http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/weblessay Just another bbPress community en-US Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/search.php http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/weblessay#post-42798 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:34:26 +0000 Soupy Twist 42798@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ I also thought 'blessay' is a portmanteau of blog and essay. http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/weblessay#post-42796 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:11:05 +0000 TobiasMonk 42796@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ I thought it just stood for <strong>BL</strong>og &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif&quot; title=&quot;:)&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/weblessay#post-42794 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:04:00 +0000 Selma 42794@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ Really?<br /> <br /> I like blongs though.<br /> <br /> Mr Fry can add inventor to his CV for having invented the web log essay. <br /> <br /> The wessay, as they say. We say blessay to save necessary blasé finesse (that is to say, to save face). Keep up the pace, I say! Somebody save me.<br /> <br /> Is anybody else feeling dizzy?<br /> <br /> Did somebody sneeze? Sorry, what a cliché. http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/weblessay#post-42793 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:54:18 +0000 wires 42793@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ While I find the name charming, I'm left wondering what the L stands for.<br /> <br /> 'blog is an abbreviation of web log, which obviously makes 'blessay an abbreviation of web ... lessay?<br /> <br /> Any thoughts?<br /> <br /> J<br /> <br /> PS. I'm quite fond of referring to short articles as blogs and longer ones as blongs