Talk:Sword behind inappropriate prepositions

• should that not, rather than "on", be "by your side," or is that inappropriateness apposite? --Evilkolbot 01:45, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
  • It looks like it should be, so I fixed it.--Piroteknix 02:05, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
    • "at your side" would also be correct, but we'll probably never know what it was 'supposed' to be. --Quietust 09:05, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
      • at, by, and on are options in the list below. if the preposition is always inappropriate that would be one way of working it out. --Evilkolbot 10:15, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
        • I downloaded the page a couple of hundred times, and at no point was the first word "to" or the second word "above"... I didn't check the others... it seems it's always wrong. Phlip 14:11, 17 August 2006 (CDT)
        • Well, I went through and found out which preposition it refused to give me for each one... and the verdict is "on your side". Phlip 14:39, 17 August 2006 (CDT)
        • because people (ok, me) are so sceptical, and "on" is wrong in context, i did some research. i downloaded the page 1000 times and saw which words didn't occur in the various positions. it's definitely on. i have a spreadsheet of results (and the 1000 pages) if anyone doubts me. kmail me in-game and i'll email you a copy. of the spreadsheet, obviously, although it's not very interesting. --Evilkolbot 09:44, 19 August 2006 (CDT)
        • Out of boredom (during my lunch break at work), I did a similar experiment with 500 page loads and came to the same conclusion. --Quietust 14:14, 19 August 2006 (CDT)

Possible prepositions

These are the prepositions I've found so far. Should these be added to the item page?

• about
• above
• across
• after
• against
• along
• among
• around
• at
• before
• behind
• below
• beneath
• beside
• between
• beyond
• by
• down
• during
• except
• for
• from
• in
• inside
• into
• like
• near
• of
• off
• on
• onto
• out
• outside
• over
• past
• through
• throughout
• to
• under
• up
• upon
• with
• within
• without

--Piroteknix 02:07, 16 August 2006 (CDT)

• This looks like a job for <RandomlySelect> (for now, in {{Test/preposition}}) - "If you want Template:Test/preposition rise Template:Test/preposition the masses Template:Test/preposition the field Template:Test/preposition combat, then this is the sword you should have Template:Test/preposition your hand or strapped Template:Test/preposition your belt. Its temper and sharpness are head and shoulders Template:Test/preposition the rest. One two, one two, and Template:Test/preposition and Template:Test/preposition -- Template:Test/preposition this sword Template:Test/preposition your side, it won't be long Template:Test/preposition victory is Template:Test/preposition your reach." --Quietust 09:03, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
  • I added a couple more to the list, I think that's the lot. Phlip 14:10, 17 August 2006 (CDT)

• • shouldn't test/preposition take the appropriate preposion as a parameter, so that the one returned is inappropriate? --Evilkolbot 09:47, 19 August 2006 (CDT)

Obscure Reference?

Probably too obscure, but it does seem so similar. The mathematical poetry group Oulipo has a poetic method called N+7. For a given existing text, and a given dictionary, replace every noun with a noun seven words down in the dictionary. Example:

Using The Living Language Common Usage Dictionary: English-Russian, the opening of the book of Genesis becomes:

In the bend God created the hen and the education. And the education was without founder, and void; and death was upon the falsehood of the demand. And the sport of God moved upon the falsehood of the wealth. And God said, Let there be limit; and there was limit.

source for example

--Club 13:38, 16 August 2006 (CDT)