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Re: Etabnannery

From:Arthaey Angosii <arthaey@...>
Date:Friday, January 17, 2003, 19:28
>>Off on a bit of word-association: "Etabnannery" makes me think of the word >>"shennanigans" (or however it's spelled). Must be the "nan" in there. I >>also think of crazy nuns running around. In a complex but predictable >>pattern, of course. ;) >> >Where do the crazy nuns come from?
That's a very good question. <grin> Probably "-nannery" > "nunnery" combined with the "shennanigans" association. But my mind's associations are often strange, and YMMV. -- AA