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- From: nealhd@memstvx1.memst.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.humor
- Subject: Sesquipedalian Sayings, et cetera
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.101302.5143@memstvx1.memst.edu>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 10:13:02 -0600
- References: <21270@ksr.com>
- Organization: Memphis State University
- Lines: 31
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- In article <21270@ksr.com>, johnk@ksr.com (John Kavazanjian) writes:
- > I have a request from a friend to find something that someone around may
- > still have. Here it is:
- >
- > Two years ago, someone faxed me a two-page list of
- > common folk sayings translated into sesquipedelian (sp?)
- > terminology, to whit:
- >
- > Scintillate, Scintillate Asteroid Minific
- > (Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)
- >
- > You get the idea.
-
- And a good one it is! Let's just start our own list. Break out the
- dictionaries and thesauri - here we go. (And don't explain them unless
- they are particularly abstruse or the references are especially esoteric.)
- Remember, correct spelling and accurate attribution is important here.
-
- An overabundance of talent skilled in the preparation of gastronomic
- concoctions will impair the quality of a certain potable solution made
- by immersing a gallinaceous bird in ebullient Adam's ale.
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- oo1oo Some people don't know the difference between a grin oo1oo
- oo1oo and a grimace. /s/Dennis (nealhd@memstvx1.memst.edu) oo1oo
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