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pluperfect
It is also called, and I learned to call it, the plusquamperfect: Latin plus quam perfectum 'more than (present) perfect'. —Ceci n'est pas un seing. |
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Now that is a perfectly awful term to have to have learned! |
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Happy Birthday to you, Duncan Howell !
Birthday candles are not fish nor fowl. Their significance zooms As longevity looms And parafin drips on the towel. |
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OH my dear - it's Blues' birthday, and we seem to have blown right by Jerry's!
Jerry - I'm so sorry to have missed your big day! I hope it was a lovely day, and that your friends celebrated you and your amazing life in great style. ******* "Show your true colors. Mine is Yellow." ~Big Bird |
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Happy Birthday to dearest friend Jerry,
I'll toast you with wine and some sherry! Did you lie in the sun? Or have fun with a pun? Whatever! We hope it was merry! So sorry to be late, Jer! |
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Today our creative power
Is directed toward you, Ms Sunflower. Celebrating your birth On a day filled with mirth With a cake made from organic flour....  |
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Oh, July is a great month for birthdays! (Hint! Hint!
 )Happy Birthday to Asa's sweet honey! Let's hope that he'll spend lots of money On gifts and some fun; Hope it's second to none! [But Wordcraft has missed you, dear Sunny!] Sunflower, we hope you have a great day! |
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Happy Birthdays to Sunflower, Caterwauller and Kalleh, all in the space of four days! My visiting Kiwi relatives are still here and I'm sorry I haven't been to the site at all in the past two weeks. Waiting for more visitors now, so no limericks but my very best wishes to all of you and I hope the weather is cool where you are!
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CW, here's hoping you and Mike had a celebration so uproarious and juvenile that Si was embarassed!
(refraining from comments about being em-bare-assed.) |
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I've been thinking about you, WM. Hope you're having a great time!
But this is for our great friend, CW: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Happy Birthday, librarian friend! Our good wishes we happily send. Did you read a good book? Or knit with your hook? Many more are ahead, I portend! We hope it was great! (I am not sure if you knit with hooks or not, but I tried!) |
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H A P P Y ..
... B I R T H D A Y ..... C A T E R W A U L L E R !!!!!!! May all of your dreams come true !! |
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Ack! I've missed this thread for some time!
 Belated happy birthdays to jerry thomas, blues, Sunflower, and Caterwauller! Happy Birthday to Kalleh!    Come on you raver, you seer of visions, Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine! |
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I'm also really bad at keeping up with this thread.
Happy birthday to everyone that I've missed. Happy birthday Kalleh. Happy birthday to everyone that I shall doubtless miss in the future. "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson. Read all about my travels around the world here. Read even more of my travel writing and poems on my weblog. My new blog - which I hope to keep more up to date than my old one. And don't miss this - my unpublished book, now complete and unabridged My new photoblog The World Through A lens |
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BobHale your universal Happy Birthday greeting reminds us of an ongoing radio drama of the Forties ... "One Man's Family," which was "dedicated to the mothers and fathers of the younger generation and to their bewildering offspring."
.. H A P P Y .. ........ B I R T H D A Y .. .............KALLEH !!!! |
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Thank you for the good wishes. I had a nice dinner at Takashi with our kids. It was outstanding! Who'd have thought French and Japanese would work?
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Today we salute Bethree5.
We're glad that we're all still alive To help celebrate Your annual birth date Amd see all your presents arrive. ~~~~~ jerry |
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Interesting second line, Jer.
Bethree has a birthday today! On this beautiful day did you play? Did you dance, swing and sway? And receive a bouquet? Did your family and friends yell..."Hooray?" I hope so! Happy Birthday! |
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Happy Birthday Bethree5!
