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#6106 09/06/2000 3:25 PM
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Is this the correct word to describe someone in their nineties?

Similar to octogenarian?



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Yep, that's correct.


#6108 09/09/2000 8:29 AM
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Um, er, so what is "nonagenarian" then?

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#6109 09/10/2000 12:34 PM
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Lusy's right. Sorry, Hal .... ("Daisy, Daisy... give me.. your...answer, do.....I'm half- ...cra-zee......." [fatal error])


#6110 09/11/2000 4:18 AM
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Except perhaps in the case of someone in her nineties called Nanette.

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...and I am supposed to be smart. Took the second look, hours later, to get the Nanette ref.! Augh!


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...and I am supposed to be smart. Took the second look, hours later, to get the Nanette ref.! Augh!

How long did it take to get the HAL ref.?


#6113 09/12/2000 1:50 AM
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How long did it take to get the HAL ref.?

A nanosecond!


#6114 09/12/2000 4:26 AM
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A nanosecond!

Not a nonasecond? Or even a Nanettesecond?




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Not a nonasecond? Or even a Nanettesecond?

No-no.



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