[AGL] like I said, i got a good memory or Hey, I'm an orange
Forrest Gunter
fpgunter at hotmail.com
Tue May 27 01:56:55 EDT 2008
Pep Squad & Band:
I think that what would soften or soothe me would be an emolument. Anyway, take heart, Mike. Part of me sides with one of my rustic ancestors who said that a man wasn't much of a speller if he could only spell a word one way.
Grimm Brother
> From: mike.eisenstadt at gmail.com> To: austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net> Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 15:29:16 -0500> Subject: Re: [AGL] like I said, i got a good memory or Hey, I'm an orange> > yep i dropped one of the l's in the heat of typing.> > ----- Original Message -----> From: "Kathy" <kdoyle1 at austin.rr.com>> To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>> Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 2:04 PM> Subject: Re: [AGL] like I said, i got a good memory or Hey, I'm an orange> > > > Emoliently?> > Can't find a definition of that word except under "itch emolliently"> > an advertisement for herbal remedies with a note that 'english is> > not my native language".> > Were you making an adverb out of emollient ( a substance that softens> > and smoothes the skin)?> > Ah, here's a quote from H.L. Mencken "Soothe us in our agonies with> > emollient words"> > Yes, that seems to suit the present discourse well.> > Surely somewhere else Mencken mentioned laughter and lighten up?> > maybe under ebullient?> > Kathy> >> >> > On May 26, 2008, at 12:13 PM, Michael Eisenstadt wrote:> >> > > you seem to need to get in the last word.> > >> > > when you throw a zinger my way dont then> > > say let the matter rest. i suggest you end> > > threads more emoliently.> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >>
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