In a message dated 1/4/2005 10:13:14 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Up too late, but I have been promising to do this for weeks-
Something fun that anyone is welcome to alter and run with that started conceptually in the chat room as a challenge to Vilyehm. 3 words picked (by flipping pages and waving finger with eyes closed) from the trusty oversized ancient dictionary to be "punned" at your leisure.... extra points (of non specific/indeterminite value for getting all 3 in one pun) scab defective gregre (also listed as grigri) nighty night, Dee I had to look that last one up. grigri SYLLABICATION:gri·gri PRONUNCIATION: grgr VARIANT FORMS:also gris-gris NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. gri·gris also gris-gris ( grgr) An African charm, fetish, or amulet. ETYMOLOGY:French, of West African origin; akin to Balanta (Niger-Congo language of Guinea-Bissau and Senegal) grigri, amulet. Well, it's obvious that the last one refers to the new fashion statement in French West Africa. Chantilly lace is making it big as an export. It just can't be made fast enough. And because it takes skill to make it, workers are becoming unionized and a bureau of standards has been set up so that shoddy sub-standard work doesn't get exported. Yes, no union worker would be caught dead letting a bad piece of lace be inspected. It's only the scab that would have a defective piece make the inspector sing out a Gregre-ian Chantilly. Can I too go to bed now? William Taylor --------------------- Good words on page I do forbear Not pulled out from my derriere. Blest be the man who says, 'Writes well.' And cursed be he that makes me spell. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
