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  • From: David Parker <vividp AT btitelecom.net>
  • To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: For y'all's enjoyment
  • Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 13:55:14 -0500


B Holroyd wrote:
>
> "...brand-new living room suit...." is actually a "suite" (search for at
> http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm to find in part: "... 2 : a group of things
> forming a unit or constituting a collection : SET: as a : a group of rooms
> occupied as a unit [...] d : a set of matched furniture ....")

m-w.com also indicates that "suit" is an archaic (except around here,
apparently) version of the word "suite."

And thanks, Betty--I mean B--for answering the name question.

And now, for all you deep thinkers out there, why is college basketball
so big in these here parts?

--
Dave Parker, Dialographer
http://metalab.unc.edu/dave




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