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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread What’s erring on the radio #97808 03/06/03 11:59 PM Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA Coffeebean OP old hand OP Coffeebean old hand Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA The announcer was describing some short piano pieces of Grieg’s, and said “they were written between 1860 and 1880, from several opi.” (He pronounced it “OH-pie”) I would rather have heard him say “opuses” than to create his own word! What would you call that? He should have said, “from several opera.” Heard any good ones lately? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted What’s erring on the radio Coffeebean 03/06/03 11:59 PM Re: What’s erring on the radio Zed 03/07/03 12:07 AM sublime, ridiculous, you choose wofahulicodoc 03/07/03 12:13 AM Re: What’s erring on the radio TEd Remington 03/07/03 01:07 AM Re: What’s erring on the radio Zed 03/07/03 01:09 AM Re: What’s erring on the radio Coffeebean 03/07/03 06:30 AM Re: What’s erring on the radio RhubarbCommando 03/07/03 01:03 PM Re: What’s erring on the radio Faldage 03/07/03 02:06 PM musicalische Spass wofahulicodoc 03/07/03 02:23 PM Re: musicalische Spass RhubarbCommando 03/09/03 03:59 PM Re: musicalische Spaß AnnaStrophic 03/09/03 04:25 PM Re: Iphigenia Buffalo Shrdlu 03/09/03 05:34 PM Re: What’s erring on the radio Faldage 03/07/03 02:48 PM Re: Opuses Wordwind 03/09/03 05:46 PM Re: Opuses Capfka 03/17/03 02:27 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 (), 162 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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