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# metonymy.
here lies miss groby.

if anyone here gets this, i will send him/her a present, snailmail style.
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Tue 2 Sep 2008, 7:32, archived)
# I can't say I got it because I must admit
I never really understood it :(

I suffered from the monotony of metonymyes (sp?)
(I helped save b3ta! The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Tue 2 Sep 2008, 7:59, archived)
# i love the language, but it's nuts.
i was half hoping someone would get the reference (and metonymy in general) so i could jump around like a fool.
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Tue 2 Sep 2008, 8:02, archived)
# I can descibe something by talking about related things if you like
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Tue 2 Sep 2008, 8:06, archived)
# tell me things.
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Tue 2 Sep 2008, 8:10, archived)
# ok maybe I should think about a subject before I make claims like these.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b54rB64fXY4
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Tue 2 Sep 2008, 8:12, archived)
# my favourite piece by him is 'work for peace'.
incomplete, bad audio version here.

funkdafied version here.

there is better audio out there by gsh, but i can't locate it on youtube.
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Tue 2 Sep 2008, 8:25, archived)
# I like "home is where the hatred is"
but I couldn't find so I had to settle for that.
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Tue 2 Sep 2008, 8:28, archived)
# home.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmkgZElCgE4
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Tue 2 Sep 2008, 8:31, archived)
# #
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Tue 2 Sep 2008, 8:34, archived)
# I love language, and even more so when writers really push it round to do wierd things it was never designed to do (Dylan Thomas)
But this kind of "Quantum English" I never really got.
(I helped save b3ta! The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Tue 2 Sep 2008, 8:07, archived)
# qumlish no b get, qumlish getyou.
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Tue 2 Sep 2008, 8:09, archived)
# What about youtube comments?
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Tue 2 Sep 2008, 8:18, archived)
# high art. should only be read by SNOBS with advanced money.
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Tue 2 Sep 2008, 8:21, archived)