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#2 (permalink) Tue Aug 08, 2006 16:17 pm Meaning of "tore embery fingers against..." |
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Hi apo
I assume that "embery" means "like embers". Embers are the glowing remnants of a fire. Embers can burn you (cause pain) and also have a reddish glow. So the imagery seems to fit the context.
Are you a woman, APO? I mean, do you know from first-hand experience what premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is?
As a description of PMS, I personally find the sentence pretty weird.
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#3 (permalink) Wed Aug 09, 2006 1:58 am PMS |
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Hi, Amy,
Thanks for your reply. This doesn't match with my experience, either. I guess the writer just based on his imagination and tried to give PMS a rather artictic description. |
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All Potted Out I'm here quite often ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Wed Aug 09, 2006 11:32 am PMS |
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| all potted out wrote: |
| This doesn't match with my experience, either. I guess the writer just based on his imagination and tried to give PMS a rather artictic description. |
Hi all potted out
That was exactly my feeling! :lol: I got the feeling that the sentence had been written by a man who has no real idea whatsoever what PMS is, but thought himself qualified enough to attempt a "creative" description. :roll:
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#5 (permalink) Sun Aug 13, 2006 15:48 pm Meaning of "tore embery fingers against..." |
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| Our dear Amy :D wrote: |
| I mean, do you know from first-hand experience what premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is? |
Amy, do you remember once I asked this question, but could not get this point across? :(
You see your sentence is affirmative by nature, starting with I mean. Why should we use a question mark against it? Or is it used?
Waiting for the answer
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#6 (permalink) Sun Aug 13, 2006 16:15 pm Meaning of "tore embery fingers against..." |
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Hi Tom
I used "I mean" to indicate that the question that was being asked was actually rephrasing of the previous question.
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