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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread THE THREE ODDEST WORDS (quiz!) #158765 04/20/06 06:26 AM Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 6 Szczecin, Poland M miros OP stranger OP miros stranger M Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 6 Szczecin, Poland THE THREE ODDEST WORDS When I pronounce the word Future, The first syllable already belons to the past. When I pronounce the word Silence, I destroy it. When I pronounce the word Nothing I make something no nonbeing can hold. ######################################################### Now guess the author of this poem and ... you can win one of these prizes a) a book of her poems (in my national Lingo) b) a T-shirt with J.Hendrix pic (too big for me) c) a bottle of vodka (also too big for me) Deadline: hmm ... the end of month. Thx. Miros Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: THE THREE ODDEST WORDS (quiz!) #158766 04/20/06 09:40 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Easy: Wislawa Szymborska I hope it's good vodka! Last edited by TEd Remington; 04/20/06 09:40 AM. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: THE THREE ODDEST WORDS (quiz!) #158767 04/21/06 04:53 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA TEd would look GREAT in that Hendrix t-shirt. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: THE THREE ODDEST WORDS (quiz!) #158768 04/21/06 06:05 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Hey, win your own darned contest, Padre! For those interested, Szymborska won the Nobel Prize for Literature hmm, ten years or so ago. 1995 or 1996. Too lazy to look it up. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,318 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 719 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,535 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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