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Rifleman
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| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 3:03 am
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The thought of going back to where he's been before, a web-head with butt
calluses from sitting in a chair? That just didn't resonate. Data
interruptus, Jimmy-Joe would way.
Read above? They are all puzzling to me and I would appreciate it if anyone
can make me understand.
1. Web-head with butt??
2. Who is Jimmy-Joe?
3. and the 'web-head with butt' stands for the 'where he's been before'?
4. What does the 'butt' stands for?
Thanks,
Rifleman
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Arfur Million
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| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 3:37 am
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"Rifleman" <tellmewhatever@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | The thought of going back to where he's been before, a web-head with butt
calluses from sitting in a chair? That just didn't resonate. Data
interruptus, Jimmy-Joe would way.
Read above? They are all puzzling to me and I would appreciate it if
anyone
can make me understand.
1. Web-head with butt??
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Web-head = someone very knowledgeable about all things related to the
world-wide-web, and by implication not at all knowledgeable about other
things.
butt calluses = areas of hard skin on the arse, in this case caused by an
excess of sitting down whilst in the act of being knowledgeble about
web-related matters.
| Quote: | 2. Who is Jimmy-Joe?
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I haven't the foggiest.
| Quote: | 3. and the 'web-head with butt' stands for the 'where he's been before'?
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The calluses are central to achieving an understanding of the phrase.
| Quote: | 4. What does the 'butt' stands for?
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Buttock, or buttocks.
Regards,
Arfur |
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Rifleman
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| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 3:54 am
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"Arfur Million" <arfur_million@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | "Rifleman" <tellmewhatever@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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The thought of going back to where he's been before, a web-head with
butt
calluses from sitting in a chair? That just didn't resonate. Data
interruptus, Jimmy-Joe would way.
Read above? They are all puzzling to me and I would appreciate it if
anyone
can make me understand.
1. Web-head with butt??
Web-head = someone very knowledgeable about all things related to the
world-wide-web, and by implication not at all knowledgeable about other
things.
butt calluses = areas of hard skin on the arse, in this case caused by an
excess of sitting down whilst in the act of being knowledgeble about
web-related matters.
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I thought the 'calluses' is a verb in the sentence, meaning 'form' or
'shape'.
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2. Who is Jimmy-Joe?
I haven't the foggiest.
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I asked this as I saw many times that this guy, Jimmy-Joe, appears in funny
stories, doent's he?
And one more question with the word 'resonate' and what situation do you use
this word in? Thank you for your first answer.
Rifleman
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Tony Cooper
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| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 4:17 am
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On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 06:54:59 +0900, "Rifleman"
<tellmewhatever@hotmail.com> wrote:
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"Arfur Million" <arfur_million@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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"Rifleman" <tellmewhatever@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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The thought of going back to where he's been before, a web-head
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A person that spends a great deal of time on a computer and surfing
the net.
| Quote: | with butt calluses from sitting in a chair?
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Imagery, and not realistic. You get calluses on your skin from
excessive contact with something. You don't actually get them on your
butt, but the Imagery is that the person spends most of his time with
his butt in a chair.
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| Quote: | That just didn't resonate.
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"Resonate" is used incorrectly for the meaning of the word, but used
to indicate that it (whatever it is that is being referenced) doesn't
sound right.
Incomplete information. Not a "real" term, but that's what it means.
| Quote: | Jimmy-Joe would way.
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Either a character previously mentioned in the book or a reference to
an average guy. Like "the man on the street", "John Q. Public", or
"the man on the Clapham Omnibus" (1), Jimmy-Joe doesn't have to be a
specific person. In the US South, you might say "As Bubba would say".
(1) Did I get that right? It's a UK expression. |
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Arfur Million
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| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 4:19 am
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"Rifleman" <tellmewhatever@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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"Arfur Million" <arfur_million@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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"Rifleman" <tellmewhatever@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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The thought of going back to where he's been before, a web-head with
butt
calluses from sitting in a chair? That just didn't resonate. Data
interruptus, Jimmy-Joe would way.
Read above? They are all puzzling to me and I would appreciate it if
anyone
can make me understand.
