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el lagarto
« on: May 22nd, 2003, 11:39pm » |
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My first by faith an article
Itfs definite, if itfs at all.
From second aft my heart is cold
Scaley tar from times of old.
My third is you and you and you
And me and maybe you two too.
Watt em eye?
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Re: el lagarto
« Reply #1 on: May 23rd, 2003, 9:27pm » |
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What is that 2nd line - on my system it shows up as
It(small square)fs definite, if it(small square)fs at all.
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Re: el lagarto
« Reply #2 on: May 23rd, 2003, 11:52pm » |
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The interesting part is those boxes will even move if you try to highlight them.
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Re: el lagarto
« Reply #3 on: May 25th, 2003, 5:13pm » |
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The little boxes are appostrophes and esses. (Let 19 in the English language).
The fs is also a ghost that doesn't appear in the original.
My OS is Japanese, so this happens. Also, appostrophes and esses on some English sites appear as Kanji in my browser.
In Japan we call this "moji bake" (mow gee bah kay).
I have been stumped when trying to describe this in English, is there a standard term for this among computer afficianado's (afficianadii)?
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It's not a pipedream?
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Re: el lagarto
« Reply #5 on: May 27th, 2003, 6:56pm » |
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You're right, its not.
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Re: el lagarto
« Reply #6 on: May 29th, 2003, 11:58pm » |
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Can not find the right word...
this is a hint
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on May 29th, 2003, 11:58pm, Speaker wrote:Can not find the right word...
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Is it Thesaurus? If it is, I don't get the second part-what am I missing?
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Yes, you are right. The second part refers to the latin translation of the thread's title, with a little nuance to the English term for the source of all of our petroleum products.
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