the ring: one word movie review

brad · #1 10-29-2002, 11:21 PM

lsd

John Cole · #2 10-30-2002, 01:37 AM

brad.

Is that one word?

John

brad · #3 10-30-2002, 05:31 AM

im surprised you didnt realize that lysergic acid diethylamide is really an abbreviation for 'acid'.

on the offhand chance i was wrong, i looked it up and yes, acid is one word.

scalf · #4 10-30-2002, 08:51 AM

[img]/forums/images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] really, john, can't you stop being a teacher for 5 secs...i hope you are at foxwoods sometime next week, nov 6 to 10, as i will be there taking all the cash down...in 1-5 stud..lol...gl [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/icons/cool.gif[/img]

John Cole · #5 10-30-2002, 11:57 AM

brad,

Oh, I realized what it stands for, but since it's an acronym, I wondered whether "lsd" represented three words or one. That is, certain acronyms become words, for example, "radar" and "scuba." But when I see "lsd," I don't say "acid"; instead, I say the three letters individually. I'm going to check with someone who knows much more about linguistics than I. It's also interesting because fewer people know what the letters stand for than know what they refer to. In other words, perhaps "lsd" can be one word roughly analogous to "radar" and "scuba."

John

John Cole · #6 10-30-2002, 12:04 PM

scalf,

Let me know when you arrive, and I'll be sure to take a trip down. I need to get out of the house. [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

John

Boris · #7 10-30-2002, 12:47 PM

Can you even find LSD anymore?

Brad - You must have had a very horrible experience with LSD. I thought the movie was pretty scary as movies go. Although to be honest I have a hard time remembering what it was about now.

Anyways, this movie didn't remind me of any past voyages. I think you might want to seek psycho-therapy before dropping acid again, if you can find any.

brad · #8 10-30-2002, 08:29 PM

i wasnt going on personal experience there, bud. heh

but seriously it was either that or whoever wrote that was just naturally psychotic.

brad · #9 10-30-2002, 08:31 PM

no youre right i was just kidding.

im pretty sure radar and scuba are 'words' and lsd isnt simply because the first two have a wordlike form, whereas lsd doesnt (no vowels).

shouldnt that be 'less people' though?

Boris · #10 10-30-2002, 08:36 PM

There is a big difference between tripping on LSD and being psychotic. At least I think there is. I've never been diagnosed as being psychotic. I associate psychosis with being violent, depressed and generally anti-social. pretty much the opposite of being high on LSD.