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    Re: What's Your Favorite English Word?! (was: What's Your Favorite German Word?!) —Maggie Cambron
   (...) 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)
   
        Re: What's Your Favorite English Word?! (was: What's Your Favorite German Word?!) —Erik Olson
     (...) 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)
    
         Re: What's Your Favorite English Word?! (was: What's Your Favorite German Word?!) —Maggie Cambron
     (...) 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)
   
        Re: What's Your Favorite English Word?! (was: What's Your Favorite German Word?!) —Tore Eriksson
   Lakh. (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 

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