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Well 'your' television ads are funny, even while neglecting an important point: XP can still be had. Define you a machine by its operating system, hrm?
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Wordplay and fun
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COMITIA is the best I can do....
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Weekly Themes
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In the second rainbow the colors are in reverse order. I've seen a triple rainbow in Flagstaff, AZ.
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Re: heads
by BobVVore
@ Yesterday at 01:51 PM
I've heard/read that whistles are/were used in the Canary Islands because it carries better than voice because of the volcanic rock(?). Haven't verified it (I read it back in the days when you could trust what you read, at least in the Weekly Reader
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In addition to this query: On NPR's The Puzzler shortly after this was an 80 year old woman who's 80th birthday was on 08-08-08 this year. Fascinating!
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just to throw in a sesquipedalianism (or two-dollar word) [or type-3 word], paraphrasis (not to be confused with periphrasis) link -joe (just doin' my job) friday
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Information and announcements
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I pretty much gave up on sitcoms when they turned into vehicles for a bunch of unconnected one-liners. Plot?! We don' need no steenkeen plot!
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Hi and welcome Did your Dad speak any languages besides English?
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Q&A about words
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so, yes, I am crazy! Well, you fit right in here, then!
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Yeah right. As if. We wish. Even if the whole world becomes corporatised, we will just replace nation-state warfare with corporate warfare. Played out as much as possible in countries other than where the corporate HQs are of course.
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Originally Posted By: Andrew Robinson Since writing that, I have come across claims that America is more likely named after Richard Americke, a sponsor of John Cabot's voyage of annexation http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/tudors/americaname_03.s
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Originally Posted By: tsuwmif 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
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Wordplay and fun
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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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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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I suggest the term "vericidal" (having the tendency of killing the truth). It even yields some Google hits, although I suspect this is due to misspellings..
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tsu thank you for that link. I have no idea what's been installed but my IT No. 1 Son will no doubt advise on this point
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eta thank you fr that hint and I will try it; though I agree it's kooky as hell However, returning to my original post I am wondering if anyone misses their personal taskbar editing macros in Entourage as I find it had to believe that anyone doing a
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Ditto.
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