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New Yes, I was making the Schumacher/Yendor 'Mike' connection.
Hmm.. that could almost be be the title of a John Grisham novel or something.
Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
New Robert Ludlum.
Meerkat coins a phrase:
"the Schumacher/Yendor 'Mike' connection"

Hmm.. that could almost be be the title of a John Grisham novel or something.
Naah; IIRC, anything like "The Ferdleburger Contract", "The Akvilonia Option", "The Alamo Connection", and so on -- i.e, pretty much anything along the pattern of "The" + <distinctive name> + <ordinary noun> -- would be a typical Ludlum title.


   [link|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode|Christian R. Conrad]
(I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)
Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575|Ashton Brown]
New 'The Pelican Brief' must have been an homage :)
(and yes I'm using the 'an' rather tentatively :)

Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
New Or just coincidence; the pattern isn't all that unique.
It's just that Ludlum uses it *every time*, so it's really most typical of him.

(Or, if I wanted to quibble, I'd point out that "pelican" is more of another ordinary noun in that title, referring to the bird species in general; it's not a *name*, in the sense of being about some old "Colonel Joseph F. Pelican IV, USMC, Ret.", or anything... But I don't, so I won't. :-)

What's to be tentative about; I'm fairly sure I'd never pronounce "an homage" with an audible consonant at the beginning. (Which obviously means that anyone who would, must be pronouncing it wrong.)


   [link|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode|Christian R. Conrad]
(I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)
Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575|Ashton Brown]
New Must admit to not having read either author.
So yep, I believe you.

(The process reminds me of many Dr Who stories* - almost always 'The Thing of Stuff', or, 'The Event of the Things'...)

As for homage, it's still more often than not pronounced as 'hommidge' on this uncultured isle. The rule of the street is it's OK to pronounce it 'properly', but make sure you're doing so with a degree of irony, lest you're branded a wanker :)

*Yes, I know, I can link a Dr Who reference to almost anything if I try hard enough...
Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
New The Good Doctor (new thread)
Created as new thread #164141 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=164141|The Good Doctor]

Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
 
Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please

-- "Anything but Ordinary" by Avril Lavigne.

     Bill's finding new things to spend money on. - (Another Scott) - (20)
         Won't stop 'em sucking. - (pwhysall) - (16)
             Right. - (Steve Lowe) - (15)
                 Oi, Yendor, you busy? Bill/Toyota wants a word :) -NT - (Meerkat) - (14)
                     Eh? - (Yendor) - (13)
                         Look a couple of posts up :-P -NT - (ben_tilly) - (12)
                             Bah - (Yendor) - (11)
                                 And you expected an Australian to know that? -NT - (ben_tilly) - (10)
                                     I expected an Australian to know what? -NT - (Yendor) - (9)
                                         Which Mike is good at driving fast -NT - (ben_tilly) - (8)
                                             The Mike in question DID win the Aussie Grand Prix - (Steve Lowe) - (7)
                                                 Oops - (ben_tilly) - (6)
                                                     Yes, I was making the Schumacher/Yendor 'Mike' connection. - (Meerkat) - (5)
                                                         Robert Ludlum. - (CRConrad) - (4)
                                                             'The Pelican Brief' must have been an homage :) - (Meerkat) - (3)
                                                                 Or just coincidence; the pattern isn't all that unique. - (CRConrad) - (2)
                                                                     Must admit to not having read either author. - (Meerkat) - (1)
                                                                         The Good Doctor (new thread) - (static)
         Reminds me of not being able to find a parking space... - (inthane-chan) - (2)
             Microsofties are good at "Thinking outside the garage". :-) -NT - (Another Scott)
             Wise man say.... - (pwhysall)

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