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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread verbed noun #7035 09/27/2000 7:36 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland Braving the threat of YART, I must share a horror I discovered upon briefly diverting my attention from AWAD to the very serious "Hardcopy Observer", where I read: "...when CEO Carly Fiorina informed the world of HP's plans to transition itself from a "box maker" to a services and solutions provider". - Where are we transitioning ourselves? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: verbed noun #7036 09/27/2000 8:53 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Definitely a "sic" perversion of transit, which is not very glorious, but will probably infect the world. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: verbed noun #7037 09/27/2000 1:44 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC > Definitely a "sic" perversion of transit, Years ago I left on Sunday evening from Dover to Ostend via the ferry, and the weather was hideous. So hideous I drove the porcelain bus all night. But the weather cleared and I pedaled in bright sunlight to Amsterdam, where I noted in my diary: Sick transit, glorious Monday. TEd 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

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