1. Web-head with butt??
Web-head = someone very knowledgeable about all things related to the
world-wide-web, and by implication not at all knowledgeable about other
things.
butt calluses = areas of hard skin on the arse, in this case caused by
an
excess of sitting down whilst in the act of being knowledgeble about
web-related matters.
I thought the 'calluses' is a verb in the sentence, meaning 'form' or
'shape'.
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Certainly 'callus' can be a verb, meaning 'to form a callus', but the
sentence above only makes sense to me if callus is in the noun sense.
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2. Who is Jimmy-Joe?
I haven't the foggiest.
I asked this as I saw many times that this guy, Jimmy-Joe, appears in
funny
stories, doent's he?
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When I first read the sentence, I had assumed that Jimmy-Joe was a character
in the book or article that you were reading. I'm not aware of him as a
general character, though it is quite possible that he is one. If so, I
would guess he's American and perhaps someone from across the pond could
help us out here.
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And one more question with the word 'resonate' and what situation do you
use
this word in? Thank you for your first answer.
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Hmmm, you've just put me in one of those situations where I can't think of a
single sensible example! In the technical sense, 'resonate' means to
reinforce a vibration; it is generally used to mean, more or less, 'to find
agreeable'. Perhaps the idea of going downstairs, opening the fridge and
taking out a can of beer resonates with me, but the thought of having to do
the washing-up doesn't.
Regards,
Arfur |
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Peter Duncanson
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| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 4:37 am
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On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:17:09 -0400, Tony Cooper
<tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> wrote:
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Either a character previously mentioned in the book or a reference to
an average guy. Like "the man on the street", "John Q. Public", or
"the man on the Clapham Omnibus" (1), Jimmy-Joe doesn't have to be a
specific person. In the US South, you might say "As Bubba would say".
(1) Did I get that right? It's a UK expression.
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Not wrong, but would not normally be used in this context.
"Joe Bloggs" would be more traditional.
"The man on the Clapham Omnibus" is a legal concept.
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Article3117.html
<extract>
The phrase is said to have been coined by Sir Charles Bowen QC in 1903.
While hearing a case for negligence he said (though whether he originated it
is not proven, m'lud): 'We must ask ourselves what the man on the Clapham
omnibus would think.' Clapham at the turn of the 20th century was a
moderately well-off suburb, peopled by 'decent' middle-class types, who, by
their staid lifestyle and unchallenging common sense may well have been
deemed to be the epitome of ordinariness by the standards of the day, and
thus an appropriate yardstick against which the Law Lord might have made a
judgement.
</extract>
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Peter Duncanson
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John Dean
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| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 4:40 am
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Tony Cooper wrote:
| Quote: | On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 06:54:59 +0900, "Rifleman"
tellmewhatever@hotmail.com> wrote:
"Arfur Million" <arfur_million@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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"Rifleman" <tellmewhatever@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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The thought of going back to where he's been before, a web-head
A person that spends a great deal of time on a computer and surfing
the net.
with butt calluses from sitting in a chair?
Imagery, and not realistic. You get calluses on your skin from
excessive contact with something. You don't actually get them on your
butt, but the Imagery is that the person spends most of his time with
his butt in a chair.
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That just didn't resonate.
"Resonate" is used incorrectly for the meaning of the word, but used
to indicate that it (whatever it is that is being referenced) doesn't
sound right.
Data interruptus,
Incomplete information. Not a "real" term, but that's what it means.
Jimmy-Joe would way.
Either a character previously mentioned in the book or a reference to
an average guy. Like "the man on the street", "John Q. Public", or
"the man on the Clapham Omnibus" (1), Jimmy-Joe doesn't have to be a
specific person. In the US South, you might say "As Bubba would say".
(1) Did I get that right? It's a UK expression.
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Spot on, old bean. Getting dashed difficult to tell you from a home
grown 'un.
Is Jimmy Joe from the same part of the world as Joe Bob? And should that
be "Jimmy Joe Wood way"?
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Tony Cooper
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| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 5:03 am
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On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 23:37:30 +0100, Peter Duncanson
<mail@peterduncanson.net> wrote:
| Quote: | On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:17:09 -0400, Tony Cooper
tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> wrote:
Either a character previously mentioned in the book or a reference to
an average guy. Like "the man on the street", "John Q. Public", or
"the man on the Clapham Omnibus" (1), Jimmy-Joe doesn't have to be a
specific person. In the US South, you might say "As Bubba would say".
