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Re: Can we start calling it something other than a query?

Post by WilliamMJones » September 14th, 2010, 7:07 pm

How about soul peices, because that's what it feels like it costs to hit that send button. I shudder to think how it will feel after I've been querying for a while.

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Re: Can we start calling it something other than a query?

Post by aspiring_x » September 17th, 2010, 12:21 am

WilliamMJones wrote:How about soul peices, because that's what it feels like it costs to hit that send button. I shudder to think how it will feel after I've been querying for a while.
so... horcruxes it is???

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Re: Can we start calling it something other than a query?

Post by cheekychook » September 17th, 2010, 12:43 pm

Horcruxes. That's it. It's perfect. Little pieces of our souls, scattered about cyberspace, waiting to be destroyed or saved. Only there are a heck of a lot more than SEVEN! And we can all safely be named. Well, most of us...
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Re: Can we start calling it something other than a query?

Post by Netti » September 18th, 2010, 10:33 am

Nathan Bransford wrote:Ha! I hate the word "query" too. Mostly because I never know how to say it.
I don't mind saying "query" but I despise saying "querying." It sounds so awkward, like a tongue twister.
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