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Jump to new posts One does not advance by BranShea     Today at 03:01 PM

Wednesday's thought for the day was:

One does not advance the swimming abilities of ducks by throwing the eggs in the water. -Multatuli (pen name of Eduard Douwes Dekker), novelist (1820-1887)

As I did not get he full meaning o
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Jump to new posts Re: Schadenfreude by Hydra     Today at 04:03 AM

BTW, thanks goofy.
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Jump to new posts Re: New Word? by Zed     Yesterday at 11:55 PM

We use texture in much the same way. I just meant the addition of shades of meaning for something more interesting than a flat statement.
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Jump to new posts Re: New Word? by BranShea     Yesterday at 04:03 PM

 Originally Posted By: Zed add "texture"to the language. I like it!
Is this a standing expression? (Makes me think of a painting of which people say : Yeh yeh, it does have something allright, but it got no texture.

Or food,
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Jump to new posts Re: Schadenfreude by etaoin     Yesterday at 07:33 AM

or le bon mop.
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Jump to new posts Re: Schadenfreude by Hydra     07/17/08 10:36 PM

Aaah, le bon mot!
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