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so, uh...remind what "armil" means exactly.  more to the point, what's the etymology?
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See armil explained here, except that the links are broken, I presume by the relocation of the Board to a new server some months ago which caused the severing of some older threads. Perhaps someone, more savvy than I, can tell you how to retrieve them. As to etymology, I think it had to do with a long-bygone Hogwash game whose target was "armil" (having to do with armillary spheres or planetaria or some such), at which several people independently presented "armadillo"-like entries in an attempt to seduce the gullible, all with the same red herring. Am I close?
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...and just to muddy the waters let me point out (in case you missed it, unlikely though that be) that the word is hasTILude and not hasLITude...
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> links are broken well, with a little detective work, I got to this: http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&Board=wordplay&Number=91104if that doesn't work, try this: linky. the thing is, you can't view them flat, only threaded, so it's a bit ponderous to find the exact post you're looking for. but, it's possible.
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Good work!
Historical note: Used to be the capacity to select linear vs. heirarchical listing of posts, user's choice. I'm not sure that option exists any more, so newer members may not know the reference. Or am I overlooking something?
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these old threads can only be viewed hierarchically, there is some error in the "showflat" (linear) code.
the option does still exist, on threads that have been created (and perhaps others?) since the forumware upgrade. the "flat/threaded" button is on the upper and lower right corners on the page.
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re: armil... LOL i get it now.  (better late than never)
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I'm voting for "F" here, based on my vast and well-known knowledge of all things musicological.
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I'll take G, despite the fact that my guess may be self-referential.....
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Another armilŪ pair is a and m.
I'm not real thrilled with a because of the first-person pronoun. Maybe that's supposed to be a citation, but it's missing its quotes.
Having said that, I'm going with F .
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