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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread fizgig = chit ? #172502 01/11/08 04:51 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman OP Pooh-Bah OP dalehileman Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Ran across this deleting old email: This week's theme: words that have many unrelated meanings. fizgig (FIZ-gig) noun 1. A squib:...firework..... 2. A kind of top..... 3. A flirty, frivolous girl.... 4. A kind of harpoon.... 5. A police informer.... I didn't know how to place a tilde above the = sign dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fizgig = chit ? dalehileman #172504 01/11/08 05:28 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >I didn't know how to place a tilde above the = sign it's perfectly valid (and understandable) to approximate this as =~ (defined as 'equals approximately) -joe (define your terms) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fizgig = chit ? tsuwm #172518 01/12/08 03:26 AM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Unicode character 0x2245: ≅ ... Under Windows, the Start > Programs > Accessories > Character Map application is your friend. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fizgig = chit ? zmjezhd #172522 01/12/08 12:49 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Lessee how this works ̃=̃ Looks a little off center to me but. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fizgig = chit ? Faldage #172524 01/12/08 02:22 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont hmm, can't seem to find that on the mac, other than as an html character, which doesn't display: ≅ what's it called, btw? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fizgig = chit ? Buffalo Shrdlu #172525 01/12/08 02:36 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh The Unicode character is called Approximately Equal To. The XML entity, ≅, probably stands for congruence. [Added the URL to the link.] Last edited by zmjezhd; 01/12/08 05:31 PM. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fizgig = chit ? zmjezhd #172528 01/12/08 03:22 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont > congruence ah, that makes sense, thanks. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fizgig = chit ? Buffalo Shrdlu #172529 01/12/08 04:52 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman OP Pooh-Bah OP dalehileman Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA tsu: Thank you, I was glad to hear that as I resent all the keystroking one has to go thru (as zm suggests) to find an obscure symbol zm: Thank you for that link but it only gives me Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage dalehileman 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. 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