Come on you raver, you seer of visions, Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine! |
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When returning from Places Unplugged
It’s so nice to be virtually hugged By wordcrafters meeting Me with birthday greeting, To all: my heartstrings you've tugged! |
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Tho I thank the lord for my dear Mudder
My birthday cuz ‘o her was a dud, er, Cuz she held her 80th On an important date-ieth: It wuz MY birthday, and the middle of my vay-cate-ieth!!!… So I spent my ‘happy return’ Stacked in a steeply banked turn ‘Stead of Cape Cod beach sunning I shortened the funning And spent three days doing a slow burn! On the way back a tornado threat Declared northeastern trips a poor bet I sat on the tarmac With nary a bar, mac No beer is served in a taxiing jet! For three hours the seatbelt signs were all on: Said the stewardess, “no trips to the john!” When the pilot said, ‘make nice’ She came around with some ice And a message: ‘this flight’s cancelled, mon!’ After a bone-rattling shuttle to hell A/k/a some smelly town with a hotel Got 3 or 4 hrs sleep At an airline discount (steep) And stand-by’d back to dear Brewster pell-mell! The moral may not be quite clear For there is none in families quite dear It’s: do what you must Obligation is cussed But we do it for our sweet mums, hear, hear! |
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Wow...how nice, and happy birthday to your mother! Welcome back, Bethree.
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Dianthus, your birthday's today,
Which should make you feel happy and gay. Your friends all send presents And we long for your presence WordCrafters yell, "Come out and play!!" |
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Happy Birthday, Di!
Come on you raver, you seer of visions, Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine! |
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Hope you have a merry, musical birthday, Di!
—Ceci n'est pas un seing. |
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Happy Birthday to you, Michael Herman.
We don't know if you're Irish or German. But it don't matter much We're just keeping in touch As nearly as we can determine. |
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Oh, I am sorry. I missed this. Happy birthday, Di!
Is Vamplord one of our members or was that a name for our Halloween chat? Is Michael still here? At any rate, happy birthday to both of you! |
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Oy vey...
In November we missed a big day of arnie's -- Oh what can we say?! We're sorry, dear sir, ('Tis human to err!) We don't know what led us astray! And then there was Tinman's as well! (Our site must be going to Hell!) Dear Tinny, we hope You'll forgive and won't mope, And that next time you'll give us a yell! And then in December we missed The birthday of CJ...I'm pissed! Though his days here are gone, He helped us to spawn This great site that we can't resist! Now tomorrow is someone's big day So please all you dears, don't betray! Wish him the best (Our linguist...we're blessed!) And do so without much delay! Happy belated birthday arnie, Tinman, and CJ. Happy real birthday (tomorrow), z! |
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I have encountered some problems with the Birthday List and I am now abandoning it.
Management and maintenance of the Birthday List is up for grabs. You're welcome to it. ~~~~ jerry This message has been edited. Last edited by: jerry thomas, |
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Aw, Jerry, you've done a great job keeping it up. It's up to all of us to remember to look periodically.
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I have moved the birthday list here. Please PM me if you'd like your birthday included in the list. The most updated version apparently has been deleted, so this one is a bit old. Thanks!
Feb. 02: markmywords48 Feb. 14: Robert Arvanitis Feb. 24: Richard English Mar. 01: Jo Mar. 27: Proofreader Apr. 09: Bob Hale Apr. 10: Cat Apr. 23: shufitz Apr. 26: wordmatic May 04: TrossL May 20: Duncan Howell Jun 08: jerry thomas Jun 20: blues Jul. 09: Sunflower Jul.11: Caterwauller Jul. 12: Kalleh Sept. 06: Dianthus Nov. 11: KHC Nov. 12: museamuse Nov. 20: tinman Nov. 27: arnie Dec. 17: Chris J Strolin Dec. 27: Zmj This message has been edited. Last edited by: Kalleh, |
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It's becoming useless to remember these birthdays. We missed Richard's on February 24th...so sorry, Richard! We hope it was good!
