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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Elliptical evolution? #166288 02/28/2007 3:51 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland Not circular, since the pejorative usage of "nice" is not the same - "helical evolution", in my view, would be a more apt metaphor for this interesting phenomenon: contrary to an ellipse, a helix is not a closed curve. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Elliptical evolution? sjmaxq 02/27/2007 2:48 AM Re: Elliptical evolution? Jackie 02/27/2007 1:31 PM Re: Elliptical evolution? Jackie 02/28/2007 1:25 PM Re: Elliptical evolution? Curuinor 02/28/2007 2:05 PM Re: Elliptical evolution? of troy 02/28/2007 2:38 PM Re: Elliptical evolution? AnnaStrophic 02/28/2007 2:49 PM Re: Elliptical evolution? Myridon 02/28/2007 3:53 PM Re: Elliptical evolution? of troy 02/28/2007 4:12 PM Re: Elliptical evolution? wsieber 02/28/2007 3:51 PM Re: Elliptical evolution? sjmaxq 02/28/2007 5:16 PM Re: Elliptical evolution? sjmaxq 02/28/2007 5:22 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,429 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 20 A C Bowden 7 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,244 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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