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Right Jackie, question answered. Now give the woman her $64,000.
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Well, Jackie, my husband would tell you that I am, but then he uses the un and the sub in ways that I thought were wrong, until I was clued in by all of you...so, yes, I am crazy!
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That deserves a CITATION
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Enough of your INACTION , let's keep it going!
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Originally Posted By: CoffeebeanZippity Lippity Catherine DeMedicis, Looking to end the religious divides, Issued her Edict so Idealistically; Nevertheless many Lost their poor hides. Something made me think of Catherine DeMedicis a couple weeks
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I think the game needs to continue here with AMNIOTIC. If folks want to start a new thread for the other word, that would be great.
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My hope is that "globalization" will eventually make war obsolete as every country will be so dependent on every other. Can you imagine, for instance, China provoking a conflict with US, while using their un-balance of trade they heavily
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if you have a comment regarding AWAD itself, you should address it to Anu Garg [he seldom posts in these forums unless it is *truly administrative; e.g. regarding a software update.] you can reach him via the Feedback link at the bottom of this page
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>sigh< I thought I was just commenting on AT4Ts that say something essentially critical about religion. It gains nothing, produces nothing. This week has another. I wasn't stating whether or not religions were opiates of the masses. If r
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Originally Posted By: wofahulicodoc Quote:The puzzle where you can use all the given letters as many times as you like is called a "letter bank." Don't like the word "bank". ANTICLIMACTIC, twosleepy, you are reckless, (reminds m
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Originally Posted By: wofahulicodocIf there's a "miniskirt," can you have a MINICOAT ? No, wait: AMNIOTIC ! A riddle I remember from the '70s: What do you use to put out the fire of Hot Pants? Answer: a Panty Hose !!
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The puzzle where you can use all the given letters as many times as you like is called a "letter bank." Example: LENS --> SENSELESSNESS. But that's a different game.
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Since writing that, I have come across claims that America is more likely named after Richard Americke Some believe so, but I do not find the argument convincing.
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And W is still a vowel in them. Yes. That's why it dawned on me earlier in this thread. Was GF asing about words with no graphemic or phonemic vowels. That's why I mentioned clicks (link), nasals, and (af)fricatives. I'd consider tsk /|/, hmm /m:/,
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Here's a verse I wrote about the curious portmanteau-name invented for Native Americans: I'm an Amerind, nominally, By combining two names, as you see. But the merchant of Florence And Hindustan's torrents Mean equally little to me. The name Ameri
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And W is still a vowel in them. Don't make me say irregardless!
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Scramble or scramble and add or delete one is not the same thing as scramble and add six letters. Rools ? Flagranto delicto.
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And yet there are 2 hour movies out there that can't find enough plot to last even halfway to the credits.
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Sorry, I missed that, what rules didn't get followed?
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OneLook lists ~16 English dictionaries that list cwm as an English word -- it's every bit as English now as, say, yenta.
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My Microsoft Bookshelf says cwm is Welsh: cwm cwm (k?m) noun See cirque. [Welsh, valley.]
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Not quite.
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Sure it wasn't finis?
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For example, The Pook's assertion that William James's comment is only true if God exists has as an unstated premise that a man has a true existence only if there is God to perceive that true existence. The assertion was worded in such a way as to a
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Originally Posted By: twosleepyOriginally Posted By: The PookThe 1925 version of Les Miserables went for 7 hours Are you kidding? Wow! I thought I'd seen "the longest movie" when I went to see Reds.... but it was worth it. :0) Gettysburg
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