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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 A lost science? #52700 01/16/02 02:19 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill OP Carpal Tunnel OP WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Sheesh! And I was hoping to stimulate some nice esoteric discourse akin to the "time on my hands" ponderings when I offered SCI'ENCE as the Alpha post on this thread! Guess I blew it with that apostrophe quip, huh? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter . #52701 01/16/02 02:41 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A lost science? #52702 01/16/02 04:08 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill OP Carpal Tunnel OP WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Great, Max! This whole thread was worth the trip just to get to that gem of a parody! (not discounting, of course, the other posted treasures along the way!) And, Max, I think the parody deserves a home and link on your "Fruits of Our Labors" page...this definitely belongs to AWAD posterity! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A lost science? #52703 01/16/02 06:23 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Nobad, Maxy, nobad at all. You didn't even force the scansion. Liked it. The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter . #52704 01/16/02 08:08 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A lost science? #52705 01/16/02 11:55 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky "The Thread goes ever on and on Down from the board where it began. Now far ahead the thread has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it on ayleur's feet, Until it joins some larger way Where many words and ideas meet. And whither then? I cannot say. This works to the tune of "It Was the Song That Never Ends"... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter knowledge #52706 01/16/02 01:07 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London N NicholasW enthusiast NicholasW enthusiast N Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London I find it interesting that the wordscience means knowledge in Latin, whereas mathematics means the same thing in Greek. Actually gnosis is 'knowledge' in Greek (and I'm sure you could come up with others), whereas mathematics is 'learning'... what's the Latinate for that? Apprehension (going by French)? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 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 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 Posts229,323 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 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 465 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 13 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,536 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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