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#70655 05/21/02 12:55 PM
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I had never heard the word "imprest" before. But I found twenty sites about it! So in the financial world, it is a common term.


#70656 05/21/02 03:03 PM
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I'm impressed imprest impressed it's way into your consciousness, Dr. Bill! Just don't get impressed into service by pirates on the high seas, that's no fun.


#70657 05/21/02 10:26 PM
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Dr Bill, just to add to the broth:

emprestimo is (Brazilian) Portuguese for loan.


#70658 05/21/02 11:20 PM
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And in Spanish, un préstamo.


#70659 05/22/02 09:07 AM
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Imprestidigitation:

Making recalcitrant sailors appear on deck through conjury.


#70660 05/22/02 01:29 PM
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Really, Dub-Dub? I though imprestidigitation meant "amazingly rapid typing".


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AR:

meant "amazingly rapid typing". ....

Yeah, second meaning.

Dub-Dub


#70662 05/24/02 02:36 AM
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Really, Dub-Dub? I though imprestidigitation meant "amazingly rapid typing".

Or "aphonically rantic typing".




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Good one, W'ON!

Aphonically rantic typing is a useful phrase, the meaning of which is clearly understood here.

Imprestidigitated,
Dub-Dub


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Thank you, sweet W'ON. You are ever seeking to calm roiled waters.


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