Dear Richard, I'm feeling so glum, without cheer For missing your birthday right here. Though I'm feeling blunderful, I hope it was wonderful, Drinking some fabulous beer! So sorry, Richard. We also missed Jo's birthday on March 1st, though she hasn't been around in a long time. If you look in from time to time, Jo, happy belated birthday! Any thoughts on ways we might keep this current? I am wondering if it's a hindrance being a sticky thread. Do people not look at it because it's always on the top? As you can see, April is a big month. Maybe this month will be our revival! |
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I think you're probably, right, Kalleh. I've removed the "stickiness"; let's see if that works better! Belated Happy Birthday wishes to Richard and Jo! In advance, Happy Birthday to Bob, who, so long as there are no further repercussions to their recent missile-firing, should be in North Korea on his birthday. While I'm about it, happy Birthday to Cat! Come on you raver, you seer of visions, Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine! |
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Thanks, arnie,
Happy EARLY birthday to Bob. I had such fun with this one: Happy Birthday, our lover of Alice. He's brilliant and carries no malice. We value his loyalty, Sure he's not royalty? [The rhyme you expected’s too callous!] [If you're faint at heart, you'd better not look at the last line. ] |
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Thank you both. I shall sing happy birthday to myself on Thursday.
And yes, if you are still occasionally looking in, happy birthday Cat. "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson. Read all about my travels around the world here. Read even more of my travel writing and poems on my weblog. My new blog - which I hope to keep more up to date than my old one. And don't miss this - my unpublished book, now complete and unabridged My new photoblog The World Through A lens |
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I wasn't sure how to access (or produce it, either) the lim's last line but I'll bet the word phallus is in there.
Knowlage is power. |
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Just mouse over it with the left button down.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson. Read all about my travels around the world here. Read even more of my travel writing and poems on my weblog. My new blog - which I hope to keep more up to date than my old one. And don't miss this - my unpublished book, now complete and unabridged My new photoblog The World Through A lens |
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Thank you, everyone, for the birthday wishes.
My birthday was, shall we say, quiet. I fear that is one of the results of increasing age... Richard English |
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Our very sweet Wordmatic has offered to keep an eye on this thread. I have been a disaster at it.
[I'll probably even miss my husband's birthday on April 23rd, the same day as Shakespeare.] |
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And St George's day!  Come on you raver, you seer of visions, Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine! |
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I don't want to brag but my birthday is illustrious, too. See here.
Knowlage is power. |
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I've just added you to the Birthday list, Proof. Oh, and a belated happy birthday!
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Today is the Birthday of Shu,
For which we all shout, Whoo-Hoo-Hoo! And while we do cheer, Let us toast him with beer-- And wish him the best of years too! Happy Birthday, Shu! I hope Kalleh has cooked up a special surprise for you tonight! Wordmatic |
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Well, thank you WM! Shu had the biggest, most yummy, piece of Chocolate cake tonight!
Happy Birthday to the Shu of my dreams, He is polished (no heel!), and it seems That his skin is so tough Like leather that's rough, But he's really like calfskin's extremes! Oh, honey, I tried to write something a little different, but perhaps I need a little inspiration from Jerry! Happy Birthday anyway! |
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Happy birthday, shu!
  Come on you raver, you seer of visions, Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine! |
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A day late but Happy Saint George's Day shu. (Oh, Happy Birthday too)
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson. Read all about my travels around the world here. Read even more of my travel writing and poems on my weblog. My new blog - which I hope to keep more up to date than my old one. And don't miss this - my unpublished book, now complete and unabridged My new photoblog The World Through A lens |
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Happy birthday, shu!
—Ceci n'est pas un seing. |
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Dear Shu
So sorry I'm late for your day but I'm glad I popped in just to say Though my memory is bad I sure wish you had a day that was wined, dined and glad OK - it's a pathetic poem, but I do wish you many happy returns of the day. ******* "Show your true colors. Mine is Yellow." ~Big Bird |
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To Sally, Wordmatic, our friend
Wish you well on this lovely weekend The birdies should sing and friends presents bring Birthday happies to you we all send! It's a miracle! I got one on the day! ******* "Show your true colors. Mine is Yellow." ~Big Bird |
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Happy birthday, WM!
—Ceci n'est pas un seing. |
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Happy birthday, WM!
Come on you raver, you seer of visions, Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine! |
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