<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>OK, we've got one "I know it" and one "seems familiar" for "quinsy". I'll keep it on the back burner.<br><br>Anybody know "oxgang"?<br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Jean-Joseph Cote <jjcote@alum.mit.edu><br>To: fictionary@swarpa.net<br>Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 10:11:58 AM<br>Subject: Re: [Fictionary] thanks, and proposed new word<br><br>
Well, I don't know what to make of this. When I saw the word, I
immediately thought, "yeah, I've seen that, now can I remember what it
means?". Then I saw Nick's snow hut def, and I thought, "yep, that's
it". But what I was thinking of was spelled "quinsy", and I can't
remember whether I only heard about the snow hut orally and just
imagined the spelling. Or maybe I've seen the other definition as
well. But if I have, I can't remember what it is. Sure seems
familiar, though.<br>
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Jean-Joseph<br>
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Nicolas Ward wrote:
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<pre>On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Jacob Mattison <a rel="nofollow" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" ymailto="mailto:jacobmattison@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:jacobmattison@yahoo.com"><jacobmattison@yahoo.com></a> wrote:<br> </pre>
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<pre>Interesting -- that appears to be another definition that has nothing to do with the definition I had in mind. What do folks think -- can I still use the word? (Unless somebody knows the other definition, of course.)<br><br> </pre>
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<pre>Damn, wasted a perfectly good definition! Apparently mine is<br>preferentially spelled quinzhee, as it is an amerind term (dunno from<br>where, but since I learned about them in MN I'd assume Ojibwe?), but<br>the romanization isn't standard.<br><br>--Nick<br><br> </pre>
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