(1) Did I get that right? It's a UK expression.
Not wrong, but would not normally be used in this context.
"Joe Bloggs" would be more traditional.
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Didn't come to me, but that's more appropriate along with John Doe or
John Q or Bubba. It would be interesting to know what name works for
different countries. Canada? Oz?
Jimmie-Joe has a Texas ring to it. Joe Bob or Billy Bob would be US
Southern, but Jimmie-Joe just sounds Texas. |
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Michael DeBusk
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| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 12:26 pm
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On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:17:09 -0400, Tony Cooper
<tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> wrote:
| Quote: | You get calluses on your skin from excessive contact with something.
You don't actually get them on your butt, but the Imagery is that
the person spends most of his time with his butt in a chair.
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Only truck drivers really need to know this, but...
Spending too much time in a chair (or in a car/truck seat) actually
gets you "monkey butt". Perspiration builds up on your backside, and
then your clothing rubs as you move. This causes a red, irritated rash
that would remind one of the arse of a baboon.
--
Michael DeBusk, Co-Conspirator to Make the World a Better Place
Did he update http://home.earthlink.net/~debu4335/ yet? |
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Odysseus
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| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 7:39 pm
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Tony Cooper wrote:
| Quote: | That just didn't resonate.
"Resonate" is used incorrectly for the meaning of the word, but used
to indicate that it (whatever it is that is being referenced) doesn't
sound right.
The metaphor goes a little further: "resonate" suggests more than |
passive listening, implying some sort of response -- here recognition
or comprehension -- to the sound.
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meirman
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| Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 7:48 am
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In alt.english.usage on Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:17:09 -0400 Tony Cooper
<tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> posted:
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That just didn't resonate.
"Resonate" is used incorrectly for the meaning of the word, but used
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It's used metaphorically, but well enough. One meaning of resonate is
to vibrate at the same frequency as something else does or a multiple,
or for two things to be harmonious. In this case, the thought of
sitting in a desk chair all the time didn't go well with other goals
he had.
| Quote: | to indicate that it (whatever it is that is being referenced) doesn't
sound right.
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Here's a dictionary definition:
v. intr.
1. To exhibit or produce resonance or resonant effects.
2. To evoke a feeling of shared emotion or belief: “It is a
demonology [that] seems to resonate among secular and religious voters
alike” (Tamar Jacoby).
3. To correspond closely or harmoniously: “Symbolism matters,
especially if the symbols resonate with the larger message” (William
Greider).
s/ meirman If you are emailing me please
say if you are posting the same response.
Born west of Pittsburgh Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis, 7 years
Chicago, 6 years
Brooklyn NY 12 years
Baltimore 20 years |
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meirman
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| Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 10:01 am
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In alt.english.usage on Thu, 16 Sep 2004 22:19:49 GMT "Arfur Million"
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2. Who is Jimmy-Joe?
I haven't the foggiest.
I asked this as I saw many times that this guy, Jimmy-Joe, appears in
funny
stories, doent's he?
When I first read the sentence, I had assumed that Jimmy-Joe was a character
in the book or article that you were reading. I'm not aware of him as a
general character, though it is quite possible that he is one. If so, I
would guess he's American and perhaps someone from across the pond could
help us out here.
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Well, I'm an American, and bearing in mind that I don't read fiction
now and never read much, I am not aware of any known character
Jimmy-Joe.
But a writer is not precluded from making up a name that sounds like a
certain kind of person. For examples: Jimmy-Joe would be a good old
boy, or the son of one**. Leroy would be a black guy. Harrison
Wellington the third would be a WASP with money. Yitzchak would be a
Jew.
**Msybe from Texas as the other poster suggested. I guess one of the
measures of a good writer is the ability to know details so that in
this case southerners can appreciate this part of the story better
than others. Another example, Menachem Mendel would sound especially
like a Lubavitch Jew.
s/ meirman If you are emailing me please
say if you are posting the same response.
Born west of Pittsburgh Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis, 7 years
Chicago, 6 years
Brooklyn NY 12 years
Baltimore 20 years |
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