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#19975 02/22/01 08:42 PM
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My son at age six coined a word for yesterday's night, "yeh-night", and it has always seemed to me to be viable. Any takers?


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A worn down version of yesternight, no doubt (q.v. http://www.bartleby.com/61/94/Y0019400.html.




#19977 02/23/01 12:58 AM
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Welcome cygnet3 !
Not bad for a first try. Stay with us!
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A worn down version of yesternight, no doubt (q.v. http://www.bartleby.com/61/94/Y0019400.html.

A bright six-year-old, then. Cygnet3, my congratulations! Who introduced him to Bartleby?



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Who introduced him to Bartleby?

Ahh, these wired kids - I sometimes think we'll never catch 'em up now, Cap!


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Ahh, these wired kids - I sometimes think we'll never catch 'em up now,

Right, Aunt mav! My kids started learning about computers in elementary school, and would give me pitying looks as they tried to tell me about spreadsheets they'd created.
I still don't know what one is...


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they tried to tell me about spreadsheets they'd created.
I still don't know what one is...


Isn't that when you shake out folded sheet preparatory to changing the bed?
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