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from the LINK (click here where the letters are a different color, yes the left button on the mouse) already posted in the first entry in this thread... A dactyl, as you may know, is a poetic foot of the form >-- (ON-off-off). For example, interstate, realize, microphone, cereal, limerick, etc. etc. A double dactyl, naturally enough, is two dactyls in a row.
A double dactyl is also a poem, a form invented by Anthony Hecht and Paul Pascal. Quite like a limerick, it has a rigid (if peculiar) structure. Two stanzas, each comprising three lines of dactylic dimeter followed by a line with a dactyl and a single accent. The two stanzas have to rhyme on their last line. The first line of the first stanza is repetitive nonsense. The second line of the first stanza is somebody's name -- strictly speaking, a proper noun. Note that this name must itself be double-dactylic. E.g. Gloria Vanderbilt, Jesus of Nazareth, Gilbert and Sullivan, Archangel Gabriel. In the second stanza, one entire line must be a double-dactylic word. E.g. biopsychology ------------------------------------------------------- Albatross Balbatross Baron von Richthofen Chased a Canadian Down to the deck There at such altitudes Acrodendrophilous Double-A gunners soon Blew him to heck
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Double Dactyl
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Alex Williams
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02/22/06 07:38 PM
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Re: Double Dactyl
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Faldage
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02/23/06 02:35 AM
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The naughty, naughty schoolboy
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Alex Williams
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02/23/06 03:11 AM
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Re: The naughty, naughty schoolboy
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tsuwm
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02/23/06 03:45 AM
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Curses
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Alex Williams
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02/23/06 04:09 AM
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Re: Curses
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Buffalo Shrdlu
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02/23/06 10:35 AM
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Yeah!
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AnnaStrophic
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02/23/06 03:02 PM
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I plead the fifth
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Alex Williams
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02/23/06 03:54 PM
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Re: I plead the fifth
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Jackie
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02/23/06 05:51 PM
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Alex
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AnnaStrophic
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02/23/06 07:03 PM
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it's alive
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Alex Williams
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02/23/06 07:20 PM
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Re: take two dactyls a day
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maverick
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02/24/06 02:34 AM
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Re: take two dactyls a day
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Buffalo Shrdlu
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02/24/06 03:16 AM
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Can't bury the urge to double dactyl
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Alex Williams
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02/24/06 04:39 PM
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Re: take two dactyls a day
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musick
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02/24/06 05:08 PM
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The Physician's Tale
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Alex Williams
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02/25/06 06:20 PM
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Volitant
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Alex Williams
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02/27/06 12:44 PM
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Re: Volitant
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Coffeebean
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11/15/08 12:00 AM
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Re: Volitant
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Buffalo Shrdlu
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11/15/08 12:09 AM
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Re: Volitant
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Zed
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11/17/08 05:11 AM
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Re: Volitant
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twosleepy
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11/17/08 07:32 PM
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Re: Volitant
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Buffalo Shrdlu
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11/17/08 08:18 PM
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Re: Volitant
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BranShea
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11/17/08 09:12 PM
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scat
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Alex Williams
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11/18/08 12:43 PM
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Re: scat
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Buffalo Shrdlu
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11/18/08 01:27 PM
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Re: scat
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BranShea
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11/18/08 07:58 PM
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Re: scat
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Coffeebean
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11/18/08 09:41 PM
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Re: scat
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Jackie
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11/19/08 01:58 AM
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Re: Volitant
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Coffeebean
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11/19/08 05:41 PM
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Dactylic rhythm is wherever you find it !
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wofahulicodoc
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06/05/14 02:42 AM
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Re: Double Dactyl
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Coffeebean
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11/22/08 04:55 PM
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Re: Double Dactyl
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BranShea
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11/23/08 06:41 PM
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Re: Double Dactyl
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Coffeebean
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12/09/08 09:38 PM
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Re: Double Dactyl
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obihave
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11/18/11 12:03 AM
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Re: Double Dactyl
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Rhubarb Commando
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11/18/11 12:20 PM
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Re: Double Dactyl
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Rhubarb Commando
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11/18/11 12:21 PM
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A tribute?
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Rhubarb Commando
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11/18/11 12:33 PM
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Re: A tribute?
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obihave
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11/18/11 07:50 PM
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Re: A tribute?
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Rhubarb Commando
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11/18/11 08:23 PM
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Re: A tribute?
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Rhubarb Commando
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11/18/11 08:32 PM
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Re: A tribute?
