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To: arasina
"We saw 'em. Remember? I said 'Clam sauce. Ick!'"

Yeah, but was that "ick" OR "yuck"??

"Headline: Pirro's Campaign Goes pyric pyrrhic!"

Good, but you know I'm such a stickler for spelling 8-D <---- eyeballs rollin'

112 posted on 12/11/2005 8:38:53 PM PST by F16Fighter
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To: F16Fighter
py·ric   Audio pronunciation of "pyric" ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (prk, prk)
adj.
Of, relating to, or resulting from burning.

pyr·rhic   Audio pronunciation of "pyrrhic" ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (prk)
n.
A metrical foot having two short or unaccented syllables.

adj.
Of or characterized by pyrrhics.


[Latin pyrrhicius, from Greek purrikhios, from purrikh, a war dance, perhaps fromPurrikhos, supposed inventor of the dance.]

215 posted on 12/12/2005 4:27:00 AM PST by arasina (So there.)
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