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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread p.10 #87139 11/17/02 03:17 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Some of these words are unbelievable. The only hits I could find for this one was title of a poem by Goethe, and in a list of words in a Greek course: Lyric, Monody, Strophe, Katakeleusme, Epirrhema, Antistrophe, Antikatakeleu, Antepirrhema, Anapaestic, Pnigos ... which can be used to find its definition in the ... http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/quick/QS9_2.0.pdf The only other word of any interest on the page was :anthracite". I shovelled a lot of it when I was a kid, and coal was still used to heat houses. There were three kinds of coal. Anthracite, called "hard coal" was the best. Soft coal was cheaper, but made worse fumes. The big gas companies processed soft coal to make gas for home use, and had a spngy residue called "coke" which was also used for home heating, as well as in industry. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: p.10 #87140 11/17/02 11:36 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 anti- or ante- -pirrhema. I found a word that seems related. "Epirrhema": Ancient History Glossary - E - EPIRRHEMA (-ATA) Section of a play in which one actor or the chorus speaks or chants lines as a response. So, could "ant- + epirrhema" = antepirrhema? A reply to the epirrhema? 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. (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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,372 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 0 members (), 220 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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