Possibly - unless you're looking up 'lace' in the thesaurus?!
On 11/30/05, Helen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Roget's Thesaurus - I look up a word that means nearly what I want
> and hope that the word that I really want is listed as a synonym or
> an antonym :o) And then get distracted by lots
Roget's Thesaurus - I look up a word that means nearly what I want
and hope that the word that I really want is listed as a synonym or
an antonym :o) And then get distracted by lots of other pretty words!
Is this getting a bit off-topic for lace?
Helen
At 23:18 30/11/2005, Clay Blackwell wro
t they had
never handled a dictionary.
Peace,
Anne
- Original Message -
From: Clay Blackwell
To: Jane Partridge ; lace@arachne.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 5:18 PM
Subject: RE: [lace] RE: That art word
Thanks, Jane!
I, for one, have never mastered the skill of find
Thanks, Jane!
I, for one, have never mastered the skill of finding a word when you don't
KNOW how to spell it!!
Clay
Clay Blackwell
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> From: Jane Partridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
...there are days at work ... when my
> Oxford dictionary of spelling and word division... falls do
, but that
spelling thing can get you every time!!
C
Clay Blackwell
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> [Original Message]
> From: Aurelia Loveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Clay Blackwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc:
> Date: 11/30/2005 5:13:02 PM
> Subject: [lace] RE: That art w
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Clay Blackwell
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>Thank you all for reminding me (once again) that if you don't find it in
>the OED, you've no doubt mis-spelled it!!
Even so, there are days at work (as secretary for a solicitor) when my
Oxford dictionary of spelling and wo
> >that easily? Not a chance. "Disinterested" means unbiased, having no
Perhaps they were disinterested too.
Hey, I made the Dean's List, go me!
> > >But HEY - I knew what word Brian was looking for... ; )
Nor you did! for which you get a well-deserved point.
:)
--
bye for now
Bev in Sooke BC
Okay, dear Clay, did you really think we would let you off the hook
that easily? Not a chance. "Disinterested" means unbiased, having no
dog in any particular race; but when you mean too bored to bother,
then it's "uninterested." Ah well... we love you anyway. -- Aurelia
I regret to inform
I regret to inform you that there are quite a few Arachnids who either did
not know how to spell "provenance", or were entirely too disinterested to
inform me. I only heard from a few hundred (kidding), who are now on the
Arachne "Dean's List" for spelling.
Thank you all for reminding me (once a
