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Nice all those German words, although most were quite familiar for a Dutchman. So my question is: What is your favorite (or actually most beautiful) English word? Mine is benevolence. I heard it first (and actually only) in a song by Nick Cave; "As (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What's Your Favorite English Word?! (was: What's Your Favorite German Word?!)
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(...) Please take this to off-topic.fun, it's not really on topic for .general... Thanks! ++Lar (whose favorite English word is NOT "compartmentalised" although sometimes it looks like it is) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: What's Your Favorite English Word?! (was: What's Your Favorite German Word?!)
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Transmogrify... *3vil Grin* -bm www.brickmodder.net (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: What's Your Favorite English Word?! (was: What's Your Favorite German Word?!)
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Sorry, Lar. I already deleted the 1000steine and trains link; thought general would be appropriate... Jeroen "Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@...areDOTcom> wrote in message news:HzrwyE.DE0@lugnet.com... (...) Dutchman. (...) Nick (...) (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Not beautiful by any means, but I like arbitrary and capricious (only when used in tandem). And I've liked runcible spoon since I was a child although to this day I do not know what a runcible spoon actually is. Maggie C. (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) Nowadays it's that two-in-one utensil you get at Kentucky Fried Chicken. A spork. But the term was made up purely for rhyming purposes by Edward Lear, when it referred to a fork with one sharp curved prong and two wider prongs, useful for (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) Sounds as though it would be perfect to use for dining on mince and slices of quince! (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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| | Re: What's Your Favorite English Word?! (was: What's Your Favorite German Word?!)
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Lakh. (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: What's Your Favorite English Word?! (was: What's Your Favorite German Word?!)
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Sensical Leg Godt Travis Matheson (20 years ago, 27-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: What's Your Favorite English Word?! (was: What's Your Favorite German Word?!)
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(...) Try finding that in Merriam Webster... (20 years ago, 27-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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