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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 910.1 | Yes | JIT081::DIAMOND | Order temporarily out of personal name | Fri Aug 30 1991 04:02 | 0 |
| 910.2 | | JIT081::DIAMOND | Order temporarily out of personal name | Fri Aug 30 1991 04:20 | 13 |
| It's been a long time since this conference had a 1-word note,
so I couldn't resist the opportunity to (correctly) enter one.
However, neither can I transcend an opportunity for punishment.
If you finally arrive 3 days after a meeting, you are translate.
A performance is on the other side of the stage is a transact.
A craps player who always gets snake eyes by rolling the dice
away from him is a transducer.
The terminal on my manager's desk is displaying a transform, while
the terminal on my neighbor's desk is displaying a cisform.
A person who works closely with you is acistant.
Computer components that can't decide if they're coming or going
are trancistors.
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| 910.3 | Elaboration on Norman's remarkably succinct .1 | SMURF::SMURF::BINDER | Sine titulo | Mon Sep 02 1991 02:02 | 8 |
| In Latin, "trans-" means "on the other side of." "Cis-" means "on this
side of" or "within a few days' travel of."
The Romans called the portion of Gaul that was to the northwest of the
Alps Gallia Transalpina. The part southeast of the Alps was called
Gallia Cisalpina.
-d
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| 910.4 | | EFGV04::LEE | | Mon Sep 02 1991 13:54 | 3 |
| Don't forget the regions (?) in South Africa:
Transkei and Ciskei
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| 910.5 | Two more | MARVIN::KNOWLES | Caveat vendor | Mon Sep 02 1991 15:27 | 21 |
| ...and a couple more:
transpontine - English, an adjective applied to someone
or something living on, found on, or
characteristic of the South side of the
river [Thames - I've only ever known the word
associated with London. The court, and Anyone
Who Was Anyone, regarded the only conscionable
bank as the North.]
Alemtejo - Portuguese, but `alem' means the same as `trans'.
The Alemtejo is the part of Portugal south of the
Tagus. (Before the Algarve discovered tourism,
the part of Portugal to the north of the Tagus
far outweighed the Alemtejo in people, cultural
and economic importance - which made it the
centre for this bit of egocentricity [make that
lococentricity])
b
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| 910.6 | | CARTUN::NOONAN | Day 7/Hug Crisis/The drama continues | Wed Sep 04 1991 23:56 | 5 |
| So is a cistern something on this side of a bird?
(*8
E Grace
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| 910.7 | better | MARVIN::KNOWLES | Caveat vendor | Thu Sep 05 1991 15:55 | 10 |
| Re .5
I've just thought - it's only in some cases that `alem' means the
same as TRANS; and the M becomes an N before the T, so I should
have written `Alentejo'.
A better example, from the other end of Portugal: Trasosmontes
(a place whose name means across the mountains).
b
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| 910.8 | | WELWIT::MANNION | By his own hand shall ye know him! | Mon Nov 25 1991 09:03 | 3 |
| The part of Florence to the south of the Arno is known as Oltrearno.
Phillip
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