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#113596 - 10/14/03 08:27 PM Re: The Village of Parnassos
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Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Eptastomos (bottomless cesspool) and, finally, the Parnassos Ski Centre."
Water skiing, then.
#113597 - 10/14/03 09:26 PM Re: The Village of Parnassos
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Posts: 4,757 > The bottomless cesspool? A tourist attraction!?
Would you find it more attractive with a bottom attached? ;)
#113598 - 10/18/03 05:34 PM Re: Parnassus
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Posts: 104 What is the name for the process by which a placename loses its place to another?
Derecognized?
#113599 - 10/18/03 05:43 PM Re: Parnassus
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Seattle, Washington, USA Here we have an example of why "cross-threading" can sometimes be a useful and appropriate thing.
#113600 - 10/18/03 06:06 PM Re: Parnassus
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Actually, I think the word you are looking for is "reappellation".
#113601 - 10/18/03 07:44 PM Reapplellation
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Seattle, Washington, USA Reappellation is the process whereby, if the apples fall prematurely off the tree, new apples grow in their place.
#113602 - 10/18/03 09:28 PM Re: Reapplellation
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Good one.
And the word describing the same process with pear trees?
"Reappearance" ... of course.
#113603 - 10/18/03 09:39 PM Re: Reapplellation
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Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Isn't the Appelations where they danged hillbillies come from?
#113604 - 10/18/03 09:43 PM Re: appelation
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Vermont no, Appelation is what new mac owners feel...
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