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abe smith · 08-14-2002, 05:17 AM

No hay dictionaries in UK, BoroNut? The home of Big Mother OED, frcrisesake? : "sapient" is another version of our species name >>>> *Homo sapiens*; and I guess I used it here , sardonically (>>> and you can look that up, also), mildly to sneer @ us. ..... The signpost someone has given you , dictionary.com, indicates that when you are on-line, you can type-in *dictionary.com * up there at the address line; then hit "Search" and that shd give you on-line sites to look-up definitions at. If you're not connected (bodily) to your local (as "pub") college or public library, it's time for you to do that >>> The Reference Room = the world's best all-time Freebie. Tally-ho!

Boro Nut · 08-15-2002, 04:02 AM

What the hell does 'on-line' mean?

Boro Nut

Jesus Tap-Dancin' Christ · 08-15-2002, 11:01 AM

ROTFLMAO!

Caelestis Impius · 08-16-2002, 10:56 PM

It depends on the class of the catpured: a nobleman captured in honorable combat is to be treated as a welcome guest in the capturing nobleman's dwelling until ransom can be met, it is generally customary to place the head of a captured peasant on a pike

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08-14-2002, 05:17 AM	#21
abe smith Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: springfield, MA. USA Posts: 2,482	No hay dictionaries in UK, BoroNut? The home of Big Mother OED, frcrisesake? : "sapient" is another version of our species name >>>> Homo sapiens; and I guess I used it here , sardonically (>>> and you can look that up, also), mildly to sneer @ us. ..... The signpost someone has given you , dictionary.com, indicates that when you are on-line, you can type-in dictionary.com up there at the address line; then hit "Search" and that shd give you on-line sites to look-up definitions at. If you're not connected (bodily) to your local (as "pub") college or public library, it's time for you to do that >>> The Reference Room = the world's best all-time Freebie. Tally-ho!

08-15-2002, 04:02 AM	#22
Boro Nut Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Middlesbrough, England Posts: 3,909	What the hell does 'on-line' mean? Boro Nut

08-15-2002, 11:01 AM	#23
Jesus Tap-Dancin' Christ Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Heaven Posts: 6,980	ROTFLMAO!

08-16-2002, 10:56 PM	#24
Caelestis Impius Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 23	It depends on the class of the catpured: a nobleman captured in honorable combat is to be treated as a welcome guest in the capturing nobleman's dwelling until ransom can be met, it is generally customary to place the head of a captured peasant on a pike

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