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#127211 04/13/04 09:02 AM
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Drat! I was so busy I forgot about this one I think I'll go with one anyway.


#127212 04/13/04 09:13 AM
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Pssssst. TEd, I found your definition, not as a pm but as a post, over in "porcine washeteria".


#127213 04/13/04 02:14 PM
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I'll take 2.


#127214 04/13/04 08:02 PM
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I vote for 12


#127215 04/14/04 04:46 AM
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#127216 04/14/04 10:41 AM
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Nein! It's nine.


#127217 04/14/04 04:52 PM
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this is passing strange.. there is a somewhat ordinary English word for meaning #9 (firstfoot), and #8 has "[not] on the backfoot". so is this a continuation on the 'sogennant' theme; i.e., truly worthless words for concepts that have other, more common words available?

I'll foot for 9.


#127218 04/15/04 10:09 AM
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Probably isn't anything Scottish ... Therefore I'll cast my vote for 2...
I don't understand! Are you being a little contrarian?


#127219 04/15/04 02:15 PM
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I'm torn between 6, 10 and 13 - both having Irish connections which seem most probable in this case.

Let's go for the lucky number
13


#127220 04/15/04 03:10 PM
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Probably isn't anything Scottish ... Therefore I'll cast my vote for 2...
I don't understand! Are you being a little contrarian?

You betcha. What I probably _should_ have written was "...therefore I'll cast my vote for 2...anyway!" just to be more explicit.

(with silver bells and cockle shells)




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