Why -dome and not -drome?

[ceptimus]

Well?

[JoeP]

1. Just because, you pommy puzzler. Go and post something serious.

2. Good question. I keep thinking "Smiliedom" like "kingdom". "The Smiliedrome" could be a lot better.

[livius drusus]

Its 'cause of Mad Max's Thunderdome. Or possibly Frankie Goes To Hollywood's Pleasuredome.

[ceptimus]

Yes, but the Thunderdome really was dome shaped (like an arch in rotation). I'm not sure about the Pleasuredome though.

I was thinking the -drome suffix just means a place where similar things go or perform. So we have for example a hippodrome for horses, a velodrome for bicycles and an aerodrome for aircraft. What could be more natural than a smiliedrome for smilies?

But actually -drome is from the Greek Dromos (racecourse) so I suppose it's not strictly suitable for non-racing smilies.

Palindrome is from the same 'racing' root, by the way - it means 'running backwards'.

[JoeP]

And I thought you were thinking of Videodrome (http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0086541/) (which I haven't seen).

[livius drusus]

I didn't know that about palindrome, cep. That's fascinating. Now, I didn't actually come up with the name; that was vm on an unstoppable roll.

[ceptimus]

:caesar: :caesar: :caesar: :caesar: :caesar: :caesar: :caesar: :caesar: :caesar: :caesar:

If Rome were full of smilies, then we'd have a Smilied Rome. :)

[livius drusus]

Or if only Michael Palin could race himself over and over again...

[JoeP]

:caesar: :caesar: :caesar: :caesar: :caesar: :caesar: :caesar: :caesar: :caesar: :caesar:

If Rome were full of smilies, then we'd have a Smilied Rome. :)
:nono:

[Corona688]

This is the smileydome.
http://burningsmell.org/smileydome.png
This is the smileydrome.
http://burningsmell.org/smileydrome.png
Any questions?

Not making fun of you, I just felt like photoshopping a face onto the technodrome

[livius drusus]

:laugh:

[Crumb]

:donat: :leonardo: :mikeangl: :raphael:

BTW, these should come up with the keyword TMNT. :wink:

[viscousmemories]

And I thought you were thinking of Videodrome (http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0086541/) (which I haven't seen).
That's exactly what I thought, and I have seen (and loved, btw) that movie.

Liv's right, I was thinking of the Thunderdome when I picked the name. Smiliedrome just doesn't quite carry the same force to me. I'm not opposed to changing it, though. If you can convince livius we'll do it. :)

[livius drusus]

Oh poop. Why do I always have to be the one who gets convinced? Hmm... I wonder if I could make a pout smiley?

[JoeP]

Liv: :hypno: you want to change the name of this forum.

[Legs]

I have to admit as soon as I saw the word Smiliedome... I thought of Tina Turner in that chainmail outfit. :yup:

[Shake]

Mad Crumb: Beyond Smiliedome.

[JoeP]

I have to admit as soon as I saw the word Smiliedome... I thought of Tina Turner in that chainmail outfit. :yup:
And there is a challenge for the smilie artists.

[Ensign Steve]

Don't change it!

[Godwhacker]

you could always invent your own dome (or drome!)-

"Bodacious cowboys
Such as your friend
Will never be welcome here
High in the Custerdome"

-Steely Dan, "Gaucho"

Nobody has yet to figure out what a Custerdome is... :chin:

[Ymir's blood]

In Forum Life did livius Khan
A stately smilie-dome decree:
Where Beta, the pixelated river, ran
Through forums measureless to man
Down to a virtual sea...

[Blake]

Not to mention Public Enemy: "Welcome to the Terrordome!" Which, of course, is how the title to the first thread went. Except that it was Smiliedome.

Forget about it, cep.

[livius drusus]

Hey! I'm livius Khan! How cool am I? :cartwheel:

[Ensign Steve]

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!

[viscousmemories]

Not to mention Public Enemy: "Welcome to the Terrordome!" Which, of course, is how the title to the first thread went. Except that it was Smiliedome.
Hey that's funny. I probably did that subconsciously because I love Public Enemy. :yup: