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#209073 - 01/15/13 11:37 PM Re: Trying yet again [Re: zmjezhd]
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Vermont Originally Posted By: zmjezhdI like cerulean, too, and I think it's why I always want to pronounce "herculean" the wrong way...
Wait. You pronounce Herculean cerulean?
heh
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#209074 - 01/15/13 11:39 PM Re: Trying yet again [Re: zmjezhd]
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Vermont Originally Posted By: zmjezhdSo, whose idea is it to spell it buncombe?
Probably the folks in Buncombe County, NC, which provided the etymology of bunk.
as in bunk bed? and bunco?
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#209077 - 01/16/13 03:57 AM Re: Trying yet again [Re: Jackie]
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Louisville, Kentucky Back from mootdom...er...
Anyway--I love you guys! This kind of discussion is what I was hoping for.
#209080 - 01/16/13 09:49 AM Re: Trying yet again [Re: Jackie]
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Netherlands, the Hague Somewhat on the side,
must disagrrree with this be it underused or overused:
* Cerulean: The blue of the sky.
The sky has as many shades of blue as there are shades of grey.
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#209082 - 01/16/13 01:23 PM Re: Trying yet again [Re: Jackie]
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Posts: 13,803 Not to mention that old perennial favorite, sky blue pink.
#209084 - 01/16/13 03:27 PM Re: Trying yet again [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
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R'lyeh as in bunk bed?
Probably not.
and bunco?
Nope. Bunk as in "nonsense".
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
#209085 - 01/16/13 03:44 PM Re: Trying yet again [Re: BranShea]
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Posts: 724 One of my favourites is "mother of pearl sky" and a "papaya pink sunset". I think thelast was Somerset Maugham- I'm not sure.
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#209086 - 01/16/13 03:57 PM Re: Trying yet again [Re: zmjezhd]
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Vermont Originally Posted By: zmjezhdas in bunk bed?
Probably not.
and bunco?
Nope. Bunk as in "nonsense".
Thanks.
so... bunk bed? bunco? Where they from? ;¬ )
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#209088 - 01/16/13 05:34 PM Re: Trying yet again [Re: Jackie]
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Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: JackieBack from mootdom...er...
Anyway--I love you guys! This kind of discussion is what I was hoping for.
A discussion of your disappearance?
or maybe nothingness???
----please, draw me a sheep----
#209093 - 01/16/13 09:31 PM Re: Trying yet again [Re: LukeJavan8]
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Alaska Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8
A discussion of ... nothingness???
We could spend hours here with nothing to talk about.
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