Author Topic: Banner is wonky (Read 6831 times)

kimmer · « **on:** August 24, 2008, 12:03:18 PM »

I like the new banner, but it's too large and has messed up the top part of each page for me so that I can't use the links and such that are there. In case it's a skin issue, I'm using SAGE. Here's what I see:

http://spatulagraphics.com/blog_images/banner_824.png

Figured you'd want to know.

Highmac · « **Reply #1 on:** August 24, 2008, 12:53:56 PM »

Same result with TS default

Gregg · « **Reply #2 on:** August 24, 2008, 08:25:43 PM »

Like it says, Life's a Beach...

But the beach is cropped.

krissel · « **Reply #3 on:** August 25, 2008, 12:04:05 AM »

Sorry for the tsunami guys, my fault for not checking out how it looked after uploading in the wee hours. Realized the last banner had been up for two weeks so I quickly uploaded and did not pay attention to how it appeared. It just was a bit too large for the software to compress to standard size.

Thank HighMac for the corrected version.

Highmac · « **Reply #4 on:** August 25, 2008, 03:08:14 AM »

You're very welcome...

Texas Mac Man · « **Reply #5 on:** August 25, 2008, 02:43:53 PM »

Wonky is not a word that I have ever used. So I looked up the definition(s). Probably still won't ever use it.

won·ky (wngk)
adj. won·ki·er, won·ki·est Chiefly British
1. Shaky; feeble.
2. Wrong; awry.
[Probably alteration of dialectal wanky, alteration of wankle, from Middle English wankel, from Old English wancol, unsteady.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,

wonky
Adjective
[-kier, -kiest] Brit, Austral & NZ slang
1. shaky or unsteady: wonky wheelbarrows, wonky knees
2. insecure or unreliable: his marriage is looking a bit wonky [dialect wanky]

Collins Essential English Dictionary 2nd Edition 2006 © HarperCollins Publishers 2004, 2006

Thesaurus

Adj. 1. wonky - turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"
askew, awry, cockeyed, skew-whiff, lopsided
crooked - having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"
2. wonky - inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky"
rickety, shaky, wobbly
unstable - lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy"

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2008 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
wonky
adjective 1. askew, squint (informal) awry, out of alignment, skewwhiff Brit. (informal)
adjective 2. shaky, weak, wobbly, unsteady, infirm

Highmac · « **Reply #6 on:** August 25, 2008, 04:10:03 PM »

"Wonky" is a common word over here, as in wonky table which either has loose legs or is standing on an uneven floor or a wonky wheel that is out of true.

Never heard of "wanky" which sounds too much like a rather rude insult aimed at someone who has shown unusual stupidity resulting in some sort of crisis. Usually for the person aiming the insult. Frequently accompanied by a hand gesture at drivers whose skills are considered less than perfect.

Guess it isn't used on that side of the pond but all the Brits will know which word I mean

Jack W · « **Reply #7 on:** August 25, 2008, 05:22:12 PM »

Boy, if I knew I was going to cause this much of a wonky uproar, I would never have submitted the banner.

kimmer · « **Reply #8 on:** August 25, 2008, 08:59:28 PM »

QUOTE(Texas Mac Man @ Aug 25 2008, 12:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Wonky is not a word that I have ever used. So I looked up the definition(s). Probably still won't ever use it.

I've used wonky most of my life -- at least since HS. Don't know where I learned it. The Chicago area? By reading British mysteries? Listening to my family -- none of whom have ever been in England?

I meant it as "askew or awry or amiss" since it was covering up the links. I didn't mean it as anything hideous or mean or nasty. I simply thought it might be a problem for others as well. My apologies to JW, and next time I'll tell Kris on the QT.

BTW, I think it's a spiffy banner. I adore pics of the rolling seas.

Highmac · « **Reply #9 on:** August 26, 2008, 01:55:57 AM »

Hmmmm.... "spiffy". There's a word we don't see very often.....

Jack - We know you don't mean that. Great banner. Keep 'em coming

krissel · « **Reply #10 on:** August 26, 2008, 04:14:56 AM »

I use "wonky".

Texas Mac Man · « **Reply #11 on:** August 26, 2008, 07:54:57 AM »

Being a Texan, here's many of the words we use. http://www.geocities.com/texas_macman/texbonics.html

Wonky is not on the list.

sandbox · « **Reply #12 on:** August 27, 2008, 03:09:00 PM »

QUOTE

[Probably alteration of dialectal wanky, alteration of wankle, from Middle English wankel, from Old English wancol, unsteady.

QUOTE

The Wankel engine is a type of internal combustion engine which uses a rotary design to convert pressure into a rotating motion instead of using reciprocating pistons. Its four-stroke cycle is generally generated in a space between the inside of an oval-like epitrochoid-shaped housing and a roughly triangular rotor. This design delivers smooth high-rpm power from a compact, lightweight engine.

Wankel=Unsteadily Smooth

kimmer · « **Reply #13 on:** August 27, 2008, 07:45:03 PM »

QUOTE(Texas Mac Man @ Aug 26 2008, 05:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Being a Texan, here's many of the words we use. http://www.geocities.com/texas_macman/texbonics.html

Wonky is not on the list.

By cracky! Reads like a list my Auntie Nell might have used, and she was an ol' barefoot farm girl from southern Illinois.

Gregg · « **Reply #14 on:** August 27, 2008, 09:13:43 PM »

wonk
noun, informal, derogatory
a studious or hardworking person

How can a banner be wonky?

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