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| <janusz_w@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1181941551.674571.46360@c77g2000hse.googlegro ups.com... > On 15 Cze, 19:54, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@gamil.com> wrote: > > <janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > > > news:1181918504.704891.59820@q66g2000hsg.googlegro ups.com...> On 15 Cze, 15:07, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@gamil.com> wrote: > > > > <janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > > > > >news:1181848134.726294.136940@z28g2000prd.googleg roups.com...> On 14 > > > > Cze, 19:27, Grumman-581 <grumman...@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM-gmail.com>> > > wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:36:46 -0700, JOF <jofran...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > I looked up hoplophobe in the dictionary but it doesn't appear. > > Does > > > > > > > it have something to do with a fear of shortlegged bunnies? > > > > > > > > Well, let's see... Hoppe's is a cleaner that we use on our > > > > > > firearms...http://www.hoppes.com/products/solvents.html> > Perhaps a > > > > hoplophobe is someone who is afraid to clean their firearm? > > > > > > > > Or it could > > > > be:http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionar.../www.reference. > > > > > > > > > > com/browse/wiki/Hoplophobia > > > > > > > so as the science words are based on ancient Greek the word > > > > > hoplophobia should mean fear of big round shield (hoplon). > > > > > > > Janusz > > > > > > According to reference.com, hoplon means weapon. I suppose it's > > possible > > > > that they got it wrong and you got it right though. > > > > >http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Aspis > > > - to Hoplon : (early principal meaning) the type of shield > > > that the heavy Greek infantry used to carry in the Hoplite phalanx > > > ( ) , the Hoplite ( ) took his name from his > > > shield ( ). > > > > > Janusz > > > > So, uhh, did you even finish reading the rest of your cite? > Yes, as usual. I'm not sure if you did the same or maybe you plainly > missed the part about ancient Greek? > That's why I used the original "early principal meaning". > > Gunmaniacs guru stated > http://members.wserv.com/~crimson/hoplo.htm > "Hoplon is the Greek word for "instrument," but refers synonymously to > "weapon" since the earliest and principal instruments were weapons. > Phobos is Greek for "terror" and medically denotes unreasoning panic > rather than normal fear." > > so maybe Cooper's made up word means fear of instruments Well, if he made the word up, it stands to reason that he gets to define it, right? |
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| "Chris Guynn" <chris.guynn@gamil.com> wrote in message news:Ezvdi.33536$Um6.6547@newssvr12.news.prodigy.n et... > > <janusz_w@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> Gunmaniacs guru stated >> http://members.wserv.com/~crimson/hoplo.htm >> "Hoplon is the Greek word for "instrument," but refers synonymously to >> "weapon" since the earliest and principal instruments were weapons. >> Phobos is Greek for "terror" and medically denotes unreasoning panic >> rather than normal fear." >> >> so maybe Cooper's made up word means fear of instruments > > Well, if he made the word up, it stands to reason that he gets to define > it, > right? <snicker> -- > So which one will you ban and confiscate? I don't know much about the different guns but based on the tv I watch there are lots of automatic weapons out there. In fact I'm sure they're in the majority, certainly in the handgun department. I guess my concern would be with the more easily concealed weapons capable of firing sustained bursts at extreme cycling rates. I think they're often called full auto, but it seems to me that any weapon that chambers another round automatically should probably be called an automatic. <snip> > >> Since you intend to confiscate them, I'm sure you know what I mean. > > Did I say I would confiscate them? > Yes, several times. Delusion. -JOF "Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor." ~Benjamin Disraeli~ Popeye/ www.finalprotectivefire.com |
