Xeptember ...

[davezub]

I would only take offense if XMAS was a "slipped" released date <grin>.

Dave Zubrowski

[gwpriester]

Sue

I always have time for this conference. The first thing I will do when we get to New Mexico will be to unpack the five cats, canary and finch from the rental van and then plug in the laptop and check my e-mail and my conferences. (My desktop computer will not arrive for a few days).

I have also be busy jamming for the CorelWorld Conference next week.

Kevin, cool info on Xmas. If that is true (and I have no reason to doubt it) then what do you suppose is the derivation of Xing as in Ped Xing?

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Gary Priester

Moderator Person

Be It Every So Humble...

[athena]

Hello Kevin,

That was great to read! I love this forum precisely for this diversity of information.

Classics, Antiquity, Etymology (the study of the origin of words) --- all just great stuff.

Sometimes the etymology is one of the best reasons to read a dictionary. (You may know what I mean -- you start to look up one word and read definitions for about 5 or ten other words just because they are fascinating and they caught your eye. I wonder how soon will they forget the pleasure of reading the dictionary. Digital books are just alot harder to thumb through or randomly open to a great passage or piece of poetry)

Thanks again for the background information.

Athena
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