Hi Gilbert, I am not a pundit of English! But btw, does your ideology not include the possibility of referring to Google?
If you threaten us with your prowess over language, and the various possibilities this throws up, the rest of us Goanetters might just retreat to being cancer specialists :-) FN PS: I think Augusto was practising how he should counter-abuse the naughtiest boy at S S Dempo College of Commerce & Economics, Altinho Panjim sometime in the new future. 2008/10/2 Gilbert Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Thanks for your help in deciphering the word "obnubliating". Likely Augusto's > descriptors said more about Fred, than Fred knew about himself.:=)) > > Till your clarification arrived, I was doing my own 'research' on > "obnubliating". > My spell-check displayed "obnubliating" as an error in spelling. Midway > through Augusto's post was a descriptor to "twisting urinating". This is > rather theatrical, but not so graphic if one has this problem. So I was > wondering: > > Is obnubliating a combination of obnub and (uri) nating? > > Is obnub ... > A Konkani word for the Goan urinal? > Does it denote a watering hole in Goa?Or is it a name of a tree or shrub? > > Answer: Refers to a plant Acarospora obnubila H. Magn. > http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ACOB4 > So was a reference to "obnubliating", a visit to the plant "Acarospora > obnubila"? > We live and learn every day.:=)) > > Regards, GL -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org M: +91-9822122436 P: +91-832-2409490
