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bats and butterflies Interesting that you should bring up butterflies in connection with bats.
Two of my favorite words, which I consider among the most beautiful words I have ever heard, are the Italian words for 'butterfly' -- farfalla; and the Italian for 'bat' - pipistrella.
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> ...a quick look at the on-line thesaurus (under "inarticulate") yields some better suggestions, such as, tongue-tied, faltering, mumbling, maundering.Nothing starting with W? ![](/board/images/icons/laugh.gif) I've been working on my scene with the women who keep their men in line... sheer brilliance has bubbled to the surface when it comes to G.W. and Laura, if I do say so myself. I've written her as a dominatrix linguistics coach: L: "Subliminal" GW: "Subliminable" L: No, "subliminal" GW: "Subliminable" L (cracking whip): "Subliminal" GW: Ow! "Subliminable" L: I'm not going to stop until you get it right!
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