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#6106 09/06/00 03:25 PM
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Is this the correct word to describe someone in their nineties?

Similar to octogenarian?



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Yep, that's correct.


#6108 09/09/00 08:29 AM
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Um, er, so what is "nonagenarian" then?

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Lusy's right. Sorry, Hal .... ("Daisy, Daisy... give me.. your...answer, do.....I'm half- ...cra-zee......." [fatal error])


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Except perhaps in the case of someone in her nineties called Nanette.

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...and I am supposed to be smart. Took the second look, hours later, to get the Nanette ref.! Augh!


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...and I am supposed to be smart. Took the second look, hours later, to get the Nanette ref.! Augh!

How long did it take to get the HAL ref.?


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How long did it take to get the HAL ref.?

A nanosecond!


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A nanosecond!

Not a nonasecond? Or even a Nanettesecond?




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Not a nonasecond? Or even a Nanettesecond?

No-no.



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