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#70655
05/21/2002 12:55 PM
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I had never heard the word "imprest" before. But I found twenty sites about it! So in the financial world, it is a common term.
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#70656
05/21/2002 3:03 PM
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I'm impressed imprest impressed it's way into your consciousness, Dr. Bill!  Just don't get impressed into service by pirates on the high seas, that's no fun.
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#70657
05/21/2002 10:26 PM
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Dr Bill, just to add to the broth:
emprestimo is (Brazilian) Portuguese for loan.
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#70658
05/21/2002 11:20 PM
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And in Spanish, un préstamo.
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#70659
05/22/2002 9:07 AM
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Imprestidigitation:
Making recalcitrant sailors appear on deck through conjury.
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#70660
05/22/2002 1:29 PM
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enthusiast
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Really, Dub-Dub? I though imprestidigitation meant "amazingly rapid typing". 
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#70661
05/22/2002 3:31 PM
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AR:
meant "amazingly rapid typing". ....
Yeah, second meaning.
Dub-Dub
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#70662
05/24/2002 2:36 AM
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Really, Dub-Dub? I though imprestidigitation meant "amazingly rapid typing".Or "aphonically rantic typing".
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#70663
05/24/2002 8:44 AM
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Good one, W'ON!
Aphonically rantic typing is a useful phrase, the meaning of which is clearly understood here.
Imprestidigitated,
Dub-Dub
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#70664
05/24/2002 1:30 PM
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Thank you, sweet W'ON. You are ever seeking to calm roiled waters.
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#70665
05/24/2002 2:07 PM
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Let's all be jesting in good humor. We don't need another flame war.
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