Re: Thank you, Michael Jørgensen (Was: Crossword

From: Mensanator (mensanator_at_aol.compost)
Date: 11/15/04

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    >Subject: Re: Thank you, Michael =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F8rgensen?= (Was: Crossword
    >From: Michael Mendelsohn keine.Werbung.1300@msgid.michael.mendelsohn.de
    >Date: 11/14/2004 5:42 PM Central Standard Time
    >Message-id: <4197ED7A.CF7C3150@msgid.michael.mendelsohn.de>
    >
    >The following makes for a nice puzzle idea, at least.
    >
    >Mensanator schrieb:
    >> For posting this link:
    >> > I used a dictionary consisting of 115879 words based on the public domain
    >> > portion of "The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster's Unabridged
    >Dictionary"
    >> > downloaded from
    >> > <http://www.translatum.gr/dictionaries/download-english.htm>
    >
    >> because these html files are riddled with errors and a couple corrupt
    >> entries were giving my regular expression parser fits.
    >
    >I wouldn't be surprised if Project Gutenberg has several dictionaries.
    >
    >> Others are a little harder. I still haven't figured this one out:
    >>
    >> Utilitarian ... /iming at utility as distinguished from beauty
    >
    >"Aiming". Conformed my guess by looking it up.

    Ah, a vowel!. My brain was stuck on consonants. The only thing I
    could think of was "timing" which didn't make any sense. And the definition
    in my 1937 WUD was slightly different.

    >
    >Cheers
    >Michael
    >--
    >Still an attentive ear he lent Her speech hath caused this pain
    >But could not fathom what she meant Easier I count it to explain
    >She was not deep, nor eloquent. The jargon of the howling main
    > -- from Lewis Carroll: The Three Usenet Trolls 

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