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| On 18 Cze, 15:15, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@gamil.com> wrote: > <janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:1181941551.674571.46360@c77g2000hse.googlegro ups.com...> On 15 Cze, 19:54, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@gamil.com> wrote: > > > <janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > > >news:1181918504.704891.59820@q66g2000hsg.googlegr oups.com...> On 15 Cze, > > 15:07, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@gamil.com> wrote: > > > > > > <janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > > > > >news:1181848134.726294.136940@z28g2000prd.googleg roups.com...> On 14 > > > > Cze, 19:27, Grumman-581 <grumman...@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM-gmail.com>> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:36:46 -0700, JOF <jofran...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > I looked up hoplophobe in the dictionary but it doesn't > appear. > > > Does > > > > > > > > it have something to do with a fear of shortlegged bunnies? > > > > > > > > Well, let's see... Hoppe's is a cleaner that we use on our > > > > > > firearms...http://www.hoppes.com/products/solvents.html> > Perhaps a > > > > hoplophobe is someone who is afraid to clean their firearm? > > > > > > > > Or it could > > be:http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionar.../www.reference. > > > > > > > > > > com/browse/wiki/Hoplophobia > > > > > > > so as the science words are based on ancient Greek the word > > > > > > hoplophobia should mean fear of big round shield (hoplon). > > > > > > > Janusz > > > > > > According to reference.com, hoplon means weapon. I suppose it's > > > possible > > > > > that they got it wrong and you got it right though. > > > > >http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Aspis > > > > - to Hoplon : (early principal meaning) the type of shield > > > > that the heavy Greek infantry used to carry in the Hoplite phalanx > > > > ( ) , the Hoplite ( ) took his name from his > > > > shield ( ). > > > > > Janusz > > > > So, uhh, did you even finish reading the rest of your cite? > > Yes, as usual. I'm not sure if you did the same or maybe you plainly > > missed the part about ancient Greek? > > That's why I used the original "early principal meaning". > > > Gunmaniacs guru stated > >http://members.wserv.com/~crimson/hoplo.htm > > "Hoplon is the Greek word for "instrument," but refers synonymously to > > "weapon" since the earliest and principal instruments were weapons. > > Phobos is Greek for "terror" and medically denotes unreasoning panic > > rather than normal fear." > > > so maybe Cooper's made up word means fear of instruments > > Well, if he made the word up, it stands to reason that he gets to define it, > right? One can take piece of dung and name it as a cake - do you think it would be right? Janusz |
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| On Jun 18, 2:15 pm, "janus...@hotmail.com" <janus...@hotmail.com> wrote: > On 18 Cze, 15:15, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@gamil.com> wrote: > > > > > > > <janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > >news:1181941551.674571.46360@c77g2000hse.googlegr oups.com...> On 15 Cze, 19:54, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@gamil.com> wrote: > > > > <janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > > > >news:1181918504.704891.59820@q66g2000hsg.googlegr oups.com...> On 15 Cze, > > > 15:07, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@gamil.com> wrote: > > > > > > > <janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > > > > > >news:1181848134.726294.136940@z28g2000prd.googleg roups.com...> On 14 > > > > > Cze, 19:27, Grumman-581 <grumman...@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM-gmail.com>> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:36:46 -0700, JOF <jofran...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I looked up hoplophobe in the dictionary but it doesn't > > appear. > > > > Does > > > > > > > > > it have something to do with a fear of shortlegged bunnies? > > > > > > > > > Well, let's see... Hoppe's is a cleaner that we use on our > > > > > > > firearms...http://www.hoppes.com/products/solvents.html> > Perhaps a > > > > > hoplophobe is someone who is afraid to clean their firearm? > > > > > > > > > Or it could > > > be:http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionar.../www.reference. > > > > > > > com/browse/wiki/Hoplophobia > > > > > > > > so as the science words are based on ancient Greek the word > > > > > > > hoplophobia should mean fear of big round shield (hoplon). > > > > > > > > Janusz > > > > > > > According