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#25627 - 04/01/01 11:09 PM Words to describe people
Wordsmith member Registered: 03/12/00 Posts: 121	Philosopher, mathematician, and writer, Bertrand Russell, once said, "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." This week's word describe people falling somewhere in between the spectrum. Can you identify some of those around you in these words?
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#25628 - 04/03/01 08:39 AM Re: Words to describe people
Bryan Hayward journeyman Registered: 04/03/01 Posts: 69 Loc: IL	Pixillated was interesting - for a minute I thought it was a misspelling of "pixelated" meaning "distorted by digital resolution restrictions." A homonym is born! The Russell quote rocks! Thanks for using it. I was given a gift subscription to AWAD, and now I'm hooked. Cheers, Bryan _________________________ Cheers, Bryan You are only wretched and unworthy if you choose to be.
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#25629 - 04/03/01 03:00 PM Re: Words to describe people
inselpeter Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/14/01 Posts: 2379 Loc: New York City	Pixillated was interesting - for a minute I thought it was a misspelling of "pixelated" meaning "distorted by digital resolution restrictions." A homonym is born! On the topic of today's word, here is a whimsical question especially (but not exclusively) for BlanchePatch: What is the largest individual organism in the world and where is it? (OK, so it's two questions.) And a big hello, Bryan--welcome!
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#25630 - 04/04/01 09:44 AM Re: Words to describe people
teresag journeyman Registered: 03/12/01 Posts: 60 Loc: Oregon, USA	Re: What is the largest individual organism in the world and where is it? I believe it's a fungus growing just underground - not sure of the location, maybe Pennsylvania?
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#25631 - 04/04/01 12:07 PM Re: Words to describe people
inselpeter Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/14/01 Posts: 2379 Loc: New York City	It's a fungus, but it ain't in PA. Wanna try a lifeline? Maybe Sparteye knows. IP
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#25632 - 04/04/01 01:06 PM Re: Words to describe people
Sparteye Pooh-Bah Registered: 01/05/01 Posts: 1773	Inselpeter, you must be referring to the giant fungus found in the UP. But, I'm afraid that it has since been supplanted, by a similar one in - I think - the Pacific Northwest. Washington? Oregon? I love "Oregon." No other state is just a couple of pencil squiggles away from being an herb! [huh? everyone says]
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#25633 - 04/04/01 06:29 PM Re: Words to describe people
teresag journeyman Registered: 03/12/01 Posts: 60 Loc: Oregon, USA	"Oregon." No other state is just a couple of pencil squiggles away from being an herb! And Sparteye, did you know that our state's name, when correctly pronounced, is a homonym for something that may be played? (Any more specific, and I'd be giving it away completely.)
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#25634 - 04/05/01 07:40 AM Re: Words to describe people
shanks old hand Registered: 03/16/00 Posts: 1004 Loc: London, UK	And Sparteye, did you know that our state's name, when correctly pronounced, is a homonym for something that may be played? (Any more specific, and I'd be giving it away completely.) Going gutteral: played or played with? cheer the sunshine warrior
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#25635 - 04/05/01 04:50 PM Re: Words to describe people
WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/13/01 Posts: 4189 Loc: Rio Grande, Cape May County, N...	And Oregon could also describe a depleted gold mine! (When pronounced the usual incorrect way)
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#25636 - 04/05/01 05:13 PM Re: Words to describe people
Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/12/00 Posts: 3409	Oregon." No other state is just a couple of pencil squiggles away from being an herb! And Sparteye, did you know that our state's name, when correctly pronounced, is a homonym for something that may be played? "Oregon" should be pronounced as "Organ"?! Not even a schwa between the "r" and the "g"?! Or is this just my non-rhoticity confusing me again?
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