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   Paul Quinn to Ardith Hinton   
   Anecdotes about translators   
   01 Oct 21 17:54:51   
   
   TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A46   
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   Hi!Ardith,   
      
   On 30 Sep 2021, Ardith Hinton said the following...   
      
    AH>           When I looked up "twit" in THE FREE DICTIONARY I found quite a   
    AH> lot of stuff you might find useful, including definitions & synonyms.    
    AH> In summary... a twit is a foolish, stupid, annoying, and/or   
    AH> insignificant person.  I'm guessing that is more or less what you were   
    AH> thinking of here.  :-)   
      
   Down here, a 'Twit' was long=known as a "pregnant goldfish".  Hence the   
   insult.  Is that dictionary a revised version of history by milennials or one   
   compiled by ignorant new world-ers?  ;)   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
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