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Old 07-18-2003, 11:53 AM   #121 (permalink)
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Our government has done nothing but stagnate. The people have tried time and again to counter this, yet the leaders of our government have yet to show any intention of budging. I have only to resort to the attitude of a sansculotte. I will not stand quietly and watch this nation fall under perverse leadership.

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Old 07-18-2003, 08:27 PM   #122 (permalink)
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Sansculottes are the fearless people that change the world, but some are just crazy.
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Old 07-18-2003, 09:48 PM   #123 (permalink)
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My <font color=green> natatorial </font> abilities seem to have gone to waste, as I have developed an unfortunate habit of getting water up my nose in the swimming pool..
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Old 07-18-2003, 11:36 PM   #124 (permalink)
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With great insouciance tim ate several pies in one sitting and gracefully expelled the excess contents that exceeded his stomach capacity.
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Old 07-20-2003, 12:23 AM   #125 (permalink)
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As he jumped off the high-dive

all his natorial insticts took over.
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Old 07-20-2003, 01:27 PM   #126 (permalink)
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One summer, when I was six, I tried to practice my natatorial skills, but ended up with hypothermia.
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Old 07-21-2003, 01:47 AM   #127 (permalink)
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Word of the day July 21

The Word of the Day for July 21 is:

palaver • \puh-LAV-ur or puh-LAH-vur\ • (noun) 1a. a long parley usually between persons of different cultures or levels of sophistication; 1b. conference, discussion; 2a. idle talk; 2b. misleading or beguiling speech

A little more information about today’s word:
During the 18th century, Portuguese and English sailors often met during trading trips along the African coast. This contact prompted the English to borrow the Portuguese "palavra," a word for a conference or for misleading, idle talk. The Portuguese word traces back to the Late Latin "parabola," a noun meaning "speech, parable," which in turn comes from the Greek "parabole," meaning "juxtaposition, comparison."

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Almost every Saturday, Dad and the other men from our neighborhood would hold a palaver out by the mailbox on the corner.

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Old 07-21-2003, 05:16 AM   #128 (permalink)
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I was just test driving my new BMW, and was lost in the moment, when I heard the police loudspeaker say: “Palaver!”
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Old 07-21-2003, 06:00 AM   #129 (permalink)
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It is a commen sight in the village to see the menfolk gathering at the post office to drink coffee and palaver.
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Old 07-21-2003, 09:05 AM   #130 (permalink)
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The palaver between the two friends, who hadn't seen each other in years, lasted a few hours.
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Old 07-21-2003, 09:10 AM   #131 (permalink)
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The initially civil discussion between the men soon turned to palavar when it was discovered that one had attended Harvard, while the other attended Yale.
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Old 07-21-2003, 06:57 PM   #132 (permalink)
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smoking cigarettes in the rain the two strangers exchanged nods and light palaver before moving on in seperate directions.
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Old 07-22-2003, 01:28 AM   #133 (permalink)
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Word of the day July 22

The Word of the Day for July 22 is:

applesauce • \AP-ul-sawss\ • (noun) 1. a relish or dessert made of apples stewed to a pulp and sweetened; 2. slang : bunkum, nonsense

A little more information about today’s word:
English offers a smorgasbord of words for "nonsense," some of which are better known as words for food. We have "baloney," "spinach," "rhubarb," and "toffee," not to mention "full of beans." And if none of those offerings are to your taste, you can say "that's pure banana oil!" Seemingly innocuous "applesauce" was first introduced to this menu back in the 1920s. Back then, there may have been some bias against the real stuff. Poet Wallace Stevens’ turn-of-the-century description of a meal consisting of "some unnameable smathering of greasy fritters . . . and of course the inevictable applesauce" shows a lack of respect that must have been shared by others.

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"He asked for a frank opinion 'because all I ever have handed me is a lot of applesauce from the numerous friends who drink my drinks and eat my provender.'"
-- Judith and Neil Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel

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Old 07-22-2003, 04:06 AM   #134 (permalink)
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Note the quoted source above: Dr. Seuss. I love it.
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Old 07-22-2003, 06:01 AM   #135 (permalink)
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If we can’t get untied and off of this conveyer belt, applesauce in half for sure.
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Old 07-22-2003, 06:08 AM   #136 (permalink)
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The yankee liked to talk about what a war hero and a cowboy he was but us boys were pretty sure it was all applesauce.
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Old 07-22-2003, 10:50 AM   #137 (permalink)
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If you listen to their rantings, you'd get the impression that both parties think the other is filled with sansculottes.
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Old 07-22-2003, 10:52 AM   #138 (permalink)
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Every Monday morning, many office workers are subjected to wasteful palaver.
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Old 07-22-2003, 10:54 AM   #139 (permalink)
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Occasionally, I enjoy applesauce with a touch of sugar and cinnamon.
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Old 07-22-2003, 11:22 AM   #140 (permalink)
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One of the more amusing lines from "Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back" was "applesauce bitch."
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Old 07-22-2003, 12:46 PM   #141 (permalink)
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Dunno if it helps, but here in the UK (apologies to those previous posters who are also here) it's a common word, used to describe e.g. making a mountain out of a molehill, or a great effort for a simple achievement.
I went down the social today to sort out my missing dole cheque, fuck me what a <font color="red">palaver</font>.
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Old 07-22-2003, 10:09 PM   #142 (permalink)
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Any time I mention growing a beard to my wife in turns into a 4 hour palaver.
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Old 07-22-2003, 10:14 PM   #143 (permalink)
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That whole story about hair on the palms of your hands is just applesauce.
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Old 07-23-2003, 01:28 AM   #144 (permalink)
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Word of the day July 23

