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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Speaking of differences #199633 05/05/2011 2:46 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Wow, we really seem to be starting a trend here in Q&A. Our paper ran an article about the Board of Trustees at UK having elected a new president for the university. The chairman was quoted as saying the uni. was "lucky and fortunate" to get him. Is "lucky and fortunate" a redundancy, or is there some nuance I'm missing? I realize that lucky could be taken in some instances to mean sheer happenstance; but in this particular case they chose this man deliberately after a wide search, so sheer happenstance doesn't apply here. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Speaking of differences Jackie #199638 05/05/2011 4:04 AM Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Candy Pooh-Bah Candy Pooh-Bah Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under good observation Jackie Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Speaking of differences Jackie #199643 05/05/2011 6:50 AM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska I'm overjoyed, and also ecstatic, that you shared that with us, Jackie. Trusteeship and eloquence do not necessarily inhabit the same body. We must forgive and let bygones be bygones. Speaking of trustees and eloquence: I attended a graduation ceremony this evening in which a trustee read Frost's "The Road Not Taken," which I had recited last weekend at a memorial gathering, and for which I was heavily complimented. The high school choir director, who had attended both events, told me after the graduation, "Your excellent rendition just got much better." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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