tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 13 02:36:50 1998
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Re: Unofficial words (Was: Re puqpu')
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Unofficial words (Was: Re puqpu')
- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 00:54:52 -0500
-----Original Message-----
From: William H. Martin <[email protected]>
To: Multiple recipients of list <[email protected]>
Date: Monday, January 12, 1998 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: Unofficial words (Was: Re puqpu')
>Why not add
>"sesquipedalian" and "antepenultimate"? We could wish for
>"epistimology" and "existentialism". Why not include
>"quintessential" and "architypical"? I'm sure I could use a good
>term for the rubber used for my climbing shoes. And what about
>"carabiner"? How can we get by without "lag screw" and
>"carburetor"?
The word *I* am waiting anxiously for is the one for "self-sealing
stembolts." I don't know *how* we've managed without it for so long.
SuStel
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