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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 Re: The semantic shift Faldage #182883 02/24/09 10:01 AM Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 35 A Avyy newbie Avyy newbie A Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 35 Yeah. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The semantic shift Avyy #182887 02/24/09 04:08 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman OP Pooh-Bah OP dalehileman Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Originally Posted By: Avyy There is not much we have in common huh? Originally Posted By: dalehileman Down Under (weak pun) How about this... I notice you are good at making puns. ***Why thank you Avyy, it's positively inspirational to educe a crumb of approbation in this turmoil of reciprocal castigation I am not, but i want to learn. I am reading a book that is a study between puns in the English language and puns in Sanskrit. ***I am impressed by your apparent scholarship ...... It is absolutely fascinating! It has got me interested in puns for the first time ever. So maybe we could talk about puns? **By all means! and I'd encourage you in this connection to start a new thread. Note to admin: Or even a new Forum. Failing all that I'd be most happy at any time to chat, being dalehileman@me.com and apparently not caring who else knows it Originally Posted By: dalehileman When I access your profile Av, I note you haven't filled it out so I presume you're Down Under (weak pun) Wrong! Look at the globe; I just did to confirm that we are exactly half a world apart. (Actually the above paragraph gives away where I am from.) ***No it doesn't or at least not to me but that's perhaps because I'm such an old fart, on the verge of senility if not Alzheimer's and so I'd still like to learn where you live dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The semantic shift dalehileman #182909 02/25/09 02:02 AM Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 35 A Avyy newbie Avyy newbie A Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 35 India. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The semantic shift Avyy #182934 02/25/09 05:53 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman OP Pooh-Bah OP dalehileman Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Originally Posted By: Avyy India. Aha! I gather from your posts that you guys are much more tolerant of almost everything than the typical U.S. blogger and look Fwd to having you as a correspondent dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 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 View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,326 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 (), 580 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 13 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,539 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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