Re: ***Official May Non-Nit Chat Thread***
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LOL at the dichotomy between your avatar and your location ("at war"). [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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Learning curve i have such a thing for you, its not even funny. I had to look up that word dichotomy, i mean to say that i will look it up later when i have time.
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DLM,
You made me smile so I'll save you the trouble. Here:
Main Entry: di·chot·o·my
Pronunciation: dI-'kä-t&-mE also d&-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -mies
Etymology: Greek dichotomia, from dichotomos
1 : a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities <the dichotomy between theory and practice>; also : the process or practice of making such a division <dichotomy of the population into two opposed classes>
2 : the phase of the moon or an inferior planet in which half its disk appears illuminated
3 a : BIFURCATION; especially : repeated bifurcation (as of a plant's stem) b : a system of branching in which the main axis forks repeatedly into two branches c : branching of an ancestral line into two equal diverging branches
4 : something with seemingly contradictory qualities <it's a dichotomy, this opulent Ritz-style luxury in a place that fronts on a boat harbor -- Jean T. Barrett>
Oh...and my birthday cake is real. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
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