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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 #153785 - 01/16/06 06:43 AM Re: Quick! Without checking a dictonary. Vote !   Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 203 Homo Loquens enthusiast Homo Loquens   enthusiast Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 203 Somehow it is redolent of fruit, and suggestive of broken shells. A loquat. The Kabbalistic qellipot. No idea. Who cares? 'A man who knows everything and who never dies.' --Voltaire of the Comte de Saint-Germain. #153786 - 01/16/06 12:39 PM Re: Quick! Without checking a dictonary. Vote !   Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 427 Marianna addict Marianna   addict Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 427 Spain I think I do, if parte alícuota = aliquot portion. #153787 - 01/16/06 02:32 PM Re: Quick! Without checking a dictonary. Vote !   Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 389 Owlbow enthusiast Owlbow   enthusiast Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 389 Rhode Island, USA Yes. I learned the word from the Lab manager at my first lab technician job. #153788 - 01/17/06 12:20 AM Re: Quick! Without checking a dictonary. Vote !   Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 Zed Pooh-Bah Zed   Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Nope, never noticed it before. #153789 - 01/17/06 03:19 AM Re: Quick! Without checking a dictonary. Vote !   Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 themilum veteran themilum   veteran Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... Time! Ok, that's it. The party's over, the poll is closed; everyone out of the pool. Here are the results of the AWAD poll to determine competency... 55% of the respondents answered "yes" to the question "Do you know the meaning of the word "aliquot". This group will be permitted to name-drop the fact that they are more "word-worldly" than Bill Buckley. 40% of the voters answered "no", so they can only say that they belong to a club where most of the members are more "word-worldly" than Mister Buckley. And lastly, 5% of the voters cheated. The notation CHEATER will be stamped on their manilla AWAD personnel folder, securely kept in a lock box by Jackie. Thank you for your vote and remember to think nice thoughts about those less fortunate. Last edited by themilum; 01/17/06 03:24 AM. #153790 - 01/17/06 10:23 AM more word worthy than Bill   Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC milo: I was actually taken aback by the thought that Buckley didn't know that word. I know that there's a lot of words out there, but that guy knows and flaunts more obscure ones than anyone I've ever run into. I pretty much dislike his snobbish attitude towards us mere mortals, and was actually surprised by your report of his grace in admitting to lack of knowledge of aliquot. NOt that I am better than Buckley when it comes to vocabulary, I had run into aliquot a couple of times in a previous job, but had forgotten the exact meaning, so I didn't want to give you a mealy-mouthed vote. I'll bet you three dollars to your used postage stamp that he's never heard of a sedgwick, though. TEd Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,880 Posts224,652 Members9,045 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members DavidOrigami, RichEngle, Stosh2010, CarolWilliamson, Farscape07 9045 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 registered members (wofahulicodoc), 82 guests, and 4 spiders. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 55 A C Bowden 30 LukeJavan8 13 may2point0 1 Top Posters(All Time) wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,538 LukeJavan8 9,120 wofahulicodoc 7,879 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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