to reference.com, hoplon means weapon. I suppose it's > > > > possible > > > > > > that they got it wrong and you got it right though. > > > > > >http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Aspis > > > > > - to Hoplon : (early principal meaning) the type of shield > > > > > that the heavy Greek infantry used to carry in the Hoplite phalanx > > > > > ( ) , the Hoplite ( ) took his name from his > > > > > shield ( ). > > > > > > Janusz > > > > > So, uhh, did you even finish reading the rest of your cite? > > > Yes, as usual. I'm not sure if you did the same or maybe you plainly > > > missed the part about ancient Greek? > > > That's why I used the original "early principal meaning". > > > > Gunmaniacs guru stated > > >http://members.wserv.com/~crimson/hoplo.htm > > > "Hoplon is the Greek word for "instrument," but refers synonymously to > > > "weapon" since the earliest and principal instruments were weapons. > > > Phobos is Greek for "terror" and medically denotes unreasoning panic > > > rather than normal fear." > > > > so maybe Cooper's made up word means fear of instruments > > > Well, if he made the word up, it stands to reason that he gets to define it, > > right? > > One can take piece of dung and name it as a cake - do you think it > would be right? Do they have urinal cakes in Poland? They're very popular in the U.S. |
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| "Greg Mossman" <mossman@qnet.com> wrote in message news:1182204471.649858.279880@n60g2000hse.googlegr oups.com... > On Jun 18, 2:15 pm, "janus...@hotmail.com" <janus...@hotmail.com> > wrote: >> On 18 Cze, 15:15, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@gamil.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> > <janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> >> >news:1181941551.674571.46360@c77g2000hse.googlegr oups.com...> On 15 Cze, >> >19:54, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@gamil.com> wrote: >> > > > <janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> >> > > >news:1181918504.704891.59820@q66g2000hsg.googlegr oups.com...> On 15 >> > > >Cze, >> >> > 15:07, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@gamil.com> wrote: >> >> > > > > > <janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> >> > > > > >news:1181848134.726294.136940@z28g2000prd.googleg roups.com...> >> > > > > >On 14 >> >> > > > Cze, 19:27, Grumman-581 <grumman...@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM-gmail.com>> > >> > > > > >> > wrote: >> > > > > > > > On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:36:46 -0700, JOF >> > > > > > > > <jofran...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> > > > > > > > > I looked up hoplophobe in the dictionary but it doesn't >> > appear. >> > > > Does >> > > > > > > > > it have something to do with a fear of shortlegged >> > > > > > > > > bunnies? >> >> > > > > > > > Well, let's see... Hoppe's is a cleaner that we use on our >> >> > > > > > firearms...http://www.hoppes.com/products/solvents.html> > >> > > > > > Perhaps a >> >> > > > hoplophobe is someone who is afraid to clean their firearm? >> >> > > > > > > > Or it could >> >> > be:http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionar.../www.reference. >> >> > > > > > com/browse/wiki/Hoplophobia >> >> > > > > > > so as the science words are based on ancient Greek the word >> > > > > > > hoplophobia should mean fear of big round shield (hoplon). >> >> > > > > > > Janusz >> >> > > > > > According to reference.com, hoplon means weapon. I suppose >> > > > > > it's >> > > > possible >> > > > > > that they got it wrong and you got it right though. >> >> > > > >http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Aspis >> > > > > - to Hoplon : (early principal meaning) the type of >> > > > > shield >> > > > > that the heavy Greek infantry used to carry in the Hoplite >> > > > > phalanx >> > > > > ( ) , the Hoplite ( ) took his name from his >> > > > > shield ( ). >> >> > > > > Janusz >> >> > > > So, uhh, did you even finish reading the rest of your cite? >> > > Yes, as usual. I'm not sure if you did the same or maybe you plainly >> > > missed the part about ancient Greek? >> > > That's why I used the original "early principal meaning". >> >> > > Gunmaniacs guru stated >> > >http://members.wserv.com/~crimson/hoplo.htm >> > > "Hoplon is the Greek word for "instrument," but refers synonymously >> > > to >> > > "weapon" since the earliest and principal instruments were weapons. >> > > Phobos