User talk:Joshua David Williams

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Archive 1, 4-11-07: User talk:Joshua David Williams/Archive1

Thanks for the note.

Now that I think of it , it probably wise for you to remove the name of your school from the user page. Ill let you do it. Cheers David Tribe 23:08, 10 April 2007 (CDT)

Hi Joshua. "kill two birds with one stone" is a 'proverbial saying'; a colloquialism is different, it is a written expression that tries to mimic the informal things we say in speaking - it's from colloquy meaning speaking together, and it includes slang and words that are misused. If you write that something is a no-brainer for example, you're using a colloquialism. (I'm looking here at the Chamers Dictionary of Etymology to confirm this.) Some novelists use colloquialisms extensively to generate atmosphere - don't know if you've read "Trainspotting" by Irvine Welsh, set in my home of Edinburgh; if you try you'll find it tough, because he writes almost wholly in Scots colloquialisms. Gareth Leng 10:54, 11 April 2007 (CDT)

Editing the checklist

You should actually replace "last edited by" with ~~~~. The field isn't used to maintain a history.

Underlinked?

I notice that you classify a number of your articles as underlinked. This means that none of the expected links to the article are present. I realize that can be a bit of a judgement call, but I often wonder what is missing. Arer you aware that under "toolbox" you can click "What links here to" to see what links to your article? Greg Woodhouse 10:52, 13 April 2007 (CDT)

BSD Image

See my email about. Stephen Ewen 21:52, 13 April 2007 (CDT)