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@Seed,

you also enjoy the word plethora, as well. Don't forget that!

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Pontificate is a good one.

Is that what we're doing right now?

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@Seed,

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you also enjoy the word plethora, as well. Don't forget that!

But it doesn't sound too terrific when you say it.

Just try & say "plethora" elegantly.

See what I mean?

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@msolga,

I think it rolls off rather smoothly!

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@Seed,

What have you been drinking? Laughing

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@msolga,

Haha, nothing. I guess it's just how I say it.

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@Seed,

Have you tried saying it in front of a mirror?

I have. And I'm afraid it doesn't look the best, Seed.

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@msolga,

No, I don't allow mirrors in my house. I don't like things staring back at me Smile

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@Seed,

Fair enough, Seed.

But how are you going to know what you actually look like when you attempt to say plethora?

Not a pretty sight. Trust me. Smile

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@msolga,

Another of my favourite words is possum.

A term of endearment in Oz.

You only use it for people you care about, people you feel affection for.

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@msolga,

Hmm, good point. though then again Eyes are on the front of your face so you don't have to watch yourself speak I guess.

And possum is a term of endearment around here as well

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@Seed,

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And possum is a term of endearment around here as well

Really?

That surprises me, Seed.

I mean, there wouldn't exactly be real possums in your neck of the woods.

How come, then?

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@msolga,

There are real possums around here. The only (I think) indigenous marsupial common to North America

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Septuagesimal was a word I recall from my Catholic childhood . It rolls off the tongue like "cellar door" except with "S's" instead of "R's"

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@farmerman,

I wonder how one would use septuagesimal in everyday conversation?

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@msolga,

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Septuagesimal

Sep`tu*a*ges"i*mal\, a. Consisting of seventy days, years, etc.; reckoned by seventies.
Our abridged and septuagesimal age. --Sir T. Browne.

Here is an improvised fan fiction sentence:
After the "Dude*" took a toke from the empyreal weed from the gods, he finally came down from his heavenly septuagesimal year high.

* = The Big Lebowski, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118715/.

Does this practice sentence pass the muster?

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@tsarstepan,

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Does this practice sentence pass the muster?

A magnificent practice sentence, tsar!

I'm very impressed.

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Sesquipedalian

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@msolga,

msolga wrote:

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Does this practice sentence pass the muster?

A magnificent practice sentence, tsar!

I'm very impressed.

Thanks!

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feckless

(which I could have also used in chumly's thread --except I'd be four words short)

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