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Just 'cause I'm pedantic...

Post 1

Jerms

I just thought you'ld like to know - you spelt floccipaucinihilipilification wrong. Cheers. smiley - winkeye


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Post 2

Ming Mang

Not by my dictionary, my grandmother's dictionary, or the online dictionary I haven't. smiley - winkeye

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Post 3

Jerms

Oh. Ok.
That's going to bug me now... I wonder which one is right?
Perhaps both - English does wierd stuff like that sometimes.

But... do you know what it means? (No checking the dictionary now smiley - doh )


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Post 4

Ming Mang

An estimate of something that is worthless. smiley - smiley
And my dictionary is a huge Chambers one, and my grandmothers is a huge Oxford one. Both very good dictionaries. Neither mention a floccipaucinihilipilification...

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Post 5

Jerms

...interesting...

I'm probably going to disappear for about the next week and a half - holidays doncherknow. I hope your christmas and new year's are all that you hope for.

Take care, and see you soon.
smiley - hug

"Ain't nobody here but us trees..."


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Post 6

Ming Mang

Yeah...

OK then. smiley - smiley Have a good holiday and Christmas and new year. smiley - smiley

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Post 7

Jerms

Hi I'm back. Busy at work already, but I exist! smiley - smiley


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Post 8

Ming Mang

Cool, how was Christmas / New Year / the holidays if you celebrate neither of them?

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Post 9

Jerms

It was alright - nothing special though. The best bit was catching up with my family, and taking my nieces and nephew to the park. New year's sucked. Never mind; that just means the year can only get better!


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Post 10

Jerms

(Oops, I accidentally deleted the last line of that just before I posted! Here 'tis: )

How was your holidays?


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Post 11

Ming Mang

Oh dear, what made it bad?

My holidays were almost OK, except for the revision. And then Samson being put down...
Now I have four exams, and hopefully after that things might even start looking vaguely better.

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Post 12

Hopelessly Paranoid

happy nu year, your Mingness smiley - winkeye

Sorry to hear about Samson and the exams. Hope things look better (and I'm pretty sure they will smiley - smiley). Just to let you know I'm still alive and came through december without any major injury.

take care

[HP}=~~


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Post 13

Ming Mang

HP!! You are still alive!! Happy New Year and all the rest of it!
Yes, they /should/ start looking better... until February comes and Dad hasn't found a new job...
OK, I'll stop spreading gloom again.

¦M¦


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Post 14

Jerms

Nothing really happened, as such. Just lots of little things that bugged me. I didn't help that I was supposed to go bush for a few days, and coudn't 'cause my friend's car broke down and they got stranded in Auckland, so they couldn't go. (They were supposed to take me too.) So I spent most of the party at new years fidgeting and wishing I could be somewhere else. Oh well.

Yeah... my dad's out of work at the moment, too. I guess it doesn't affect me as much as it would you, 'cause I'm flatting, but it's still a bugger. At least you've got h2g2?? I don't know if that helps, but the thought's there.

Take care, and keep trees. smiley - hug


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Post 15

Ming Mang

Ahh. Yeah, that is annoying. smiley - sadface Still, it could have been worse... I don't like that phrase, but it is true. smiley - erm

Ooh dear, that's not good. Hope he gets a job soon, anyway.
Yeah, h2g2 helps! A lot! smiley - smiley

¦M¦


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Post 16

Jerms

Hi Ming! Noticed you're in at the moment, so I thought I'd drop by and say Hi!


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Post 17

Ming Mang

Oh dear, that must have been just as I was going offline last night... sorry!
Anyway, how are you?

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Post 18

Jerms

smiley - laugh That's ok!
I'm fine. Working too much, as usual...


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Post 19

Ming Mang

What do you do?

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Post 20

Jerms

I'm a professional computer nerd smiley - cry (You can tell I just /love/ it! ) There's various descriptions of exactly what I do floating around my page.
Probably most of the reason I spend so much time on h2g2 is to aviod working...

Well, that and the company! smiley - tickle


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