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Old 12-28-2008, 11:53 AM   #196
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"Y" can be either a vowel or a consonant - it's a consonant in "yoke" and "you"- but all the "y"s here in these 2 words are vowels (functioning just like "i" rather than initiating a syllable).
I heard that there used to be a letter like a Y with a "th" sound. So were it says "Ye Old..." it is actually "The Old." Never verified that though. It make sense- thou= you, etc.
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Old 12-28-2008, 11:53 AM   #197
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This hirsute pulchritidinous dog became pugnacious after recalling the donnybrook at the local watering hole where his bon ami was defenestrated.


--ahem-- i mean ":animated figurative image intended to convey a manifestation of profound amusement:"
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Old 12-28-2008, 12:01 PM   #198
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Old 12-28-2008, 12:04 PM   #199
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I so loved the "Doc Savage" novels. May have to do an ebay search for HIS paper books.......
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Old 12-28-2008, 12:32 PM   #200
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I so loved the "Doc Savage" novels. May have to do an ebay search for HIS paper books.......
I've got the complete paperback reprint set (all 182).
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Old 12-28-2008, 12:44 PM   #201
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I've got the complete paperback reprint set (all 182).
holy cow. that's a lot of shelfspace !!! classic example of why i love ebooks so...
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Old 12-28-2008, 01:11 PM   #202
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Holy Cow wasn't Johnny, it was Renny (Col. John Renwick).....

There are 9 Doc Savages under expired Life + 50 copyright written by Laurence Donovan on PG Austrailia....
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Old 12-28-2008, 01:22 PM   #203
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I've got the complete paperback reprint set (all 182).
Wow. Thats all I can say. Wow. But you'll be jealous when I complete my set of Agatha Christie novels. You'll see.
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Old 12-29-2008, 12:22 AM   #204
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I wish my 700 had a dictionary lookup. Had to come to the PC to lookup atavistic, and while at my PC just had to check in to MR, thus displaying the kind of behaviour that seems to be a product of impulses long since suppressed by society's rules.
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Old 12-29-2008, 12:50 AM   #205
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Old 12-29-2008, 05:02 AM   #206
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One of my most favorite words: pulchritudinous

From Latin- pulchra, meaning beautiful. Don't know why a whole bunch of letter at the end..
You need to learn Latin better .

"Pulchritudinous" does not come from the adjective "pulcher/pulchra"but from the related noun "pulchritudino -onis" ("beauty", "excellence"). That's the reason for the "whole bunch of letters at the end" .
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Old 12-29-2008, 05:11 AM   #207
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I heard that there used to be a letter like a Y with a "th" sound. So were it says "Ye Old..." it is actually "The Old." Never verified that though. It make sense- thou= you, etc.
That is correct - it's called a "thorn" and is still used in languages like Icelandic. It's written like a letter "P" with the vertical bar extending up above the "loop" as well as below it.

It is a huge - but very common - mistake to prounce words like "Ye" as though they were started with "Y". "Ye" is prounounced identically to "The" and is simply a variant spelling of the word.
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Old 12-29-2008, 06:36 AM   #208
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I wish my 700 had a dictionary lookup. Had to come to the PC to lookup atavistic, and while at my PC just had to check in to MR, thus displaying the kind of behaviour that seems to be a product of impulses long since suppressed by society's rules.
can i interest you in this magnificent epub dictionary, made by our very own nick ? i can attest that although it's a bit old it's still very useful. i have it on my 700 and between nick's excellent, excellent linked index at the front (to get you as close as possible to the word you want) and the 700's brilliant search / skim fonctions, it's actually a very good compromise while we wait for sony to get a clue and integrate dictionary lookup. i love it so much i'm working on an epub version of the académie française french dictionary as well (huge project. i have even more respect for nick now that i've tackled my own).
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Old 12-29-2008, 08:24 AM   #209
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You need to learn Latin better .

"Pulchritudinous" does not come from the adjective "pulcher/pulchra"but from the related noun "pulchritudino -onis" ("beauty", "excellence"). That's the reason for the "whole bunch of letters at the end" .
Heh, I minored in it. 5 semesters. Didn't know there was a longer version of the word (I would have remembered it if I saw it).
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can i interest you in this magnificent epub dictionary, made by our very own nick ? i can attest that although it's a bit old it's still very useful. i have it on my 700 and between nick's excellent, excellent linked index at the front (to get you as close as possible to the word you want) and the 700's brilliant search / skim fonctions, it's actually a very good compromise while we wait for sony to get a clue and integrate dictionary lookup. i love it so much i'm working on an epub version of the académie française french dictionary as well (huge project. i have even more respect for nick now that i've tackled my own).
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