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Old 23-08-2005, 09:46 AM
Nick Maclaren
 
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In article %VAOe.12345$g47.9087@trnddc07,
"Travis" writes:
| Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
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| 'Paraffin' is a group of hydrocabons which includes solids through
| to gases. The paraffin referred to is somewhere in the middle of
| the group and is called kerosene in Transpondia.

Yup.

| Transpondia? When I Google that word I find something about bringing a
| visitor or fiance to the UK.

It has been used to refer to our ex-colonies (especially the
rebellious ones) in north America for some time - on UK newsgroups.

| This is getting really weird.

Nah. Try uk.rec.sheds.


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Old 23-08-2005, 02:08 PM
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Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article %VAOe.12345$g47.9087@trnddc07,
"Travis" writes:

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Transpondia? When I Google that word I find something about
bringing a visitor or fiance to the UK.


It has been used to refer to our ex-colonies (especially the
rebellious ones) in north America for some time - on UK newsgroups.


Over on alt.usage.english, it's spawned a whole range of derivatives,
including (hyphens are included or not according to house style):
Right-pond
Left-pond
Else-pond
Other-pond
Trans-pond
all of which lead to the expected forms with -ial, -ian, and -iality.
There are also _pondial_ and _pondiality_. I believe I was myself
responsible for the divergent adjectival form referring to Oceania,
_Antipondean_.

Since we often refer to South Africa, I am about to introduce _up-_
and _down-pond_ -- also, perhaps, confections of my own.

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Mike.


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Old 23-08-2005, 08:11 PM
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Over on alt.usage.english, it's spawned a whole range of derivatives,
including (hyphens are included or not according to house style):
Right-pond
Left-pond
Else-pond
Other-pond
Trans-pond
all of which lead to the expected forms with -ial, -ian, and -iality.
There are also _pondial_ and _pondiality_. I believe I was myself
responsible for the divergent adjectival form referring to Oceania,
_Antipondean_.


Since we often refer to South Africa, I am about to introduce _up-_
and _down-pond_ -- also, perhaps, confections of my own.


Something to ponder upon, I suppose, and for you to respond?.

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