is Greek for "terror" and medically denotes unreasoning panic >> > > rather than normal fear." >> >> > > so maybe Cooper's made up word means fear of instruments >> >> > Well, if he made the word up, it stands to reason that he gets to >> > define it, >> > right? >> >> One can take piece of dung and name it as a cake - do you think it >> would be right? > > Do they have urinal cakes in Poland? They're very popular in the U.S. OMFG. Meadow Muffins? -- > So which one will you ban and confiscate? I don't know much about the different guns but based on the tv I watch there are lots of automatic weapons out there. In fact I'm sure they're in the majority, certainly in the handgun department. I guess my concern would be with the more easily concealed weapons capable of firing sustained bursts at extreme cycling rates. I think they're often called full auto, but it seems to me that any weapon that chambers another round automatically should probably be called an automatic. <snip> > >> Since you intend to confiscate them, I'm sure you know what I mean. > > Did I say I would confiscate them? > Yes, several times. Delusion. -JOF "Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor." ~Benjamin Disraeli~ Popeye/ www.finalprotectivefire.com |
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| janusz_w@hotmail.com wrote: > On 18 Cze, 15:15, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@gamil.com> wrote: > >><janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> >>news:1181941551.674571.46360@c77g2000hse.googleg roups.com...> On 15 Cze, 19:54, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@gamil.com> wrote: >> >>>><janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> >>>>news:1181918504.704891.59820@q66g2000hsg.googl egroups.com...> On 15 Cze, >> >>15:07, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@gamil.com> wrote: >> >> >>>>>><janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> >>>>>>news:1181848134.726294.136940@z28g2000prd.go oglegroups.com...> On 14 >> >>>>Cze, 19:27, Grumman-581 <grumman...@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM-gmail.com>> > > >> >>wrote: >> >>>>>>>>On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:36:46 -0700, JOF <jofran...@gmail.com> >> >>wrote: >> >>>>>>>>>I looked up hoplophobe in the dictionary but it doesn't >> >>appear. >> >>>>Does >>>> >>>>>>>>>it have something to do with a fear of shortlegged bunnies? >> >>>>>>>>Well, let's see... Hoppe's is a cleaner that we use on our >> >>>>>>firearms...http://www.hoppes.com/products/solvents.html> > Perhaps a >> >>>>hoplophobe is someone who is afraid to clean their firearm? >> >>>>>>>>Or it could >> >>be:http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionar.../www.reference. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>com/browse/wiki/Hoplophobia >> >>>>>>>so as the science words are based on ancient Greek the word >>>>>>>hoplophobia should mean fear of big round shield (hoplon). >> >>>>>>>Janusz >> >>>>>>According to reference.com, hoplon means weapon. I suppose it's >>>> >>>>possible >>>> >>>>>>that they got it wrong and you got it right though. >> >>>>>http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Aspis >>>>> - to Hoplon : (early principal meaning) the type of shield >>>>>that the heavy Greek infantry used to carry in the Hoplite phalanx >>>>>( ) , the Hoplite ( ) took his name from his >>>>>shield ( ). >> >>>>>Janusz >> >>>>So, uhh, did you even finish reading the rest of your cite? >>> >>>Yes, as usual. I'm not sure if you did the same or maybe you plainly >>>missed the part about ancient Greek? >>>That's why I used the original "early principal meaning". >> >>>Gunmaniacs guru stated >>>http://members.wserv.com/~crimson/hoplo.htm >>>"Hoplon is the Greek word for "instrument," but refers synonymously to >>>"weapon" since the earliest and principal instruments were weapons. >>>Phobos is Greek for "terror" and medically denotes unreasoning panic >>>rather than normal fear." >> >>>so maybe Cooper's made up word means fear of instruments >> >>Well, if he made the word up, it stands to reason that he gets to define it, >>right? > > > One can take piece of dung and name it as a cake - do you think it > would be right? > > Janusz > apparently only in your world - looking at all your past posts |
