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Did anybody else notice that one of our own made it to fame and glory? 
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Is there any way for the 'others' of us, who don't know what you're talking about, to get informed? >^--^< amnow
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Dr Bill is an affectionate name for William W. Hunt--who used to post here at the AWAD BB as WWH--
he is an nonogenarian, and his failing eyesite makes it difficult for him to read all the daily posts here.
but he sent a comment to Anu, and Anu included it in the last newsletter.
many of us miss Dr bill. he was often curmugedly, and sometimes sexist--but he was also extremely well read and knowledgeable. and he is missed.
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May I clarify? I do 'know' Dr Bill, but my question refers to the newsletter. What is that, and how can I see Dr Bill's publicity in it? Thanks. >^--^<
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>getting informed this seems as though it is a multipart question, but. as to AWADmail Issue 171, this appears on the surface to be something only accessible to those who subscribe to the AWAD service. you may, however, read it offline (as it were) by linking here: http://wordsmith.org/awad/awadmail.htmlas to *who is being talked about, you have to know that erstwhile stalwart wwh, aka Dr. Bill, is the William Hunt identified in Issue 171. edit: I see my answer has been somewhat OBE, but at least I seem to have covered enough bases. :)
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tsuwm, Thank you for the link and the info. Dr Bill is quite special, isn't he? >^--^<
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See, Dr. Bill?...you're an AWAD legend!
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Out of body experience
Order of the British Empire
Oracle by Example
Open business exchange
Outcome Based Education
Over the Bridge Exiles
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Now I get it. When I do it, it is mantling. When tsuwm does it, it is being overtaken by events.
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nah, OBE is when three people post all at once.
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OBE is when three people post all at once.
Okay, but if one of them is just a tiny bit slower than the other two, is it, as to the laggard, a mini-mantle?
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Good heavens, my sincerest apologies: I didn't know that there were any of us here who don't get the newsletter.
And I will also add that Dr. Bill is not the first of us to attain fame there: hi mav!
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>a tiny bit slower.. a mini-mantle.
stepping up my self-obnubilation, I had a tiny bit more to say; but I'll leave you to be my judge, Father.
-joe bfstplk
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I'll leave you to be my judge
I'll pass on the judging opportunity. I'm trying to follow a strict policy of only passing judgment when I get paid to do so.
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It's not a mantle if the second poster has had no chance to have read the first post. In that case the first poster is said to have pipped the second.
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Mantle? Pip? This Board is responsible for at least as many new words as is J.K. Rowling (cross-thread emoticon).
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> This Board is responsible...
I think wordorigins might have something to say about that...
and we're seldom accused of being responsible hereabouts!
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One fine baseball afternoon on June 15th, 1923, the New York Yankees' first baseman, Wally Pipp, was injured and one Lou Gehrig substitued for him...and then never missed the line-up for another 2,130 games thus earning the nickname "The Iron Horse." A record that stood, BTW, till Cal Ripken, Jr. broke it just few years back. So you could say that Wally was "pipped." That the etymology, there, Faldo?
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Good heavens, that little bald dude is Mini Me? I've heard the term, and seen his picture, but never put the two together (NO I have NOT seen the movie!). Interesting that his window was mini, also.
And no, I wasn't referring to Minnie Mouse, dang it!
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Dr. Bill is not the first of us to attain fame there: hi mav!
And I too have had the pleasure of submitting a comment that was deemed worthy of being passed along, I-don't-remember-how-long-ago...and it turned out to be the beginning of all the spam I have ever received.
It wasn't long after that that contributors began to be identified as "readerATdomainname" instead of "reader@domainname" so I may not have been the only one with that experience.
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That the etymology, there, Faldo?Aside from the fact that the Wally Pipp-Lou Gehrig story is pure bunk ( http://www.snopes.com/sports/baseball/pipp.asp) the OED has a citation for pip in this sense from 1891. Wally Pipp was aproximately minus two years old in 1891. http://wally-pipp.biography.ms/
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Oh, wofa, I am SO sorry! Sorry that I didn't credit you, and even sorrier that I never read what you had to say. That had to have been one I skipped...
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> identified as "readerATdomainname"
right, wofa - I had queried this with Anu years back when I got my first circular, probably one of many, and I have no doubt that was part of his learning curve in this medium!
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pure bunk
Hold on there, Faldo...Gehrig was substituted for Pipp whether it be for a headache, fractured skull, or just replaced because he was slumping. So pure bunk is pretty hyberbolic there, ol' buddy.
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