The Word of the Day for July 23 is:

Beltane • \BEL-tayn\ • (noun) the Celtic May Day festival

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To the ancient Celts, May Day was a critical time when the boundaries between the human and supernatural worlds were removed and people needed to take special measures to protect themselves against enchantments. The Beltane fire festival originated in a spring ritual in which cattle were herded between two huge bonfires to protect them from evil and disease. Perhaps the earliest mention of Beltane (then spelled "belltaine") appears in an Old Irish dictionary commonly attributed to Cormac, a king and bishop who lived in Cashel, Ireland, toward the end of the first millennium. The "Beltane" spelling entered English in the 15th century by way of Scottish Gaelic.

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Aunt Kat vividly described the huge bonfires and colorful rituals she had witnessed at the Beltane festival in Edinburgh as a girl.

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Old 07-23-2003, 04:20 AM   #145 (permalink)
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I'm sure the Irish keep thier rep for drinking well established at the Beltane festivals.
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Old 07-23-2003, 04:42 AM   #146 (permalink)
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As the forest fires sparked out of control, the old woman remarked "it's like the Beltane"
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Old 07-23-2003, 05:59 AM   #147 (permalink)
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If you keep misbehaving, I'm going to use a beltane a switch on you young man.
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Old 07-23-2003, 06:01 AM   #148 (permalink)
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Sean was well known for being able to drink and dance all night long, then herald the dawn with his bagpipes something he proved at Beltane.
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Old 07-23-2003, 12:57 PM   #149 (permalink)
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Went to the beltane, tossed a cow in the fire, it rocked.
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Old 07-23-2003, 01:23 PM   #150 (permalink)
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Old 07-23-2003, 01:25 PM   #151 (permalink)
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I wonder how many on our board celebrate Beltane.
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Old 07-23-2003, 02:01 PM   #152 (permalink)
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Do both the Scots and the Irish have a Beltane?
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Old 07-24-2003, 01:58 AM   #153 (permalink)
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Word of the day July 24

The Word of the Day for July 24 is:

cognoscente • \kahn-yuh-SHEN-tee\ • (noun) plural cognoscenti a person who has expert knowledge in a subject; connoisseur

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"Cognoscente" and "connoisseur" are more than synonyms; they're also linguistic cousins. Both terms descend from the Latin verb "cognoscere," meaning "to know," and they're not alone. You may know that "cognizance" and "cognition" are members of the "cognoscere" clan. Do you also recognize a family resemblance in "recognize"? Can you see through the disguise of "incognito"? Did you have a premonition that we would mention "precognition"? "Cognoscente" itself came to English by way of Italian and has been a part of our language since the late 1700s. Today it is almost always used in its plural form, "cognoscenti."

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"The great but not widely known pianist Dave McKenna . . . is revered by the jazz cognoscenti as an inspired interpreter of American standards. . . ."
-- Joseph Nocera, GQ, March 1997

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Old 07-24-2003, 05:55 AM   #154 (permalink)
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OK, I'll get it out of the way before any else says it.

I'm considered a cognoscente of pussy in some parts of the nation.
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Old 07-24-2003, 06:03 AM   #155 (permalink)
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A good food has to be not only a good writer and gourmand but they must be a restaurant cognoscente.
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Old 07-24-2003, 06:17 AM   #156 (permalink)
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With as many math classes as I've been forced to take so far, one would think that I'd be a cognoscente on the subject.
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Old 07-24-2003, 06:25 AM   #157 (permalink)
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If he’s going to cognoscente, at least, get on your good side and have you to like him first?
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Old 07-24-2003, 07:17 PM   #158 (permalink)
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I'm a cognoscente of most things that interest me.
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Old 07-24-2003, 09:16 PM   #159 (permalink)
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You are having such a bad streak that I think you need your own private Beltane.
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Old 07-24-2003, 09:27 PM   #160 (permalink)
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He has written fifteen books on the second war which definitely makes him one of the cognoscenti on the subject.
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