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Discussion in 'Linguistics' started by Captain Kremmen, Aug 16, 2007.

  1. Michael 345 New year. PRESENT is 72 years oldl Valued Senior Member

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    Anything you pen is automatically covered by copyright

    Portions can be quoted (I think there is a upper % limit) under "fair usage" provisions

    Letters to the newspaper frequently carry a clause of being subject to newspaper editing

    Not sure if a single new made up word counts as "published works" however a made up word certainly can be registered as a trade mark

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  3. sideshowbob Sorry, wrong number. Valued Senior Member

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    And a trademark can become a generic term - e.g. band-aid.
     
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  5. Michael 345 New year. PRESENT is 72 years oldl Valued Senior Member

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    Yep - Biro another good example

    I don't think companies take action though because it adds publicity to the brand

    Did Biro become Bic?

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    Shovel - implement for removing stuff to make something bigger

    Hole - something which gets bigger the more you take something away from it

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  8. sideshowbob Sorry, wrong number. Valued Senior Member

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    According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballpoint_pen, "Marcel Bich also introduced a ballpoint pen to the American marketplace in the 1950s, licensed from Bíró and based on the Argentine designs. Bich shortened his name to Bic in 1953, becoming the ballpoint brand now recognised globally...."
     
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  9. Michael 345 New year. PRESENT is 72 years oldl Valued Senior Member

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    Thanks
    I thought there was a connection

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    Thanks guys!

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  11. StrangerInAStrangeLand SubQuantum Mechanic Valued Senior Member

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    In the US, once any work is created there is a copyright by the creator but it is much easier, cheaper & certain to prove if it is registered.

    Titles, ideas & basic plots cannot be copyrighted. A joke cannot be copyrighted but a collection of jokes can be.

    Each published edition of a public domain work is copyrighted. Tho a public domain work is open for use by anyone, any too recent published edition cannot be duplicated without permission.

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  14. Michael 345 New year. PRESENT is 72 years oldl Valued Senior Member

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    Sounds more like a rolled over VW campervan resting on its roof

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    "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
    That's recumbentibus. Winner is me!"
     
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  18. Michael 345 New year. PRESENT is 72 years oldl Valued Senior Member

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    A new group of one one eyed Dinosauria

    Dyathinkhesaurus

    finifugal
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    (Adjective) hating endings; of someone who tries to avoid or prolong the final moment of a story, relationship, or some other journey

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    Tmesis (/ˈtmiːsɪs, təˈmiː-/;[1][2]Ancient Greek: τμῆσιςtmēsis, "a cutting" < τέμνωtemnō, "I cut") is a linguistic phenomenon in which a word or phrase is separated into two parts, with other words interrupting between them

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tmesis

    All 3 words seen in book After the Break by Author Penny Smith

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    Also known as the intellectual dinosaurs....

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    https://www.definition-of.com/finifugal

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    [/QUOTE] As opposed to "finifrugal".......

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  20. sideshowbob Sorry, wrong number. Valued Senior Member

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    Illustrated by the lack of a period at the end of the sentence?
     
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    To be continued......

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  22. Michael 345 New year. PRESENT is 72 years oldl Valued Senior Member

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    Me being lazy typing most of my post on a 5" screen of a smart phone with a rubber tipped which if used to close to the dot results in a line break

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    finifugal
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    (Adjective) hating endings; of someone who tries to avoid or prolong the final moment of a story, relationship, or some other journey
    ... just for one day...
    Scheherazade!

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    can we transform Scheherazade into a verb?

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    finifugal finnegans wake?
     
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