<html><BR>HI, again, This did sounded neither French nor German to me, but I figured it was at least European. Linda Again, I know just a smattering of stuff.<BR>---------- Original Message ----------<BR>From: J-J Cote <jjcote@alum.mit.edu><BR>To: fictionary group <fictionary@swarpa.net><BR>Subject: Re: [Fictionary] Lierne Answers<BR>Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:18:04 -0500<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=moz-cite-prefix>On 12/21/2012 7:41 PM, David Randall wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>lierne - n. - in astronomy, the repeated observation of an object each sidereal day. Named for Jean Li<SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px">é</SPAN>rne, an assistant to Charles Messier.</DIV>
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<DIV>Hutch (2) + Linda (2) + Elliott (2) + Correct Guess (2)</DIV>
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<DIV>Nicolas: Mine, will probably not fool anyone.</DIV>
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<DIV>Linda: 2 points because I was once an astrology buff. </DIV>
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<DIV>Pierre: 'é' isn't valid in French there.</DIV>
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<DIV>John Joseph: <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Needing to come up with some reason to reject a definition, I think a name like that would have an accent grave rather than an accent aigu. But I could be wrong.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Elliott: </SPAN>Why not? Two points.</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Me, David: I am impressed with the knowledge of French accents in this group!</SPAN></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>Well, you are dealing with a couple of guys named Pierre and Jean-Joseph. And I assume Pierre is even some kind of French guy (as opposed to me, an ethnic mongrel born and raised in Massachusetts who just had a couple of years of French in high school).<BR><BR>J-J<BR></html>
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