofollow">here</a>, to repeat the links. (The previous, with two links, is previewing weirdly, and I can't figure out why.) “Do we have independent verification?”

You can assume that when Warren Ellis says that he verified it with Joss in e-mail, he’s fibbing, if you like, but I don’t, myself. See here, and here, to repeat the links.

(The previous, with two links, is previewing weirdly, and I can’t figure out why.)

]]> By: Scott Eric Kaufman http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/16/you-cant-spell-algonquin-without-the-whedoneqsue/comment-page-1/#comment-144487 Scott Eric Kaufman Fri, 17 Feb 2006 05:15:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4326#comment-144487 Do we have independent verification? 'Cause when he posts on Whedonesque it's obviously him, but this...could be a bit of a scam. Or not. But is entertaining nevertheless. Do we have independent verification? ‘Cause when he posts on Whedonesque it’s obviously him, but this…could be a bit of a scam. Or not. But is entertaining nevertheless.

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