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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: the sennight is steadfast #136964 01/06/05 02:19 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park milo, are you not a member of the obsolete word club? fourtnight (said fort night) and sennight (a contraction of seven nights) are old english words, --fortnight is still used in UK, but is obsolete in english - last night on do you speak american, the idea that American English is now 'standard english', and not 'received'(ie english english) means we here in good ole USA get to call their words (a mere dialect of english!) obsolete, ain't life grand? NY (city) set the standard for the lexis, and the midland (ohio to northern oklahoma, to illinois) set the standard for pronounciation. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: the sennight is steadfast #136965 01/06/05 06:01 PM Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... T themilum veteran themilum veteran T Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... Happy Milo? I dunno Maverick, are True Believers ever happy when they have nothing to complain? [The least you could have done is call me Mister.] EDITEDITEDITEDITEDITEDITEDITEDITEDITEDITEDITEDITEDITEDIT HOGWASH (happy, Mister Milo?!) ;) GREAT! Now my spotless reputation and my good name are being used as a front for a crooked word game. A lesser man would sue. HOGWASH (tsu and be damned!) :) Ah, Maverick, at last, recherché wit! Now I go happy to PM the tsuwm (pronounced sue-EM) the definition of "sennight". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: the sennight is steadfast #136966 01/10/05 03:19 AM Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... T themilum veteran themilum veteran T Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... Is the Hogwash Contest cancelled because of the Awad meltdown? Inquring minds want to, etc... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: the sennight is steadfast #136967 01/10/05 04:25 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass the hogmaster® (me) atsumes that offline editors are used to compose def'ns (well, that's the way I'd do it!) and therefore the server downtime should have no effect on the timeliness* of entries. or, the timetable is steadfast. but I repeat myself. *see the infamous time thread for time out of mind referents; or, this time I'm out of my mind. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter last call #136968 01/12/05 08:15 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass I'll be posting the entries tomorrow. (where has the sennight gone?!) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 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 Website 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 View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,333 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 747 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,542 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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