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From: Robert Coe on 3 Jun 2010 19:11 On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:36:05 -0400, tony cooper <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote: : On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:51:45 -0400, Robert Coe <bob(a)1776.COM> wrote: : : >On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 11:40:59 -0400, "Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> : >wrote: : >: "Pete" <available.on.request(a)aserver.invalid> wrote in message : >: news:2010060215454060374-availableonrequest(a)aserverinvalid... : >: > On 2010-06-02 15:27:21 +0100, Peter said: : >: > : >: >> "Allen" <allent(a)austin.rr.com> wrote in message : >: >> news:H5idna7sVZiz-pvRnZ2dnUVZ_oudnZ2d(a)giganews.com... : >: >>> Robert Coe wrote: : >: >>> <snip> : >: >>>> : >: >>>> Can we induce Google to admit "ellipsicate" into the canon? (Pun : >: >>>> intended.) : >: >>>> : >: >>>> Bob : >: >>> : >: >>> Done! only 12 hours or so from your posting date. However, you should : >: >>> have checked first, as there is an older entry, from June 2005. : >: >>> : >: >>> Makes you wonder what newsgroups are doing to the English language. : >: >> : >: >> : >: >> Expandilating it? : >: > : >: > Of curse. : >: > : >: > I'm thinking of starting a thread just for humour: anecdotes, spoonerisms : >: > etc. I can't decided on the title or which newsgroup to put it in (don't : >: > say alt.test), so any thoughts would be appreciated. : >: > : >: Yeh! you are right. sometimes some of us, especially me, subcomb to : >: temptation ... : : A "subcomb" is a make-over on a US Navy vessel with an "SS" hull : number. : : >"subcomb"??? I wonder if even Google will dare to pick that up!!! : > : >For extra credit: What is the original spelling of the word spelled "Google" : >by the company that adopted it? And what does the (original) word mean? : > : Too easy. Yeah, you're right. What was I thinking? This is no crowd of newbies. Bob |