In article <230920070413027693%none@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, X. Rayburn <none@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> This came to pass in a time when the web had not been born and groups
> like this were quite new. In the hot time of year I walked through a
> school in which I once had been one of those who learns. Tacked to the
> walls and doors were signs and notes and tales. I saw a tale of a club
> for folks who like to chat with words that are just one pulse long.
> They liked to see how much they could say with short words, and it
> turns out they could say quite a lot for our tongue is blessed with
> lots of words that are just one pulse long. I would like to know if
> that club has gone the way of all flesh or is still in the realm of
> life. If you know, please tell.
I don't know if there is still such a club, but I have heard of this
talk. Back in the "old days" (heh), its name was "Small Talk". All
words in Small Talk have just one "part".
A joke (or could be, not) was that the word for "computer" was "high
priced toys that think".
(Now I need a Small Talk word or phrase for "translate". "Change word
to my talk.")
One good point of Small Talk was that folk who steal or cheat or make
laws could not use words with more than one part, and so they could not
lie to folk with the ease they do now.
Thanks --
Dave
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