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Millie Morgan
March 8th, 2012, 01:55 PM
Good morning everyone!

The Word for Round 2288 is

* SINCIPUT *


If you know the word, please let me know asap;

if too many of you know it, I'll choose another.

Please email your fabricated definitions to me at milliemmorgan (AT) gmail (DOT) com before the deadline:



7:00pm Sat 10th March Melbourne

12:00mn Fri 9th March PDT
2:00am Sat 10th March CDT
3:00am Sat 10th March EDT
8:00am Sat 10th March BST
9:00am Sat 10th March CEST


Full rules can be viewed at http://www.dixonary.net
I'll be away from home for most of this deal, so fingers crossed I can get it right :)





Best wishes

Millie

Bill Bensburg
March 8th, 2012, 03:46 PM
The pedant in me must ask -- don't we switch over to (the evil)
daylight savings time on Sunday, March 11?

My def's in already, but hey....

Steve Graham
March 8th, 2012, 03:53 PM
If we is in 48 of the United States, yes, i.e. not Arizona or Hawaii.

But to further the cause of pedantry, it's Daylight Saving Time (not "savings") (Grin)


Steve Graham
sdgraham (AT) duckswild (DOT) com
Sent from my iPad

On Mar 8, 2012, at 3:46 PM, Bill Bensburg <BBensburg (AT) cfl (DOT) rr.com> wrote:

> The pedant in me must ask -- don't we switch over to (the evil)
> daylight savings time on Sunday, March 11?
>
> My def's in already, but hey....
>

France International/Mike Shefler
March 8th, 2012, 04:06 PM
Which saves not a whit of daylight. Grrr.

On 3/8/2012 4:53 PM, Steve Graham wrote:
> If we is in 48 of the United States, yes, i.e. not Arizona or Hawaii.
>
> But to further the cause of pedantry, it's Daylight Saving Time (not "savings") (Grin)
>
>
> Steve Graham
> sdgraham (AT) duckswild (DOT) com
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Mar 8, 2012, at 3:46 PM, Bill Bensburg<BBensburg (AT) cfl (DOT) rr.com> wrote:
>
>> The pedant in me must ask -- don't we switch over to (the evil)
>> daylight savings time on Sunday, March 11?
>>
>> My def's in already, but hey....
>>
>
> -----
> No virus found in this message.
> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
> Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2114/4858 - Release Date: 03/08/12
>
>
>

Jim Hart
March 8th, 2012, 04:29 PM
We? Speaking for the dealer and myself, we switched over last October.

Jim

Jim Hart
March 8th, 2012, 04:38 PM
And what are we saving it from? Is daylight the new Private Ryan?

Jim

On Friday, March 9, 2012 9:06:27 AM UTC+11, Mike Shefler wrote:
>
> Which saves not a whit of daylight. Grrr.
>
>
>

France International/Mike Shefler
March 8th, 2012, 04:46 PM
Yes. To paraphrase W.C.Fields -- I hacked my way through a wall of human
flesh, dragging my clock behind me.

On 3/8/2012 5:38 PM, Jim Hart wrote:
> And what are we saving it from? Is daylight the new Private Ryan?
>
> Jim
>
> On Friday, March 9, 2012 9:06:27 AM UTC+11, Mike Shefler wrote:
>
> Which saves not a whit of daylight. Grrr.
>
>
> No virus found in this message.
> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com>
> Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2114/4858 - Release Date: 03/08/12
>

—Keith Hale—
March 8th, 2012, 09:56 PM
>
> But to further the cause of pedantry, it's Daylight Saving Time (not
"savings") (Grin)

You are mistaken. It is - and shall be until it is abolished *(i've said
since i was 10 years old: "Move it 30 minutes AND PARK IT!")* *DAYLIGHT
MANGLING TIME.*

—Keith Hale—
March 8th, 2012, 10:00 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkaGb5GTGJ4 (NAD)