>>> Item number 38956 from WRITERS LOG9410D --- (64 records) ----- <<< Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 14:19:20 EDT Reply-To: WRITERS Sender: WRITERS From: Friday Already? Subject: WOTD: perserverence (sp?) (was:Re: Assistance) X-To: WRITERS In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 21 Oct 1994 08:21:41 PDT." <9410211638.AA10596@MIT.EDU> Scott Wyatt mentioned: > practice. . .practice. . .practice, and an ungodly > amount of perserverence (sp?). online magic machine to the rescue... > No definition for 'perserverence'. whoops! put on thinking cap (Tom Terrific!) and... not perverse, although that might be involved. (practice makes perversion? from "Sayings of the Old and Warped?") aha! not server, sever! cut, cut, cut... per sever ence! (bobbitt!) > No definition for 'perseverence'. Maybe you mean: > 1. perseverance okay...take that, silly machine! > per.se.ver.ance \.p*r-s*-'vir-*n(t)s\ n : the action, condition, or an > instance of persevering : STEADFASTNESS > per.se.vere \-'vi(*)r\ vi [ME perseveren, fr. MF perseverer, fr. L > perseverare, fr. ]per- through + severus severe : to persist in a state, > enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counter influences, opposition, or > discouragement so, despite phonetic mimicry, it has NOTHING to do with how much you are paid for each act of surgery (CRITICS! Take Note!:-) [does this mean the AMA doesn't have their fingers in the wallet?] may or may not have anything to do with sist-ers...and other under-the-counter contraventions...per-sist, you need a bunch of enterprise... and as for steadfastness: > Cross references: > 1. faithful > stead.fast \'sted-.fast also -f*st\ \-.fas(t)-n*s, -f*s(t)-\ aj 1a: firmly > fixed in place 1b: not subject to change 2: firm in belief, determination, > or adherence : LOYAL - stead.fast.ly av - stead.fast.ness n we won't even get into the bedstead and how quickly-- hi, ho, wild words...away! tink [color commentator: I think the wild words won that round, although it's always hard to guess here on Word Wide Westling...]