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#62811 03/28/02 02:52 PM
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I came across "Honorificabilitudinitatibus", it is from a Shakespearean play "Love's labour Lost" and is supposed to mean "a nonsense word" I didn't quite get it . It is also alleged that if it is arranged in an anagram it proves that Shakespearean plays were actually written by Francis Bacon !! Can somebody shed light ??




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honorificabilitudinitatibus doesn't 'mean' a nonsense word, rather it 'is' a nonsense word, meanng roughly "with honorableness".

btw, speaking of nonsense words, a shaconian is someone who is convinced that Bacon
ghosted Shakespeare's plays.

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Meanwhile, welcome aBoard, indianaugust.


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Dear indianaugust: How about you giving us a discussion of "Indian summer"?


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I have a hunch that Indian summer is caused by marked transient shift in jetstream, bringing short duration of warmer than normal temperatures. I first heard the term from Galsworthy's short story by that name. I wondered what he knew about American aborigine culture.


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Oh well, indian summers are not that bad. i have seen temperatures like 110-120 in Delhi but I am not sure whether Simla was ever that hot. The scorching heat of summer has its own charm with all the nimbuwallahs (people selling lemonade) lining the streets. There are all other kinds of exotic drinks like jaljeera (spiced and chilled water) and burfgola (a mound of ice covered with viscous sweet liquids, served on a wooden stick). Days are long which usually means that children playing cricket on the street, roadside, pavement, rooftop .. practically any stretch of space enough to provide a respectable pitch, can stay out longer and enjoy the light at dusk. Summer was actually a lot of fun. Nostalgic sighs...............!


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Wow, two posts then the discussion deviates unrecognizably. Is this a record?


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I confess, I've been eagerly awaiting more on honorificabilitudinitatibus. I tried to get an anagram, but the string was too long. Darn!

added after reading the next post: I guess the 'more' I wanted would be about the anagram that allegedly proves the theory.

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