• He never noticed their absence; they had each given him an andedna -- a

    From HenHanna@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 12 03:04:04 2025
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    (His wife and daughter were both named Edna.)

    (They left him.)


    He never noticed their absence; they had each given him an
    andedna,
    all he wanted, all he would ever want, from them.


    (from the context) ----------- What is [andedna] ???

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  • From Carl G.@21:1/5 to HenHanna on Sat Jan 11 19:53:41 2025
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    On 1/11/2025 7:04 PM, HenHanna wrote:
    (His wife and daughter were both named  Edna.)

          (They  left  him.)


              He never noticed their absence; they had each given him an
    andedna,
              all he wanted, all he would ever want, from them.


    (from the context) -----------  What is  [andedna]  ???
    Possibly it's a play on the word "addenda". It may be a portmanteau of
    "and Edna".
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  • From HenHanna@21:1/5 to Carl G. on Sun Jan 12 05:44:59 2025
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    On Sun, 12 Jan 2025 3:53:41 +0000, Carl G. wrote:

    On 1/11/2025 7:04 PM, HenHanna wrote:
    (His wife and daughter were both named  Edna.)

          (They  left  him.)


              He never noticed their absence; they had each given him an
    andedna,
              all he wanted, all he would ever want, from them.


    (from the context) -----------  What is  [andedna]  ???


    Possibly it's a play on the word "addenda". It may be a portmanteau of
    "and Edna".

    thanks... that makes sense.



    maybe i'td have been easier fro me, like tihs:

           He never noticed their absence; they had both given him
    andedna,
              all he wanted, all he would ever want, from them.

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    When he noticed a flaw in his typescript,
    which he worked on for 30 years:

    He...
    carried it across to the open grate, and flung it
    on the fire. It was typed on sheets of
    di-olullectical acit-celluloid, and therefore was consumed
    immediately.


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  • From David Entwistle@21:1/5 to David Entwistle on Sun Jan 12 09:50:58 2025
    On Sun, 12 Jan 2025 09:16:42 -0000 (UTC), David Entwistle wrote:

    The family's aunty was very old. If they all went out together, the
    family would all walk andante.

    :|

    ... they would have to carefully pace themselves andante.

    :)

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  • From David Entwistle@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 12 09:16:42 2025
    The family's aunty was very old. If they all went out together, the family would all walk andante.

    :|
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