securest vs. most secure

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#158709 - 04/20/06 08:53 AM Re: securest vs. most secure
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel
sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui	Nice to see your fonts again, BY. FWIW, I find "securest" growing on me, but it's very context-dependent. There are situations in which I say "most secure" and others in which "securest" seems quite OK. Having been of exactly no help, I will proceed to ask if you've received any mail from me recently? noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html

#158710 - 04/20/06 09:06 AM Re: securest (from access!)
Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel
maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757	[aside] psst, he refers in another thread to the mention of talks by Daniel Barenboim, which I think is Elsewhere... now if only I could go and check! [/aside]

#158711 - 04/20/06 09:29 AM Re: securest (from access!)
Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 belligerentyouth old hand
belligerentyouth old hand Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin	> which I think is Elsewhere... Yes, come to think of it, I think it was - so that's an affirmative on the mail. Thanks for the welcome back from both of you:-)

#158712 - 04/20/06 10:06 AM Re: securest (from access!)
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont	I agree with mav (and others) that it's a sound thang... but then, I'm finding myself tapping my toes to the country music at the laundr(a)mat... just saw (!) this: Frazz sorta fits. Last edited by etaoin; 04/20/06 10:09 AM. formerly known as etaoin...

#158713 - 04/20/06 11:36 AM Re: securest vs. most secure
Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel
AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York	Quote: Good to see you again, by. We talked about this elsewhere but I don't have time to find the link.... [quoting myself] Here it is [/quoting myself] http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=161533

#158714 - 04/20/06 11:41 AM Belated ROTFL
Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel
AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York	Quote: Quote: So, happy, happer, happest? That's some rule. Funnest post more eve.

#158715 - 04/20/06 01:56 PM Re: securest vs. most secure
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel
zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh	Thanks. An exception to that "rule", too. Last edited by zmjezhd; 04/20/06 01:56 PM.

#158716 - 04/20/06 02:41 PM Re: Frazz
Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Jackie
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky	That's cute, eta! Are there people who actually say sowna??

#158717 - 04/20/06 07:00 PM Re: Frazz
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel
sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui	Quote: That's cute, eta! Are there people who actually say sowna?? At high-school, one of my classmates was Finnish, and she could not hear "saw-na" without saying "it's sow-na". It was like an automatic reflex. noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html

#158718 - 04/20/06 09:38 PM Re: Frazz
Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803	Quote: That's cute, eta! Are there people who actually say sowna?? Lotta Finns around here. It's not even sow-na, it's more like sah-oo-na, but the sah-oo is pretty quick and almost sounds like sow.

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