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#203260 - 11/15/11 09:05 AM syzygy
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11582 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	What a great word! It just sizzles with energy! And: NOTES: One could hyperpolysyllabically contrive a longer word having four Ys, but syzygy nicely lines up three of them organically in just six letters. HA!
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#203264 - 11/15/11 11:12 AM Re: syzygy [Re: Jackie]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5371 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	_________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#203265 - 11/15/11 11:20 AM Re: syzygy [Re: Jackie]
David M stranger Registered: 11/15/11 Posts: 1	While the origins of syzygy may be in Greek and Latin, the etymology of the other words noted here, such as "juxtaposed" and others are as likely as not rooted in the Hebrew word for "together", composed of the root letters y-ch-d, or, for our purposes, JKT. e-ch-d is "one" in Hebrew.
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#203266 - 11/15/11 12:23 PM Re: syzygy [Re: David M]
goofy member Registered: 01/06/08 Posts: 132	Originally Posted By: David M While the origins of syzygy may be in Greek and Latin, the etymology of the other words noted here, such as "juxtaposed" and others are as likely as not rooted in the Hebrew word for "together", composed of the root letters y-ch-d, or, for our purposes, JKT. e-ch-d is "one" in Hebrew. Most scholars would disagree. juxtapose was created from Latin iuxtā "beside" plus French poser "to place".
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#203294 - 11/17/11 09:11 AM Re: syzygy [Re: Jackie]
anaconda stranger Registered: 11/18/10 Posts: 3 Loc: US	Today I feel I am suffering from hyposyzygy. Y, was that 4? G
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#203308 - 11/17/11 08:20 PM Re: syzygy [Re: Jackie]
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11582 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	I don't have that phone yet.
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#203667 - 12/05/11 03:56 AM Re: syzygy [Re: Jackie]
kwalijkje stranger Registered: 11/09/11 Posts: 4	If I generate three of something (i grecs?) in parallel, is it syzygygeny? :-)
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#203668 - 12/05/11 09:06 AM Re: syzygy [Re: Jackie]
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11582 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	Only if they're zeds.
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#203672 - 12/05/11 11:15 AM Re: syzygy [Re: Jackie]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5371 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	i grecs are not zeds _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#203679 - 12/05/11 03:30 PM Re: syzygy [Re: kwalijkje]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Originally Posted By: kwalijkje If I generate three of something (i grecs?) in parallel, is it syzygygeny? :-) kwalijkje, don't take us kwalijk our silly answers. We're no syzygygenyses.
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