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To: kawhill

Really?

How about yclept?

Or callipygian?

Or queueing?

Or borborygmus?


2 posted on 08/08/2025 12:24:59 AM PDT by TheConservator
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To: TheConservator
Really?
How about yclept?
Or callipygian?
Or queueing?
Or borborygmus?


It's very strange that in Britain, people must queue to pee in public toilets.
3 posted on 08/08/2025 12:34:39 AM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: TheConservator

Calypgin ..........

My good Freeper friend and major force in the establishment of the Free Republic Media Chapter is named Calypgin. I lost touch with her some years back


69 posted on 08/08/2025 8:20:03 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Where is ZORRO when California so desperately needs him?)
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To: TheConservator
Really? How about yclept?

Yclept is actually a Middle English word that means "named", as in "He was named Albert." The word "yclept" appears numerous times in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in the original Middle English.

72 posted on 08/08/2025 8:49:00 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (If [mortals] are so wicked with religion, what would they be without it? —Benjamin Franklin)
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