Grrr! Where's the TTV disclaimer gone?
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Metrobius
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Extraordinaire...
I'm not sure if it has the hyphen.
It's just a snobby version of "extraordinary." Which is pronounced "ex-tror-din-ry", but I'm sure you know that.
Further shortening results in "stronry", which Tigger uses in "The House at Pooh Corner"
I am a literary genius, you see!<P>My dictionary tells me it's from the Latin "extraordinarius".<P>Which reminds me, while you're here with your Latin ability, translate for me:
"Acutus id verberat"
I'm not sure if it has the hyphen.
It's just a snobby version of "extraordinary." Which is pronounced "ex-tror-din-ry", but I'm sure you know that.
Further shortening results in "stronry", which Tigger uses in "The House at Pooh Corner"
I am a literary genius, you see!<P>My dictionary tells me it's from the Latin "extraordinarius".<P>Which reminds me, while you're here with your Latin ability, translate for me:
"Acutus id verberat"
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Metrobius:
Further shortening results in "stronry", which Tigger uses in "The House at Pooh Corner"
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>mmmm....Tea Eye Double Guh Urrrrr <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif"><P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>
My dictionary tells me it's from the Latin "extraordinarius".<P>Which reminds me, while you're here with your Latin ability, translate for me:
"Acutus id verberat"<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>From Latin even
Shame on me....<P>Can't say I know that second bit either! Ack! Ask Arian, she'll know. I'm getting no further than (word-by-word) "sharply therefore he flogs" which makes no sense <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">
Further shortening results in "stronry", which Tigger uses in "The House at Pooh Corner"
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>mmmm....Tea Eye Double Guh Urrrrr <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif"><P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>
My dictionary tells me it's from the Latin "extraordinarius".<P>Which reminds me, while you're here with your Latin ability, translate for me:
"Acutus id verberat"<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>From Latin even
Shame on me....<P>Can't say I know that second bit either! Ack! Ask Arian, she'll know. I'm getting no further than (word-by-word) "sharply therefore he flogs" which makes no sense <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">
But, thanks to Merryn, Webmistress Extra-ordinaire, the disclaimer's back! Woo <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.g ... -ordinaire - that's the word, right? I hear it on TV sometimes for tacky superheroes, but don't know exactly how to spell it <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif"><P>That, and in Dutch, 'ordinair' means er...boring, common, type stuff.<P>So I'm always confused about it! Oh, agony!
