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Marion Arnott
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 Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:14 am |
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Mine is currently strigiform whichI only learned from Mike A this week )see poetry thread!)
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GaryC
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 10:56 pm |
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Location: Aldershot, Hampshire
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I've always wanted to use Zugzwang as a story title.
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des2
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 11:06 pm |
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Marion Arnott
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 11:35 pm |
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Des! You made that last one up! Confess!  tell us how you pronpunce it - i dare you!
As for Zugzwang... must look that up!
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des2
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:42 am |
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It is a real word, Marion.
sis - see - jee
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Marion Arnott
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:44 am |
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'Syzygy is a kind of unity, especially through coordination or alignment, most commonly used in the astronomical and/or astrological sense [1]. Syzygy is derived from the Late Latin syzygia, "conjunction," from the Greek σύζυγος (syzygos), "yoked together."'
Lovely!
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des2
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:28 am |
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'Syzygy is a kind of unity, especially through coordination or alignment, most commonly used in the astronomical and/or astrological sense [1]. Syzygy is derived from the Late Latin syzygia, "conjunction," from the Greek σύζυγος (syzygos), "yoked together."'
Yes, like I said:
"astronomical bodies in synergy" 
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Bob Lock
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 10:30 am |
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zenzizenzizenzic
the eighth power of a number, invented by a Welsh writer, in the 16th century, and no it wasn't Des but was Robert Recorde
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Marion Arnott
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 1:19 pm |
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That'll be Des' s great-great-great-great-great-great -grandfather on his mother's side!
Des to the power 8!
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Mike A
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:36 am |
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Syzygy is an old favourite of crossword setters, mainly due to its lack of vowels.
Pelagic is one of my favourite words. Don't really know why; I just like the sound it makes, and the way it looks on the page!
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Marion Arnott
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:16 pm |
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Marion Arnott
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Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:02 pm |
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A Baby Puffin:
PUFFLING
An unambitious little word but utterly delightful!
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Marion Arnott
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:21 pm |
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'tete a tete' dwarf daffodils. Saw them in the garden centre today., There they were tiny , perfect, hunched together, gossiping.
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Marion Arnott
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Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 6:34 pm |
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Irn Bru ice cream.
Just had to post this somewhere - could have put it in poetry (because it IS) but the purists might have objected...
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Ray
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Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 12:38 pm |
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lollipop - great word, that
(got a fair few least favourites, like exacerbate and assuage)
this thread could go on and on...
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