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 Aug 6 2008, 11:41 PM
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Gold Circle  Group: Senior Member Posts: 974 Joined: 9-April 99 From: Connecticut, USA Member No.: 52  |
I was fooling around with something called Google SMS... it seems to be a search service available via texting on your cell phone... looks very handy, by the way... one of the things it apprarently offers is a glossary/dictionary service... I tried a few words, "glossary iconoclast" came out okay, sort of... something else didn't (wiped from my memory already)... then I tried "define ballerina" just to see what would happen:
Glossary: BALLERINA: Baltic Sea Region Online Environmental Information Resources for Internet Access Source: maritimecompliance.com/glossary.php (IMG:http://ballettalk.invisionzone.com/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (I suppose when they get the bugs out of the system it won't be free anymore. (IMG:http://ballettalk.invisionzone.com/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) ) Here's the link: http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mobile/de.../sms/index.html |
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Aug 7 2008, 04:29 AM
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Sapphire Circle Group: Senior Member Posts: 2,587 Joined: 20-November 99 From: New York Member No.: 125 |
pas de deux: father of twins. Source: www.biocrawler.com/encyclopedia/Franglais (IMG:http://ballettalk.invisionzone.com/style_emoticons/default/rofl.GIF) |
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Aug 7 2008, 06:46 AM
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Rubies Circle Group: Board Moderator Posts: 4,869 Joined: 25-October 98 From: Cornwall-on-Hudson Member No.: 24 |
Grand pas classique = the Great Old Man of ballet.
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Aug 7 2008, 09:23 AM
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Diamonds Circle Group: Moderators Posts: 5,142 Joined: 18-January 04 From: south Florida Member No.: 4,271 |
Love that Google site: turns out that ABT stands for "Actual Bottom Time" (if you're a diver). "Bolshoi" turns out to refer to "farmers' undergarments."
Surprisingly, Sylphide is a "fighter used by the Tactics Air Force. This fighter can also be distinguished by a center tail as well as vertical". That really changes one's image of the ballet. She fights!!! And when she dies, her multiple tails fall off, not her wings. A Corella is a kind of white cockatoo from Australia. Acosta is a small impact crater on the moon. Swan Lake was actually located in the now-defunct Texas theme park, Hanna-Barbera Land. After the park closed, Odette moved to Europe, retrained in telecommunications, and gave her name to be used as the acronym for the Organization for Data Exchange. Returning the "pas" theme: Petipa - a father who's small-minded. Also, surely, something can be done with the ambiguities surrounding the word "attitude." |
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Aug 7 2008, 10:40 AM
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Silver Circle Group: Senior Member Posts: 683 Joined: 26-June 02 Member No.: 1,786 |
A sault and batterie: a felony or just beating a dead horse?
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Aug 8 2008, 09:05 AM
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Bronze Circle Group: Senior Member Posts: 270 Joined: 10-May 00 Member No.: 233 |
I think you all just redeemed August!
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Aug 11 2008, 06:36 PM
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Member Group: Member Posts: 60 Joined: 1-May 07 From: Tustin, CA and San Jose, CA Member No.: 7,852 |
Pas de chat -- Father of Instant Messaging
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