On 20/2/09, Doug Franklin, discombobulated, unleashed: >Bob W wrote: > >> Who emanticated the feline? > >Bob, what's "emanticate"? My, apparently emaciated, dictionaries don't >have that one.
>From 'Blackadder' J: (places two manuscripts on the table, but picks up the top one) Here it is, sir: the very cornerstone of English scholarship. This book, sir, contains every word in our beloved language. G: Hmm. E: Every single one, sir? J: (confidently) Every single word, sir! E: (to Prince) Oh, well, in that case, sir, I hope you will not object if I also offer the Doctor my most enthusiastic contrafribblarities. J: What? E: `Contrafribblarites', sir? It is a common word down our way. J: Damn! (writes in the book) E: Oh, I'm sorry, sir. I'm anus-peptic, phrasmotic, even compunctious to have caused you such pericombobulation. J: What? What? WHAT? G: What are you on about, Blackadder? This is all beginning to sound a bit like dago talk to me. E: I'm sorry, sir. I merely wished to congratulate the Doctor on not having left out a single word. (J sneers) Shall I fetch the tea, Your Highness? G: Yes, yes -- and get that damned fire up here, will you? E: Certainly, sir. I shall return interphrastically. (exits) (J writes some more) G: So, Dr. Johnson. Sit ye down. Now, this book of yours...tell me, what's it all about? J: It is a book about the English language, sir. G: I see! And the hero's name is what? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
