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Word of the day, ken
I found this at dictionary.com:
Word of the Day for Tuesday October 9, 2001:
ken \KEN\, noun:
1. Perception; understanding; knowledge.
2. The range of vision.
3. View; sight.
He was to make several important discoveries, the most significant being that infantile paralysis was caused not by germs, as cerebrospinal meningitis had been, but by a mysterious agent just then emerging into the ken of science.
--James Thomas Flexner, Maverick's Progress
So we are predisposed -- if not preprogrammed -- to accept tales of animals who display human motives, understanding, reason, and intentions. It takes a far greater imagination to conceive the possibility that a dog's mental life may assume a form that is simply beyond our ken.
--Stephen Budiansky, If a Lion Could Talk
Libussa, the youngest, particularly beautiful, unworldly and serious, was able to see what was hidden from other people's ken and to prophesy.
--Peter Demetz, Prague in Black and Gold
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Ken is from Middle English kennen, from Old English cennan, "to declare, to make known."
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what's with this new fascination with me??
STALKER!! :)
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>what's with this new fascination with me??
You my favorite person on these boards. I just found it, and decide to post it.
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LOL
Ken - it seems you have a new best pal.....
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awww... isn't that cute... you guys are best buds... :p
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>> awww... isn't that cute... you guys are best buds...
I think its a heartwarming sentiment.......
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I dunno, with this thread and the "just can't do it" thread this board is turning into some horrible episode of Saved by the Bell or something similar.
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well, can't deny my board-coolness - but my best friend is an actual, physical human being :)
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a human being!? have you no life?
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shouldn't you be saying exactly the OPPOSITE? go figure...
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humans are so last week...
Machines are the crap now, man. Go get yourself one of those Deep Blue things.. it'll keep you entertained for hours.
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>well, can't deny my board-coolness - but my best friend is an actual, physical human being <
You can drive can't you :p
No he is my favoriate person since he relitivly close to my age, and yet seems to know more then a lot of people here.
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wahoo, someone who thinks I'm smart! :D
I can't drive for another 11 months :( (I have my PERMIT is all)
yeah, my knowledge far outweighs any of yours...bow before me! hehe. like THAT'll ever happen :p
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>I can't drive for another 11 months (I have my PERMIT is all) <
Oh, so you will not get your lisence till septermber 2002. ::Raises fist in trumph::: I will be able to drive in June :) I'll come down and see you. :D
>yeah, my knowledge far outweighs any of yours...bow before me! hehe. like THAT'll ever happen <
"Looks around and hits Troll_King in back side causing him to fall to his Knees."
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Hey, I want a best buddy...
Any 19 year olds here? Any 19 year olds that want
to be my best friend? I have money!