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| Greg Mossman wrote: > On Jun 18, 2:15 pm, "janus...@hotmail.com" <janus...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > >>On 18 Cze, 15:15, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@gamil.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >>><janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> >>>news:1181941551.674571.46360@c77g2000hse.google groups.com...> On 15 Cze, 19:54, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@gamil.com> wrote: >>> >>>>><janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> >>>>>news:1181918504.704891.59820@q66g2000hsg.goog legroups.com...> On 15 Cze, >> >>>15:07, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@gamil.com> wrote: >> >>>>>>><janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> >>>>>>>news:1181848134.726294.136940@z28g2000prd.g ooglegroups.com...> On 14 >> >>>>>Cze, 19:27, Grumman-581 <grumman...@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM-gmail.com>> > > >>> >>>wrote: >>> >>>>>>>>>On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:36:46 -0700, JOF <jofran...@gmail.com> >>> >>>wrote: >>> >>>>>>>>>>I looked up hoplophobe in the dictionary but it doesn't >>> >>>appear. >>> >>>>>Does >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>it have something to do with a fear of shortlegged bunnies? >> >>>>>>>>>Well, let's see... Hoppe's is a cleaner that we use on our >> >>>>>>>firearms...http://www.hoppes.com/products/solvents.html> > Perhaps a >> >>>>>hoplophobe is someone who is afraid to clean their firearm? >> >>>>>>>>>Or it could >> >>>be:http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionar.../www.reference. >> >>>>>>>com/browse/wiki/Hoplophobia >> >>>>>>>>so as the science words are based on ancient Greek the word >>>>>>>>hoplophobia should mean fear of big round shield (hoplon). >> >>>>>>>>Janusz >> >>>>>>>According to reference.com, hoplon means weapon. I suppose it's >>>>> >>>>>possible >>>>> >>>>>>>that they got it wrong and you got it right though. >> >>>>>>http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Aspis >>>>>> - to Hoplon : (early principal meaning) the type of shield >>>>>>that the heavy Greek infantry used to carry in the Hoplite phalanx >>>>>>( ) , the Hoplite ( ) took his name from his >>>>>>shield ( ). >> >>>>>>Janusz >> >>>>>So, uhh, did you even finish reading the rest of your cite? >>>> >>>>Yes, as usual. I'm not sure if you did the same or maybe you plainly >>>>missed the part about ancient Greek? >>>>That's why I used the original "early principal meaning". >> >>>>Gunmaniacs guru stated >>>>http://members.wserv.com/~crimson/hoplo.htm >>>>"Hoplon is the Greek word for "instrument," but refers synonymously to >>>>"weapon" since the earliest and principal instruments were weapons. >>>>Phobos is Greek for "terror" and medically denotes unreasoning panic >>>>rather than normal fear." >> >>>>so maybe Cooper's made up word means fear of instruments >> >>>Well, if he made the word up, it stands to reason that he gets to define it, >>>right? >> >>One can take piece of dung and name it as a cake - do you think it >>would be right? > > > Do they have urinal cakes in Poland? They're very popular in the U.S. > Maybe in California, not here |
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| On Jun 18, 6:54 pm, Joe English <joeengli...@wisperhome.com> wrote: > Greg Mossman wrote: > > On Jun 18, 2:15 pm, "janus...@hotmail.com" <janus...@hotmail.com> > > wrote: > > >>On 18 Cze, 15:15, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@gamil.com> wrote: > > >>><janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > >>>news:1181941551.674571.46360@c77g2000hse.google groups.com...> On 15 Cze, 19:54, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@gamil.com> wrote: > > >>>>><janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > >>>>>news:1181918504.704891.59820@q66g2000hsg.goog legroups.com...> On 15 Cze, > > >>>15:07, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@gamil.com> wrote: > > >>>>>>><janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > >>>>>>>news:1181848134.726294.136940@z28g2000prd.g ooglegroups.com...> On 14 > > >>>>>Cze, 19:27, Grumman-581 <grumman...@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM-gmail.com>> > > > > >>>wrote: > > >>>>>>>>>On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:36:46 -0700, JOF <jofran...