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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Extended ellipses?.......... #151953 12/12/05 06:18 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland Could it be a countermeasure to truncation? If part of the end is cut off in transmission, nothing very essential is lost. To mention a biochemical analog (once more): many genes have "long terminal repeats" at their end, which tend to grow shorter with generations. Their function hasn't been completely explained so far....... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Extended ellipses?.......... AnnaStrophic 12/10/05 10:48 AM Re: Extended ellipses?.......... Homo Loquens 12/10/05 03:13 PM Re: three little dots zmjezhd 12/10/05 03:57 PM Re: three little dots Buffalo Shrdlu 12/11/05 01:45 AM Re: three little dots Faldage 12/11/05 02:27 PM Re: three little dots Buffalo Shrdlu 12/11/05 03:53 PM Re: three little dots Homo Loquens 12/11/05 07:08 PM Re: three little dots Buffalo Shrdlu 12/11/05 07:11 PM Re: three little dots maverick 12/11/05 11:26 PM Re: three little dots Buffalo Shrdlu 12/11/05 11:47 PM Re: three little dots inselpeter 12/12/05 01:03 AM Re: three little dots wsieber 12/12/05 08:32 AM Re: three little dots inselpeter 12/12/05 12:48 PM Re: three little dots sjmaxq 12/12/05 12:02 AM Re: three little dots maverick 12/12/05 12:04 AM Re: three little dots sjmaxq 12/12/05 12:16 AM Re: ................... AnnaStrophic 12/12/05 12:52 PM Re: ................... inselpeter 12/12/05 01:03 PM Re: ................... Buffalo Shrdlu 12/12/05 01:08 PM Re: ................... Marianna 12/12/05 01:41 PM Re: ................... maverick 12/12/05 02:18 PM Re: ................... inselpeter 12/12/05 02:32 PM Re: ................... Buffalo Shrdlu 12/12/05 03:06 PM Re: ................... maverick 12/12/05 05:31 PM Re: ................... TEd Remington 12/12/05 03:07 PM Thread redivivus Homo Loquens 12/13/05 03:22 AM Extended . . . inselpeter 12/13/05 03:34 AM Re: Extended . . . Homo Loquens 12/13/05 03:50 AM Re: Extended . . . maverick 12/13/05 10:02 AM Re: Extended . . . Buffalo Shrdlu 12/13/05 10:06 AM Mark this post with an asterisk! musick 12/13/05 10:48 PM Re: Mark this post with an asterisk! maverick 12/14/05 02:21 AM Re: Mark this post with an asterisk! Faldage 12/14/05 11:25 AM Re: Mark this post with an asterisk! consuelo 12/14/05 11:28 AM Re: Mark this post with an asterisk! Alex Williams 12/14/05 11:48 AM Re: Extended ellipses?.......... wsieber 12/12/05 06:18 PM Re: Extended ellipses?.......... Buffalo Shrdlu 12/12/05 06:36 PM Re: Extended ellipses?.......... AnnaStrophic 12/12/05 07:01 PM Re: Extended ellipses?.......... tsuwm 12/12/05 08:15 PM Re: Extended ellipses?.......... TEd Remington 12/12/05 08:29 PM Re: Extended ellipses?.......... Buffalo Shrdlu 12/12/05 09:06 PM Re: Extended ellipses?.......... tsuwm 12/13/05 02:07 AM Re: Extended ellipses?.......... Buffalo Shrdlu 12/13/05 02:27 AM Re: Extended ellipses?.......... inselpeter 12/13/05 06:26 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,374 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 (), 194 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 26 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,562 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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