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I've always fancied myself as a Morgoth: Manwe Sulimo was so (uptight? anal retentive? fundamental? constipated? ahhh) costive!
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referring back to old postsBefore we resign ourselves to verbal references alone, let's give this a try. Purely experimental, but would be nice if it works. 1. The following link should jump to Jo's starting post ( and they're off!) on this pow-wow thread: http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Board=miscellany&Number=5932(same Board, same Thread) 2. This link should take you to shanks' posting in Graduation, Part 2: http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Board=miscellany&Number=6634(same Board, different Thread) 3. And this one should take you to Jo's posting in Food for Thought, under Wordplay & Fun: http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Board=wordplay&Number=6635(different Board and Thread) The first link may be slow if you don't already have a second browser window open, the other two should be more acceptable. Now, if the url markup didn't automatically attach a http:// to the beginning of links, we could skip the wordsmith.org/board/ bit, which would really shorten it. But perhaps it's acceptable as it stands? If people could give these links a try and see if they work for them (the fact they work for me is no guarantee) it would be good. Then, if there's sufficient interest, I could provide more detailed instructions on how to set up such links with relative ease.
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10/23/2000 10:41 AM
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Shona
Links were pretty quick for me. But then, I do have the advantage of working from a permanently on-line system (whether cyber-cafes or work).
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linksGood stuff, that fish! I was dazzled by this lesson in computer know-how. Then I came across these explanatory terms from the MacAttorney Humor List via the Wordplay list: 1 millionth of a fish: 1 microfiche
1 million bicycles: 2 megacyclesClearly fish are well able to scale these heights! 
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>>
1 million bicycles:
2 megacycles
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I see we have our usual perfervid nimiety. ;^)
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perfervid nimiety
Fi - shend me not!
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perfervid nimiety
Fi - shend me not
Wow, three new words in a day! That's prolixity for you.
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prolixity for youFi, shed not a gear, I mean tear... 
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>shend me not
mav, I applaud your continued attempts to defloccinaucinihilipilificate the worthless word.
shend is marked "chiefly dialect"; I'm assuming it's British as no information on the area of usage is forthcoming.
any confirmation?
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Manwe Sulimo was so (uptight? anal retentive? fundamental? constipated? ahhh) costive!He was also the complete opposite of feckless - we could say he was fective, perhaps? Which would, of course, make him costive fective - every accountants dream. 
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Actually I thought his very uptightness made him restless, which is why he was costive active...
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