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#150831 11/23/05 08:20 PM
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> *after all have voted

so who's left? get thee hence!


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these niceties should be discussed [/roolz]




How about these niceties:

http://www.brooksbrothers.com/IWCatSecti...;Section_Id=211

Roolz?


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>so who's left?

well, I haven't voted; but I didn't enter; howsomeever, if I were to vote anyhow, I'd vote for... what was the word again? perrierhagiovium? must be that holy water fizgig.

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> who's left?

after excessive scrolling, it looks like Bingley, Connie, and HL are left?


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and why would Bingley be voting his own self??

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> Bingley voting

good point.

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..not to mention that the -rrh- suggests it's Greek, not Latin...




As several have pointed out, the Romans were far from loathe to steal Greek words. When doing so they generally changed the Greek -ion neuter ending to the Latin -ium.

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these niceties should be discussed [/roolz]




How about these niceties:

http://www.brooksbrothers.com/IWCatSecti...;Section_Id=211

Roolz?




Oh, TEd, you ol' breakfast-eating Brooks-Brothers type.

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Bingly wrote on November 21:
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Polling will be open for one week



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sorry. I got no life.


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