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#486 - 08/14/00 03:40 PM Re: Longest word
Brandon enthusiast Registered: 03/16/00 Posts: 218 Loc: Mountain West, USA	>> that flows about as well as your average palindrome. True, working with only the vowel 'a' makes for stunted sentences. Reminds me of that curious novella written without the letter 'e' (title currently escapes me). I didn't get past the fourth page because of the evident straining.
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#487 - 08/14/00 03:52 PM Re: Longest word
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10464 Loc: this too shall pass	>Reminds me of that curious novella written without the letter 'e' there is, of course, a word for that kind of writing; to wit, a lipogram. (why *do I know this stuff?!)
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#488 - 08/14/00 04:46 PM Re: Longest word
Jazzoctopus old hand Registered: 07/03/00 Posts: 1094 Loc: Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U...	that reminds me of one of those keyboarding class workbooks that starts you off with just a few letters, usually the Home key line. a lad; a glad fad; dad had salad . . . yuck!
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#489 - 08/15/00 10:32 AM Re: Longest word
william enthusiast Registered: 07/12/00 Posts: 200	"lipogram"??? tsunamied again! in awe...
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#490 - 08/16/00 05:22 AM Palindromes
Bridget addict Registered: 06/27/00 Posts: 444 Loc: Sydney Australia	>that flows about as well as your average palindrome< So, shall we have a contest for the longest palindrome, or tsuwm, do you already have a pet site lined up for us?
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#491 - 08/16/00 09:59 AM Re: di pet tepid
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10464 Loc: this too shall pass	>do you already have a pet site lined up for us? no; as you may have surmised, I don't much care for palindromes. A man, a plan, a canal -- Panama!
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#492 - 08/16/00 12:35 PM Re: Palindromes
Brandon enthusiast Registered: 03/16/00 Posts: 218 Loc: Mountain West, USA	Certainly not in the running for longest, but a curious favorite of mine: 1 pot CO2 = 2 octopi
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#493 - 08/16/00 03:49 PM Re: Palindromes
Jazzoctopus old hand Registered: 07/03/00 Posts: 1094 Loc: Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U...	>>1 pot CO2 = 2 octopi since when can i and 1 substitute for each other?
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#494 - 08/17/00 05:33 AM Re: Palindromes
Bridget addict Registered: 06/27/00 Posts: 444 Loc: Sydney Australia	>1 pot CO2 = 2 octopi since when can i and 1 substitute for each other?< How serious is this linguistic crime? Is it a capital offence?
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#495 - 08/17/00 09:19 AM Re: Palindromes
william enthusiast Registered: 07/12/00 Posts: 200	jazzoctopus, if ML8 can equal "i'm late", i guess anything's possible.
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