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Conference thebay::joyoflex

Title:The Joy of Lex
Notice:A Notes File even your grammar could love
Moderator:THEBAY::SYSTEM
Created:Fri Feb 28 1986
Last Modified:Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1192
Total number of notes:42769

277.0. "Famous People who Share First Names" by KIRK::JOHNSON (Endorphins are Habit-Forming) Tue Nov 18 1986 09:30

   
	Barney Clark			Barney Rubble
	Charles Baudelaire		Prince Charles
	Jackie Onasis			Jackie Kennedy
	Marcus Antonious		Marcus Welby
	Muhammad Ali			Muhammad Ali
	Neil Kinnock			Neil Armstrong
	Ronald Reagan			Ronald McDonald
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277.1PssstREGENT::BROOMHEADDon't panic -- yet.Tue Nov 18 1986 17:463
    Your third entry in the two columns is the same person.
    
    Who is this "Antonious" guy?  "Antony" or "Aurelius Antoninus"?
277.2KIRK::JOHNSONEndorphins are Habit-FormingWed Nov 19 1986 09:5810
    >Your third entry in the two columns is the same person.
    
    Observant!  Jackie's two of the most famous people around.
    
    >Who is this "Antonious" guy?  "Antony" or "Aurelius Antoninus"?

    This is the guy who got kinda friendly with Cleopatra.
    
    
    MATT
277.3why?CACHE::MARSHALLhunting the snarkWed Nov 19 1986 10:588
    What is the purpose of this note and what does it have to do with
    lexicography?
                                                   
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277.4Humorless, humorless...ERIS::CALLASLet it snow!Wed Nov 19 1986 11:264
    This note doesn't have a whole lot to do with lexicography, but it does
    have a lot to do with the joy of lex, and is quite enjoyable.
    
    	Jon
277.5defensive, defensiveCACHE::MARSHALLhunting the snarkWed Nov 19 1986 15:2314
    Re .4:
    
    Did I say that this note had nothing to do with lex? No.
    I merely asked *how* it relates to lex (and/or the joy of lex).
    Just because I don't get the joke does not mean that I am humorless.
                                                        
    BTW, who is(was) the other Muhammad Ali?
    
                                                   
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277.6A REAL HeavyweightKIRK::JOHNSONEndorphins are Habit-FormingThu Nov 20 1986 11:087
        > BTW, who is(was) the other Muhammad Ali?

    	An Islamic martyr.  His death is commemorated in Iran to this
        day by a rather scary (for outsiders) sad holiday that includes 
        rituals of self-flagellation and remorse.    
    
    	MATT