A Unique Word?

[Nick Clarke 3Participant @nickclarke3]

Posted by Bill Phinn on 29/04/2019 23:10:10:

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 29/04/2019 22:59:22:

Does this means antecedants are now predators?

Always were, Neil; specifically apex predators of the ursine variety, namely forebears.

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Edited By Bill Phinn on 29/04/2019 23:11:48

Typical inflation – in my day Goldilocks only met three bears!

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by Bill Phinn on 29/04/2019 19:39:47:

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 27/04/2019 20:59:00:

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One bugbear (or is that bug-bear?) of mine is the word "predate". Having read widely in ecology in my youth I got very used to understanding the word "predate" to mean to "prey on". "Pre-date" was the other word. Now, they're both "predate". …

Reminded me that Churchill claimed disappointment after reading a paper entitled 'Sex Lives of the Primates'. It wasn't about Archbishops.

[John FlackParticipant @johnflack59079]

it's interesting how certain words can baffle ones brain . You might just have a double take on these……….

REDIAL

BEDRAPE

FORESTRESS. All may not be as it appears

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by John Flack on 30/04/2019 10:02:27:

it's interesting how certain words can baffle ones brain .

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All may not be as it appears

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I remember doing a double-take when I saw a journal in the library : THERAPIST

MichaelG.

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

In my Airforce days, A notice went up on the flight notice board about coming sporting event, headed "Intercourse Competition", maybe should have been "Inter – Course Competition", a series of sporting events between first and second year trainees. The notice was still remembered at our 50 year reunion in 2014.

Ian S C

Edited By Ian S C on 30/04/2019 14:23:10

[GeorgineerParticipant @georgineer]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 30/04/2019 10:15:04:

I remember doing a double-take when I saw a journal in the library : THERAPIST

MichaelG.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

One day walking down Manchester St in pre quake Christchurch I looked up at a shop sign, and at first glance it read Children swear, it was just the angle at the time, and as I got closer it resolved as Childrens Wear.

Ian S C

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