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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread dittography` #38501 08/14/01 03:56 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dittography: Now there's a word that outdoes tsuwm's wwftd's.Calligraphers, never numerous, are now close to extinction. So only by its rarity does "dittography" deserve to exist. Ancient scribes working on vellum had the advantage that the substrate was almost indestructible, unlike modern paper. Perhaps modern technology has advanced in the matter of making erasures invisible, and an unplanned duplication of characters no longer a tragedy, but only a minor annoyance. eet. I was surprised to find quite a few sites on the Internet that mentioned Mimeography and Ditto. Regrettably none of them seemed worth citing here. It's even been a long time since I heard anybody say "ditto" in a restaurant, meaning "I want the same thing." And I rejoice that this word processing computer makes not only unwanted "dittoes" but all kinds to typographical errors so readily correctable and invisible. If this rambling annoys you, make more posts, to give me something better to do. I have deliberately used a technical term in a sense not supported by the dictionary. See if you can find it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: dittography` #38502 08/14/01 05:15 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 So only by its rarity does "dittography" deserve to exist. Just the other day I accidentally posted the same message twice. Dittography in that modern form may not be so rare. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: dittography` #38503 08/14/01 05:30 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 B Bobyoungbalt veteran Bobyoungbalt veteran B Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 >technical term in a sense not supported by the dictionary< substrate? I haven't looked any any other posts below this one edit after posting: OK, there were no subsequent posts Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: dittography` #38504 08/14/01 07:37 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 BYB: you caught me. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter #38505 08/14/01 09:51 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: calligraphy` #38506 08/14/01 10:33 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA Calligraphers, never numerous, are now close to extinction. Dunno' about that Bill, there are two in the yellow pages for our little Seacoast area! Don't both The White House and Buckingham Palace have calligraphers on staff? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 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 Posts229,363 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 (), 738 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,558 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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