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Posted By:
hal217
Nonogenarian?
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09/06/00
03:25 PM
Is this the correct word to describe someone in their nineties?
Similar to octogenarian?
HaroldA
Posted By:
AnnaStrophic
Re: Nonogenarian?
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09/06/00
04:17 PM
Yep, that's correct.
Posted By:
lusy
Re: Nonogenarian?
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09/09/00
08:29 AM
Um, er, so what is "nonagenarian" then?
lootydog
Posted By:
AnnaStrophic
Whoops!
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09/10/00
12:34 PM
Lusy's right. Sorry, Hal .... ("Daisy, Daisy... give me.. your...answer, do.....I'm half- ...cra-zee......." [fatal error])
Posted By:
Bingley
Re: Whoops!
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09/11/00
04:18 AM
Except perhaps in the case of someone in her nineties called Nanette.
Bingley
Posted By:
Jackie
Re: Whoops!
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09/11/00
08:49 PM
...and I am supposed to be smart. Took the second look,
hours
later, to get the Nanette ref.! Augh!
Posted By:
AnnaStrophic
Re: Whoops!
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09/11/00
11:29 PM
...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.?
Posted By:
Jackie
Re: Whoops!
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09/12/00
01:50 AM
How long did it take to get the HAL ref.?
A nanosecond!
Posted By:
Max Quordlepleen
Re: Whoops!
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09/12/00
04:26 AM
A nanosecond!
Not a nonasecond? Or even a Nanettesecond?
Posted By:
Jackie
Re: Whoops!
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09/12/00
10:00 AM
Not a nonasecond? Or even a Nanettesecond?
No-no.
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