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#172471 - 01/09/08 10:36 PM Language: According to Eco and Noam
themilum veteran Registered: 05/25/02 Posts: 1529 Loc: Aladamnbama the most watered s...	I understand Laurie perfectly but the questions of Fry seem a bit...well, pedestrian. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFD01r6ersw . Edited by themilum (01/09/08 10:42 PM)
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#172477 - 01/10/08 06:46 AM Re: Language: According to Eco and Noam [Re: themilum]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5295 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Thanks lots for a good laugh on a gray day. I have some doubts however on the pejorative application of the word "pedestrian" . The best holidays I remember were pedestrian long trail trips. Never a dull moment. Isn't Fry the rock that makes Laurie roll? Or the other way around?
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#172479 - 01/10/08 09:06 AM Re: Language: According to Eco and Noam [Re: BranShea]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10538 Loc: this too shall pass	the use of pedestrian to mean ordinary is quite pedestrian. -joe (dull even) friday
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#172484 - 01/10/08 03:28 PM Re: Language: According to Eco and Noam [Re: tsuwm]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5295 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	I just learned from milo's post that the word can also mean "dull" or "ordinary". I'm afraid there hardly is a word that is ordinary to me. cobwebs long since overrun by a Wellington boot, ha!! Edited by BranShea (01/10/08 03:50 PM)
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#172491 - 01/10/08 11:26 PM Re: Language: According to Eco and Noam [Re: BranShea]
themilum veteran Registered: 05/25/02 Posts: 1529 Loc: Aladamnbama the most watered s...	Originally Posted By: tsuwm the use of pedestrian to mean ordinary is quite pedestrian. -joe (dull even) friday Originally Posted By: BranShea I just learned from milo's post that the word can also mean "dull" or "ordinary". I'm afraid there hardly is a word that is ordinary to me. cobwebs long since overrun by a Wellington boot, ha!! Ah, BranShea, you wooden she devil, you have just "outed" joe friday as "Milo" themilum.
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#173029 - 01/30/08 06:03 PM Re: Language: According to Eco and Noam [Re: themilum]
consuelo Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/11/01 Posts: 2636 Loc: Caribbean	I have met both joe friday and themillum and I can tell you, they are not anywhere even near the same
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#173036 - 01/30/08 09:56 PM Re: Language: According to Eco and Noam [Re: consuelo]
themilum veteran Registered: 05/25/02 Posts: 1529 Loc: Aladamnbama the most watered s...	Originally Posted By: consuelo I have met both joe friday and themillum and I can tell you, they are not anywhere even near the same Well hello, Consuelo, long time no see. But me and joe would like to know which of us should thank you for your discernment? Edited by themilum (01/30/08 09:56 PM)
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#173041 - 01/31/08 07:24 AM Re: Language: According to Eco and Noam [Re: consuelo]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5295 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	As we all are.
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