To: Momaw Nadon
A 13-year-old eighth-grader from Dallas nailed "pococurante" ...Spell it? Heck, I can't even pronounce it!
Poc'o'cur'ante? Po'co'cu'ran'te? Poco'cur'ante? Po'coc'u'ran'te?... Holy smokes, who comes up with these words??
5 posted on
05/29/2003 4:23:22 PM PDT by
yankeedame
("Born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.")
To: yankeedame
Holy smokes, who comes up with these words?? Scripps Howard runs the spelling bee. They print a booklet with words divided into three levels of difficulty. Otherwise, I guess they use an unabridged dictionary, since they have to be able to provide the pronunciation, definition, and an example of the word. Maybe etymology, too, but I'm not sure.
10 posted on
05/29/2003 4:31:28 PM PDT by
heleny
To: yankeedame
"Poke Yer Auntie" is as close as I can come, (thinking of Bubba).
14 posted on
05/29/2003 4:37:09 PM PDT by
cgk
(Bob Geldof: "President Bush is radical, in a positive sense. Clinton just screwed everybody.")
To: yankeedame
Here ya go:
Main Entry: po·co·cu·ran·te
Pronunciation: click here
Etymology: Italian poco curante, caring little
Courtesy of http://www.m-w.com
To: yankeedame
I know what "pococurante" means from Italian, but I've never seen the word used in English.
To: yankeedame
Holy smokes, who comes up with these words?? Did they never sharee you ebro at skol, you antiabecedarian?
Apologies to James Joyce. :D
47 posted on
05/30/2003 1:06:42 AM PDT by
Dajjal
(Proxenete and phwhat is phthat?)
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