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Avy
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11/21/11 01:56 AM
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Re: Double Dactyl
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Kokopelli
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06/02/14 03:50 PM
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Re: Double Dactyl
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LukeJavan8
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06/02/14 04:06 PM
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Re: Double Dactyl
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Faldage
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06/02/14 11:20 PM
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Re: Double Dactyl
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A C Bowden
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06/03/14 12:19 AM
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Re: Double Dactyl
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Kokopelli
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06/04/14 04:37 PM
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Where does a tetradactyl fit into that schema?
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wofahulicodoc
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06/04/14 06:34 PM
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Here, at the lab.
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Tromboniator
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06/04/14 10:14 PM
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Re: Here, at the lab.
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wofahulicodoc
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06/05/14 02:17 AM
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Re: Here, at the lab.
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Tromboniator
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06/05/14 04:13 AM
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Re: Double Dactyl
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A C Bowden
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10/23/14 01:05 PM
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Re: Double Dactyl
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LukeJavan8
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10/23/14 03:05 PM
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Re: Double Dactyl
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Tromboniator
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10/23/14 10:21 PM
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Anu has thrown the gantlet
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wofahulicodoc
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10/28/14 01:21 AM
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Re: Redrafting the speech
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A C Bowden
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10/28/14 02:29 AM
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Re: Redrafting the speech
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wofahulicodoc
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10/28/14 11:12 AM
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Re: Murder in the cathedral
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A C Bowden
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02/15/15 12:41 AM
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Re: Murder in the cathedral
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LukeJavan8
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02/15/15 05:00 PM
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neatly done, but...
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wofahulicodoc
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02/15/15 11:24 PM
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Re: neatly done, but...
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A C Bowden
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02/16/15 12:47 AM
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Re: neatly done, but...
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wofahulicodoc
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02/16/15 01:59 AM
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Re: neatly done, but...
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A C Bowden
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02/16/15 02:35 AM
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neatly done, no buts about it
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wofahulicodoc
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02/16/15 03:27 PM
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Sunday School Physics lesson
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Kokopelli
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12/07/14 03:06 PM
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Re: Sunday School Physics lesson
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LukeJavan8
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12/07/14 04:25 PM
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Re: Tireless contributor
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A C Bowden
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04/02/15 11:22 PM
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autological one-sentence poem
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wofahulicodoc
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04/06/15 04:49 PM
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Version. 1.2
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wofahulicodoc
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04/07/15 03:33 PM
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Re: Version. 2.1
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A C Bowden
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04/08/15 10:32 PM
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Re: Version. 2.1
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wofahulicodoc
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04/09/15 02:13 AM
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Re: Boosting morale
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A C Bowden
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07/01/15 03:13 AM
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Re: Religious theme
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A C Bowden
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07/19/17 02:00 AM
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Principia Mathematica II
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wofahulicodoc
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11/26/17 01:38 AM
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Re: Apocryphal anecdote
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A C Bowden
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01/10/18 02:06 AM
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Re: Metrical variation
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A C Bowden
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02/02/18 03:52 AM
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Double Dactyl
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A C Bowden
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10/12/18 01:51 PM
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Re: Double Dactyl
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A C Bowden
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02/03/19 04:41 AM
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Viva l'Italia!
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A C Bowden
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03/25/19 01:48 AM
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Success, but not d'estime
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A C Bowden
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06/11/19 03:31 AM
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Baroque master
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A C Bowden
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08/30/19 03:57 AM
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He was no saint
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A C Bowden
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02/06/20 02:50 AM
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Legendary Spaniard
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A C Bowden
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05/25/21 02:01 AM
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Another one. You decide which...
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wofahulicodoc
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05/26/21 12:37 AM
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The 'Hammerklavier'
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A C Bowden
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05/28/21 01:58 PM
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Romantic poet
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A C Bowden
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11/14/21 04:05 PM
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Scottish nationalist
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A C Bowden
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02/20/23 01:08 AM
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Who needs liberty?
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A C Bowden
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02/23/23 01:51 AM
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Still going strong
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A C Bowden
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03/10/23 02:20 AM
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Lords and Commons
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A C Bowden
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03/22/23 12:06 AM
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Instant fame
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A C Bowden
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03/25/23 01:54 AM
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Peerless pair
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A C Bowden
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04/06/23 12:26 AM
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Is a puzzlement
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wofahulicodoc
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02/06/18 01:16 AM
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Re: Is a puzzlement
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A C Bowden
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02/06/18 05:11 AM
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On an related note
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wofahulicodoc
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02/07/18 04:24 PM
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Re: Double Dactyl
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LukeJavan8
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10/12/18 03:13 PM
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