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Re: new word

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 22:14:31 -0700
Message-ID: <3F8A34B7.2040104@x.washington.edu>


Howard J. Rogers wrote:

>Daniel Morgan wrote:
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>>Howard J. Rogers wrote:
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>>>Jim Kennedy wrote:
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>>>>I must say that I had to look up slubberdegullion
>>>>(http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-slu1.htm). I consider
>>>>myself fairly erudite, but Howard certainly taught me a new word.
>>>>Jim
>>>>From: "Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com>
>>>>Subject: Re: Update On Jitendra Patel & TUSC
>>>>Date: Sunday, October 12, 2003 4:28 PM
>>>><snip for brevity only>
>>>>I have no doubt that they will respond very quickly and very emphatically
>>>>to disassociate themselves from this slubberdegullion. Otherwise,
>>>>thinking people might come to what I am sure is entirely the wrong
>>>>opinion.
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>>>>Regards
>>>>HJR
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>>>Oh, Jim. Next you'll be accusing me of being sesquipedalian!
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>>>(try floccinausinihilipilification as a true description of
>>>Patel's/Wilson's contributions here. One of my favourites).
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>>>Regards
>>>HJR
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>>Next time spell it correctly: FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION.
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>>Some people. ;-)
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>Bloody Americans!!!!!!!! ;-)
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>Extraordinary as it may seem to those of us this side of the Atlantic
>(WEST), you are actually quite correct, and I hang my head in shame.
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>It was only 1/28th incorrect, however. And from memory.
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>Such mis-spellings are, however, flagitious, and were I not to accept the
>correction, I would be a mere recusant.
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>So much for mere Arts degrees, huh?
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>But yeah, I gottit wrong meester (add glottal stops as necessary)
>HJR
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Given that I'm in Seattle we are both West of the Atlantic. ;-)

And for those of you thinking Howard knows more about the language (English) he speaks
than the language he writes (SQL) ...
http://phrontistery.50megs.com/ihlstart.html

-- 
Daniel Morgan
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