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To: G.Mason

Be careful as I am now "ilk",,interesting word, wonder where it came from. It has a vaguely unpleasant connotation. I guess if I weren't so tired I would go look it up.

Are you of "my ilk" or someone else's ilk? Is a it a good thing to have a group of people and declare "we are all of the same ilk"?


77 posted on 03/27/2005 6:46:42 AM PST by cajungirl (no)
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To: cajungirl

Scottish dielect. Same root as 'like'. As in kind. Means from the same place of of the same name.


86 posted on 03/27/2005 6:50:59 AM PST by null and void (innocent, incapacitated, inconvenient, and insured - a lethal combination for Terri...)
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To: cajungirl
I'm afraid I will have to pass on that one.

Ancient vocabulary usages are not in the small arsenal of weaponry I use to fend off creatures of the nether world.

I will, however, keep a lookout for "ilk" while hoping it doesn't spread. ;)

103 posted on 03/27/2005 7:02:40 AM PST by G.Mason (The replies by this poster are meant for self-amusement only. Read at your own discretion.)
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