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Synchophants and Sick Email Addresses
On the subject of "Synchophants and Sick Email Addresses"...
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Subject: Re: Synchophants
From: Nicholas Petreley <[email protected]>
To: Multiple recipients of list AM-INFO <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 08:56:13 -0800
[email protected] wrote:
>
> In <[email protected]>, on 02/11/99 at 05:53 PM,
> James Jones <[email protected]> said:
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> |I never formally studied Latin, but I do know that one.
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> |te deum laudamus = We praise thee, God.
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> |>"Mr. Zealand"'s email address is:
> |>
> |> [email protected]
> |>
> |> Do you know Latin?
>
> Um-hmm. Which means that the full email address is:
>
> We praise thee, God, at Microsoft Network
>
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> [email protected] (T. Guilbert) sending e-mail to you from lovely Portland,
>OR, USofA
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A "sycophant" is a servile flatterer. Can I assume that
a "synchophant" is an off-beat servile flatterer?
(Sorry, I'm not perfect at spelling either, but as an
ex-musician I just couldn't resist)
-Nick ;-)
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