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- From: marek@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Marek Lugowski)
- Subject: Re: postcard/harvard square -- Z / Marek
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- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 19:50:13 GMT
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- In article <1i4eriINNhea@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- bu016@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Zita Marie Evensen) writes:
-
- >>> Postcard from Harvard Square
- >(much deleted)
- >
- >............
- >
- >Thanks Marek. You have been of great help indeed.
- >However, as one would notice the original poem isn't posted,
- >Thought I deleted it ...
-
- You're a strange little Zita, Zita. Was Les on target when accusing you
- of only wishing to hear praise? Perhaps you should make this explicit
- in your plea for feeedback -- no one here (with the possible exception of
- the Harvard boys) wishes to annoy you for the Platonic joy of annoying. :)
-
- >I guess I need to research the Cambridge environs before I
- >write a postcard next time :)
-
- As if you haven't already. I noticed you noticed the cobblestones...
-
- Thanks for the info.
-
- You are very welcome. Meet me on the square soemtime?
-
- >This is a very good example of an EFL poem.
-
- What's that?
-
- >BTW, I thought leven means lawn. Please explain.
-
- A typo. What language is leven = lawn?
- marek casbah 4: tell leaven
- Cross references:
- 1. infuse
-
- 1. leav.en \'lev-*n\ n [ME levain, fr. MF, fr. (assumed) VL levamen, fr. L
- levare to] raise - more at LEVER 1a: a substance (as yeast) used to
- produce
- fermentation in dough or a liquid; esp : SOURDOUGH 1b: a material (as
- baking powder) used to produce a gas that lightens dough or batter 2:
- something that modifies or lightens as mass or aggregate
- 2. leaven \'lev-(*-)nin\ vt or leav.en.ing 1: to raise (as bread) with a
- leaven 2: to mingle or permeate with some modifying, alleviating, or
- ^
- vivifying element
-
-
- >Thanks again.
-
- Don't mention it. Do mention why you give the appearance of taking offense.
-
- -- Marek
- >Z.
-