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To: Ezekiel

I haven’t studied enough languages to determine which might be the ‘loveliest’. But I can’t imagine a language MORE expressive and beautiful than English.

(Italian seems lovely, though...)


66 posted on 09/20/2026 3:51:54 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630; Phinneous
Re English -- so much just flies right under the radar.

melliloquent

From Latin mel, mellis (“honey”) + loquens (“speaking”), present participle of loqui (“to speak”).

(archaic) Speaking sweetly or harmoniously.

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Reminds me of that 'Scrabble' scene in Sneakers. Too many secrets, yet any fool could do it:

>>>

How is this possible?

Cryptography systems are based on mathematical problems... so complex they cannot be solved without a key.

Janek figured out a way to solve those problems without the key, and he hard-wired it into that chip.

Turn it off.

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So it's a code-breaker.

No, it's *the* code-breaker. No more secrets.

Honey, you and Melissa get your things.

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word: מילה milah

bee: דבורה dvorah

speech: דבורה dibur

things, objects; words: דברים dvarim

stuff (n.): דברים dvarim...

...which appears upside-down at the beginning of the 'Scrabble' scene clip here.

I originally wanted to use that link, but can you believe it, it cuts off right before

"Honey, you and Melissa get your things."

Crazy, misses all of the connections! 🙂

92 posted on 09/20/2026 5:08:36 PM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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