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Eartlings?
Recumbentman Started conversation Apr 17, 2007
Eartlings sounds strange, one told me
Indeed it does. Earthlings with an h is more normal usage?
Eartlings?
Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired Posted Apr 17, 2007
Traveller in Time no longer in doubt
"Pew, did not even remember I ever wrote this. Must have been the time I had to look up half the words in a dictionary . "
Eartlings?
Recumbentman Posted Apr 18, 2007
English not your first language? I wasn't sure, I just thought your style was intentionally laconic.
Eartlings?
Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired Posted Apr 18, 2007
dictionary.reference.com laconic
la·con·ic /ləˈkɒnɪk/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[luh-kon-ik] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
using few words; expressing much in few words; concise: a laconic reply.
Traveller in Time looking up (still)
"Does fit indeed "
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