tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post1919296797178348584..comments2023-12-03T20:07:04.781+11:00Comments on Lexicon Harlot: Hello, blogAlexis, Baron von Harlothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-16839844818974178692008-08-25T09:28:00.000+10:002008-08-25T09:28:00.000+10:00I just think it's interesting that there should be...I just think it's interesting that there should be multiple occurrences in Melbourne and none (so far as I am aware) in Sydney.<BR/><BR/>Don't know Heffernan Lane, but the awfulness must be quite refreshing after the self-conscious hipness that tends to predominate in the other lane ways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-80131225028245096652008-08-24T13:54:00.000+10:002008-08-24T13:54:00.000+10:00There are probably a lot of them around. There's ...There are probably a lot of them around. There's certainly one in Heffernan Lane, CBD, which is home also to Melbourne's two most awesome awful restaurants with bad food, brilliant decor, and politically incorrectly hilarious names.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-44386897534519660442008-08-23T18:51:00.000+10:002008-08-23T18:51:00.000+10:00That's very curious, as I thought that maybe it wa...That's very curious, as I thought that maybe it was in London and then I googled it and found that there are apparently lots of them in London (which seems to be in the origin, although it apparently spread to other places too and there's a reference in <I>Ulysses</I>). They are, Uncle Google tells me, predominantly of late-Victorian and Edwardian vintage and the meaning is indeed the indelicate one you would suspect (that is, please don't use this place as a toilet- is that a covert comments policy?).<BR/><BR/>Not that I wish to dispute Tim's omniscience and I would certainly never fail to revere as I should.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-77090720119967498182008-08-23T17:21:00.000+10:002008-08-23T17:21:00.000+10:00Um. Er. Um? I could not fail to disagree with you ...<I>Um. Er. Um? </I><BR/><BR/>I could not fail to disagree with you less, my liege Baron.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-38101741561224308812008-08-23T16:52:00.000+10:002008-08-23T16:52:00.000+10:00Um. Er. Um?Um. Er. Um?Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-74635296944816908732008-08-23T16:02:00.000+10:002008-08-23T16:02:00.000+10:00Me? Both Rt., Reverend, AND omniscient? Are you su...Me? Both Rt., Reverend, AND omniscient? <BR/><BR/>Are you sure you aren't mistaking '<I>Rever</I><B>en</B><I>d</I>' with '<I>Rever</I><B>e</B><I>d</I>'?TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-30805703192120492622008-08-23T15:00:00.000+10:002008-08-23T15:00:00.000+10:00Please refer all further questions about signs to ...Please refer all further questions about signs to the Rt. Rev. TimT, the omniscient.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-10635094690817985032008-08-23T11:08:00.000+10:002008-08-23T11:08:00.000+10:00The Commit No Nuisance sign is in the centre of Me...The Commit No Nuisance sign is in the centre of Melbourne - I think it's on a laneway between Little Bourke Street and Lonsdale Street, in the Chinatown part of the city. Can't remember the laneway's name. <BR/><BR/>It is a wise sign indeed.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-31882245185935358902008-08-23T10:29:00.000+10:002008-08-23T10:29:00.000+10:00Off-topic, sorry: could you please remind me of th...Off-topic, sorry: could you please remind me of the location of the "no nuisance" sign? I know I've seen it in the flesh and trying to remember is going to KILL me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-83892945622297897082008-08-23T08:39:00.000+10:002008-08-23T08:39:00.000+10:00It's the amanuensis of the parenthesis!It's the amanuensis of the parenthesis!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-11584901284033319332008-08-23T08:37:00.000+10:002008-08-23T08:37:00.000+10:00Some have parents, but I have mathematicians in lo...Some have parents, but I have mathematicians in loco parenthesis.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-45209771107850161522008-08-22T22:36:00.000+10:002008-08-22T22:36:00.000+10:00Congratulations on parenthetical nesting worthy of...Congratulations on parenthetical nesting worthy of a mathematician.<BR/><BR/>[Falls over]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com