@gmail.com> > > >>>wrote: > > >>>>>>>>>>I looked up hoplophobe in the dictionary but it doesn't > > >>>appear. > > >>>>>Does > > >>>>>>>>>>it have something to do with a fear of shortlegged bunnies? > > >>>>>>>>>Well, let's see... Hoppe's is a cleaner that we use on our > > >>>>>>>firearms...http://www.hoppes.com/products/solvents.html> > Perhaps a > > >>>>>hoplophobe is someone who is afraid to clean their firearm? > > >>>>>>>>>Or it could > > >>>be:http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionar.../www.reference. > > >>>>>>>com/browse/wiki/Hoplophobia > > >>>>>>>>so as the science words are based on ancient Greek the word > >>>>>>>>hoplophobia should mean fear of big round shield (hoplon). > > >>>>>>>>Janusz > > >>>>>>>According to reference.com, hoplon means weapon. I suppose it's > > >>>>>possible > > >>>>>>>that they got it wrong and you got it right though. > > >>>>>>http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Aspis > >>>>>> - to Hoplon : (early principal meaning) the type of shield > >>>>>>that the heavy Greek infantry used to carry in the Hoplite phalanx > >>>>>>( ) , the Hoplite ( ) took his name from his > >>>>>>shield ( ). > > >>>>>>Janusz > > >>>>>So, uhh, did you even finish reading the rest of your cite? > > >>>>Yes, as usual. I'm not sure if you did the same or maybe you plainly > >>>>missed the part about ancient Greek? > >>>>That's why I used the original "early principal meaning". > > >>>>Gunmaniacs guru stated > >>>>http://members.wserv.com/~crimson/hoplo.htm > >>>>"Hoplon is the Greek word for "instrument," but refers synonymously to > >>>>"weapon" since the earliest and principal instruments were weapons. > >>>>Phobos is Greek for "terror" and medically denotes unreasoning panic > >>>>rather than normal fear." > > >>>>so maybe Cooper's made up word means fear of instruments > > >>>Well, if he made the word up, it stands to reason that he gets to define it, > >>>right? > > >>One can take piece of dung and name it as a cake - do you think it > >>would be right? > > > Do they have urinal cakes in Poland? They're very popular in the U.S. > > Maybe in California, not here Really? I'm surprised. They're especially useful in outhouses. |
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| Greg Mossman wrote: > On Jun 18, 6:54 pm, Joe English <joeengli...@wisperhome.com> wrote: > >>Greg Mossman wrote: >> >>>On Jun 18, 2:15 pm, "janus...@hotmail.com" <janus...@hotmail.com> >>>wrote: >> >>>>On 18 Cze, 15:15, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@gamil.com> wrote: >> >>>>><janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> >>>>>news:1181941551.674571.46360@c77g2000hse.goog legroups.com...> On 15 Cze, 19:54, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@gamil.com> wrote: >> >>>>>>><janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> >>>>>>>news:1181918504.704891.59820@q66g2000hsg.go oglegroups.com...> On 15 Cze, >> >>>>>15:07, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@gamil.com> wrote: >> >>>>>>>>><janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> >>>>>>>>>news:1181848134.726294.136940@z28g2000prd .googlegroups.com...> On 14 >> >>>>>>>Cze, 19:27, Grumman-581 <grumman...@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM-gmail.com>> > > >> >>>>>wrote: >> >>>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:36:46 -0700, JOF <jofran...@gmail.com> >> >>>>>wrote: >> >>>>>>>>>>>>I looked up hoplophobe in the dictionary but it doesn't >> >>>>>appear. >> >>>>>>>Does >> >>>>>>>>>>>>it have something to do with a fear of shortlegged bunnies? >> >>>>>>>>>>>Well, let's see... Hoppe's is a cleaner that we use on our >> >>>>>>>>>firearms...http://www.hoppes.com/products/solvents.html> > Perhaps a >> >>>>>>>hoplophobe is someone who is afraid to clean their firearm? >> >>>>>>>>>>>Or it could >> >>>>>be:http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionar.../www.reference. >> >>>>>>>>>com/browse/wiki/Hoplophobia >> >>>>>>>>>>so as the science words are based on ancient Greek the word >>>>>>>>>>hoplophobia should mean fear of big round shield (hoplon). >> >>>>>>>>>>Janusz >> >>>>>>>>>According to reference.com, hoplon means weapon. I suppose it's >> >>>>>>>possible >> >>>>>>>>>that they got it wrong and you got it right though. >> >>>>>>>>http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Aspis >>>>>>>> - to Hoplon : (early principal meaning) the type of shield >>>>>>>>that the heavy Greek infantry used to carry in the Hoplite phalanx >>>>>>>>( ) , the Hoplite ( ) took his name from his >>>>>>>>shield ( ). >> >>>>>>>>Janusz >> >>>>>>>So, uhh, did you even finish reading the rest of your cite? >> >>>>>>Yes, as usual. I'm not sure if you did the same or maybe you