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Bernardo de La Paz

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15. Ah, thanks

Reply to MMBeilis (Reply #13)

Tue Sep 17, 2024, 03:30 AM

Sep 17

I realize now that I had searched for "truce" and not "truse".

Note that line counts are dependent on formatting and will be different depending on the width of the browser window and font sizes but I was able to find it.

Abstruse is definitely an uncommon word these days.

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I never saw this quote from Mark Twain before... [View all] Richard D Sep 16 OP

K&R LetMyPeopleVote Sep 16 #1

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Witness to Man's Madness BurnDoubt Sep 16 #3

Canticle is a great book Hekate Sep 16 #11

The secret to Jewish immortality is chicken soup, Cyrano Sep 16 #4

I had a Jewish patient who told me chicken soup is Jewish penicillin. Trueblue Texan Sep 16 #9

Definitely 3auld6phart Sep 16 #5

Had to look up the difference between "abtruse" and "abstruse". MMBeilis Sep 16 #6

??? Richard D Sep 16 #7

"......finance, medicine and abstruse learning". MMBeilis Sep 17 #14

What's that about? I don't see either word in the post. Abtruce is a S African rapper, otherwise not a word. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 16 #8

About the eighth line down - "....finance, medicine and abstruse learning." MMBeilis Sep 17 #13

Ah, thanks Bernardo de La Paz Sep 17 #15

Bernardo, old friend, I've got to come clean with you. You'll notice that my post was edited once. That was to.... MMBeilis Sep 17 #16

I need to send this to a couple of young people who I know Hekate Sep 16 #10

I have some thoughts on this . . . Richard D Sep 16 #12

Mark Twains book on "Concerning the Jew" KewlKat Sep 26 #17