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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: The right thing to say... #5285 08/17/00 10:13 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 167 Australia J johnjohn member johnjohn member J Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 167 Australia What the French call "esprit d'escalier" or "l'esprit de l'escalier", ie the witty saying (or bon mot) that only comes to mind too late. From the French philosopher Diderot, <Paradoxe sur le comedien>. Sorry I can't work out how to do pronunciation accents. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted The right thing to say... reeses 08/16/00 05:10 PM Re: The right thing to say... johnjohn 08/17/00 10:13 AM Re: The right thing to say... tsuwm 08/17/00 02:43 PM Re: The right thing to say... william 08/17/00 03:04 PM Re: The right thing to say... johnjohn 08/18/00 01:20 PM Re: The right thing to say... johnjohn 08/18/00 01:23 PM Re: The right thing to say... johnjohn 08/18/00 01:27 PM Re: The right thing to say... johnjohn 08/18/00 01:30 PM Re: The right thing to say... Jackie 08/18/00 10:00 PM Re: The right thing to say... reeses 08/18/00 03:32 PM Re: The right thing to say... tsuwm 08/18/00 03:37 PM Re: The right thing to say... TEd Remington 08/18/00 04:24 PM Re: The right thing to say... Jazzoctopus 08/18/00 07:36 PM Re: The right thing to say... Jackie 08/17/00 07:12 PM Re: The right thing to say... reeses 08/18/00 10:15 PM Re: The right thing to say... Jackie 08/19/00 12:10 PM Re: The right thing to say... Bingley 08/21/00 04:17 AM Re: The right thing to say... tsuwm 08/21/00 01:48 PM Re: The right thing to say... TEd Remington 08/21/00 04:40 PM Re: The right thing to say... Jackie 08/22/00 09:54 AM 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 Posts229,317 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 (), 759 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,534 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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