plainly >>>>>>missed the part about ancient Greek? >>>>>>That's why I used the original "early principal meaning". >> >>>>>>Gunmaniacs guru stated >>>>>>http://members.wserv.com/~crimson/hoplo.htm >>>>>>"Hoplon is the Greek word for "instrument," but refers synonymously to >>>>>>"weapon" since the earliest and principal instruments were weapons. >>>>>>Phobos is Greek for "terror" and medically denotes unreasoning panic >>>>>>rather than normal fear." >> >>>>>>so maybe Cooper's made up word means fear of instruments >> >>>>>Well, if he made the word up, it stands to reason that he gets to define it, >>>>>right? >> >>>>One can take piece of dung and name it as a cake - do you think it >>>>would be right? >> >>>Do they have urinal cakes in Poland? They're very popular in the U.S. >> >>Maybe in California, not here > > > Really? I'm surprised. They're especially useful in outhouses. > Live where you want, Greg, outhouses are not my choice of living quarters Your mileage may (does) vary |
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| On 19 Cze, 00:07, Greg Mossman <moss...@qnet.com> wrote: > On Jun 18, 2:15 pm, "janus...@hotmail.com" <janus...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > On 18 Cze, 15:15, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@gamil.com> wrote: > > > > <janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > > >news:1181941551.674571.46360@c77g2000hse.googlegr oups.com...> On 15 Cze, 19:54, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@gamil.com> wrote: > > > > > <janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > > > > >news:1181918504.704891.59820@q66g2000hsg.googlegr oups.com...> On 15 Cze, > > > > 15:07, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@gamil.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > <janus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > > > > > > >news:1181848134.726294.136940@z28g2000prd.googleg roups.com...> On 14 > > > > > > Cze, 19:27, Grumman-581 <grumman...@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM-gmail.com>> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:36:46 -0700, JOF <jofran...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I looked up hoplophobe in the dictionary but it doesn't > > > appear. > > > > > Does > > > > > > > > > > it have something to do with a fear of shortlegged bunnies? > > > > > > > > > > Well, let's see... Hoppe's is a cleaner that we use on our > > > > > > > > firearms...http://www.hoppes.com/products/solvents.html> > Perhaps a > > > > > > hoplophobe is someone who is afraid to clean their firearm? > > > > > > > > > > Or it could > > > > be:http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionar.../www.reference. > > > > > > > > com/browse/wiki/Hoplophobia > > > > > > > > > so as the science words are based on ancient Greek the word > > > > > > > > hoplophobia should mean fear of big round shield (hoplon). > > > > > > > > > Janusz > > > > > > > > According to reference.com, hoplon means weapon. I suppose it's > > > > > possible > > > > > > > that they got it wrong and you got it right though. > > > > > > >http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Aspis > > > > > > - to Hoplon : (early principal meaning) the type of shield > > > > > > that the heavy Greek infantry used to carry in the Hoplite phalanx > > > > > > ( ) , the Hoplite ( ) took his name from his > > > > > > shield ( ). > > > > > > > Janusz > > > > > > So, uhh, did you even finish reading the rest of your cite? > > > > Yes, as usual. I'm not sure if you did the same or maybe you plainly > > > > missed the part about ancient Greek? > > > > That's why I used the original "early principal meaning". > > > > > Gunmaniacs guru stated > > > >http://members.wserv.com/~crimson/hoplo.htm > > > > "Hoplon is the Greek word for "instrument," but refers synonymously to > > > > "weapon" since the earliest and principal instruments were weapons. > > > > Phobos is Greek for "terror" and medically denotes unreasoning panic > > > > rather than normal fear." > > > > > so maybe Cooper's made up word means fear of instruments > > > > Well, if he made the word up, it stands to reason that he gets to define it, > > > right? > > > One can take piece of dung and name it as a cake - do you think it > > would be right? > > Do they have urinal cakes in Poland? They're very popular in the U.S. Of course we have them and probably from the same manufacturers. Janusz |
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