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Date:      Wed, 09 Dec 1998 13:45:04 -0500
From:      Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com>
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
Cc:        "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, FreeBSD-chat <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Beta Testers For Applixware?
Message-ID:  <4.1.19981209134057.009e0ee0@genesis.ispace.com>
In-Reply-To: <xzpsoep8mc3.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
References:  <Drew Baxter's message of "Tue, 08 Dec 1998 13:29:57 -0500"> <85016.913103288@zippy.cdrom.com> <4.1.19981208132859.00c5de50@genesis.ispace.com>

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At 02:41 PM 12/9/98 +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
>Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> writes:
>> I came on in 2.0 I think.. Whatever the January 1994 disc was..
>> ironically I still have that thing somewhere.. If I remember right
>> it supported my pathetic Sony 2X (CDU33A) attached to the
>> proprietary card.. Memories.. :P
>
>Goes to prove merkins don't know the meaning of the word "irony"...

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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913] 

     irony \I"ron*y\, n.[L. ironia, Gr. ? dissimulation, fr. ? a
        dissembler in speech, fr. ? to speak; perh. akin to E. word:
        cf. F. ironie.]
        1. Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of
           confounding or provoking an antagonist.

        2. A sort of humor, ridicule, or light sarcasm, which adopts
           a mode of speech the meaning of which is contrary to the
           literal sense of the words.
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I personally couldn't have said it better myself.


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Drew "Droobie" Baxter
Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM)
OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange, Bangor Maine USA
http://www.droo.orland.me.us

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