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Morkel

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I'm thinking it was a different "w" word altogether.

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Wordsmith would've definitely been more appropriate when commenting on one's use of grammar, rather than a reference to a 200 year old poet.

Your attempted personal shot has been noted, as it sailed over my bow.
It's known as return fire, it wasn't an opening salvo. That was you. Wordsworth is recognized as as a great writer and poet and I merely used him in contrast to the hack from Fox. On reflection you are correct, wordsmith would indeed be a more suitable choice.
 
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If everyone could stop being a bunch of Emily Dickinson's that would be great.
 
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Suit yourself but in previous years on this very site I have referred to WW. It might interest you to know that WW was referred to on television in the series Breaking Bad, Walter White, Walt Whitman ,William Wordsworth etc. I could have easily used wordsmith and it arguably might have been a better choice for the less well read but my choice was deliberate.

When?
 
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Is this because you weren't sure who Wordsworth was? Surely the connection is obvious. It's like saying "this Einstein" when talking about intelligence.
Nah, it was based on the fact that referencing a 200 year old poet when talking about one's grammar makes little sense, comparative to wordsmith which huge has seemingly agreed with in the previous post.

It would be like saying Einstein to something related to microsoft office insofar as they both require fundamental science but aren't really similar at all.
 
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Pretty sure it ended up being Walt Whitman but I imagine someone was attempting to work out what W.W stood for and may have said William Wordsmith as a guess.

Wow, weird how my phone just changed Wordsworth to Wordsmith. What a silly mistake to make. I am just going to go with it so I sound smart.
 
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When Hank is wondering who WW is when Gayle writes it in his notes. He also says Willy Wonka. Then he realises it's Walt when he sees WW in the book that was a gift from Gayle in Walt's toilet.
 
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When Hank is wondering who WW is when Gayle writes it in his notes. He also says Willy Wonka. Then he realises it's Walt when he sees WW in the book that was a gift from Gayle in Walt's toilet.

I don't recall him being mentioned.

Woodrow Wilson, Willy Wonka, Walter White, Walt Whitman are mentioned.
 
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Thread successfully derailed. I'd like to thank myself and @Huge for making this possible.
 
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Nah, it was based on the fact that referencing a 200 year old poet when talking about one's grammar makes little sense, comparative to wordsmith which huge has seemingly agreed with in the previous post.

It would be like saying Einstein to something related to microsoft office insofar as they both require fundamental science but aren't really similar at all.
Surely Wordsworth is a wordsmith.
 
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Yeah you are right except there's no walt whitman either


Whitman wasn't mentioned because he was the author of the book i.e. the original 'favourite WW'.
 

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