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February 1996, Week 1

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Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]>
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Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 5 Feb 1996 18:51:20 -0800
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> For shame, I shall now retire to the high dungeon to
 
FYI, I was curious about this, since I thought the common phrase was
"high dudgeon" ... so I looked it up (in Webster's NewWorld Dictionay
of the American Language, 1984 ed):
 
   "High dudgeon" is "very angry, offended, or resentful"
 
   (As in: many Internet users are in high dudgeon mood over the
   anti-obscenity portion of the Telecom bill (see below))
 
Whereas:
   "Dungeon" is "a dark underground cell, vault, or prison".
 
A slightly varying usage can be found at: http://nz.com/NZ/Culture/NZDic.html
which is an "N.Z. English to U.S. English Dictionary".
(Thank's to Yahoo's search facility for that one!)
 
 
Not very appropriate to the HP3000, certainly, but it did give me a
chance to refer readers to:
 
   http://www.eff.org
or
   http://www.eff.org/blueribbon.html
 
:)
 
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Stan Sieler                                          [log in to unmask]
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