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#186827 - 09/15/09 10:23 PM Squidoo
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Any of y'all seen this ? What do you think?

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#186828 - 09/15/09 11:00 PM Re: Squidoo [Re: Jackie]
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I think it's style over substance; but then, I would, wouldn't I‽

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#186829 - 09/16/09 06:31 AM Re: Squidoo [Re: tsuwm]
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He spelled gallimaufry wrong.

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#186830 - 09/16/09 09:50 AM Re: Squidoo [Re: Faldage]
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He spelled gallimaufry wrong.

It's one of spelling. Kinda like a Brit saying we spell honour incorrectly. In fact, I used to have a blog, sadly offline since some major disc foo, that used that spelling.

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#186832 - 09/16/09 10:40 AM Re: Squidoo [Re: zmjezhd]
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funnily, OED2 lists, oh, about seventeen(17) variants, and not one is 'galimaufrey'. fwiw.

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#186833 - 09/16/09 11:11 AM Re: Squidoo [Re: tsuwm]
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galimaufrey

Ah, excuse me. I didn't see that it only had one l. Mine has two. I thought it was the extra e Faldo was kvetching about.

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#186842 - 09/17/09 07:18 AM Re: Squidoo [Re: zmjezhd]
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It was the missing L that caught my attention. I was subsequently unable to find any spellings with the E and that includes the B&M OED.

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#186843 - 09/17/09 07:58 AM Re: Squidoo [Re: Faldage]
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I was subsequently unable to find any spellings with the E and that includes the B&M OED.

It was one of many spellings, as tsuwm pointed out, e.g., link.

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#186844 - 09/17/09 08:42 AM Re: Squidoo [Re: Faldage]
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Originally Posted By: Faldage
It was the missing L that caught my attention. I was subsequently unable to find any spellings with the E and that includes the B&M OED.


huh?

6-9 gallimaufrey [OED2]

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#186850 - 09/17/09 10:57 PM Re: Squidoo [Re: tsuwm]
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Entry 7 to your attention >>
link ( but the link seems to be broken )
Saw it when searching for the French gallimaufrey, (2 LL's ).
The 'galli' got something to do with gallisisms ?
'maufrey' = wrongly baked? (fried I mean) A miscooked gallisism? Mélange or hotchpotch.

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#186851 - 09/18/09 12:10 AM Re: Squidoo [Re: BranShea]
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Originally Posted By: BranShea
Entry 7 to your attention >>
link ( but the link seems to be broken )
Saw it when searching for the French gallimaufrey, (2 LL's ).
The 'galli' got something to do with gallisisms ?
'maufrey' = wrongly baked? A miscooked gallisism? Mélange or hotchpotch.


or simply time lord tmesis

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#186861 - 09/18/09 11:51 PM Re: Squidoo [Re: latishya]
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I went to Squidoo in a completely different context this afternoon. I got an e-mail inviting me to be a "mystery shopper". I decided to try looking up the company making this offer, and a search led me to the site. Surprise: it's a scam.

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#186864 - 09/19/09 04:49 AM Re: Squidoo [Re: latishya]
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Simply? 'tmesis'? That turned out to be Greek! Not simple at all.

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