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   On 30/12/2019 10:33 a.m., Dallas Hinton : August Abolins wrote:   
      
    DH> Hi August -- on Dec 31 2019 at 02:07, you wrote:   
      
      
    AA>>    ...."The curse of St   
    AA>> Withold upon these infernal porkers!" said the swine-herd,   
    AA>> after blowing his horn obstreperously,.." I   
    AA>> mean, "obstreperous" is not a word that anyone is likely to   
    AA>> whip out in conversation.  But maybe I will *now*! LOL   
      
    DH> I must confess that in my teaching days I would use the word to   
    DH> calm excited students: "Now class, don't be obstreperous!". It   
    DH> puzzled them enough that they settled down (at least for a   
    DH> bit!).   
      
   Heheh!  That would certainly catch them off guard (like when a dog tilts its   
   head when it hears an unusual sound for the first time).  I can just picture   
   the kids doing something like that!   
      
   I'd upgrade the phrase and call kids like that "you little infernal   
   obstreperous porkers"     
      
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