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From: Vince <>
Subject: Re: Diana, Princess Of Wales & Continuing Mindless Celebrity Worship
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:00:04 -0400
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D. Spencer Hines wrote:
> Hilarious!
>
> Abstruse Factoids From Our Resident Irishman.
>
> DSH
>
> "Vince" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>
>> BTW did you mean "Phenolphthalein" (not a spelling flame its just my
>> favorite exception to the "I before e" convention)
>> I won my only spelling bee spelling Phenolphthalein
>>
>> Vince
>
>
Hardly "abstruse"
Abstruse from the latin
abstruse adjective
Etymology: Latin abstrusus, from past participle of abstrudere to
conceal, from abs-, ab- + trudere to push — more at threat
Date:
1599
: difficult to comprehend : recondite <the abstruse calculations of
mathematicians>
As sherlock homes said
My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me
the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am
in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence.
I crave for mental exaltation.
Spelling is never abstruse, "meaning" can be abstruse, but not in this
case
have a nice day
Vince
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