Wolfe hunting
The Urth list — 3 messages, 3 voices, 17 Apr 2006
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maru dubshinki — 17 Apr 2006, 00:20

Like I'm sure many of you do, I subscribe to A Word A Day; in one of
the most recent compendiums, I spotted this:

"From: Gene Wolfe (genewlfATaol.com)
Subject: Re: A.Word.A.Day--anabiosis
Refer: http://wordsmith.org/words/anabiosis.html

Goldfish are routinely frozen in blocks of ice for shipment. A few die,
but most survive. This has been a common practice for many years."

Is this the Wolfe, or is there another with an equal interest in occult words?

~maru
pondering forbidden knowledge.

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Matt DeLuca — 17 Apr 2006, 03:01
  in reply to maru dubshinki

coincidence i bet

> On 4/16/06, maru dubshinki <marudubshinki at gmail.com> wrote:
> Like I'm sure many of you do, I subscribe to A Word A Day; in one of
> the most recent compendiums, I spotted this:
> 
> "From: Gene Wolfe (genewlfATaol.com)
> Subject: Re: A.Word.A.Day--anabiosis
> Refer: http://wordsmith.org/words/anabiosis.html
> 
> Goldfish are routinely frozen in blocks of ice for shipment. A few die,
> but most survive. This has been a common practice for many years."
> 
> Is this the Wolfe, or is there another with an equal interest in occult words?
> 
> ~maru
> pondering forbidden knowledge.
> _______________________________________________

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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes — 17 Apr 2006, 05:18
  in reply to Matt DeLuca

Rather than coincidence, I suspect a Wolfe fan who took that
address _because_ s/he is a Wolfe fan, and shares his
interest in rare and unusual words.

> On 4/16/06, Matt DeLuca <straylightrise at gmail.com> wrote:
> coincidence i bet
> 
> On 4/16/06, maru dubshinki <marudubshinki at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Like I'm sure many of you do, I subscribe to A Word A Day; in one of
> > the most recent compendiums, I spotted this:
> > 
> > "From: Gene Wolfe (genewlfATaol.com)
> > Subject: Re: A.Word.A.Day--anabiosis
> > Refer: http://wordsmith.org/words/anabiosis.html
> > 
> > Goldfish are routinely frozen in blocks of ice for shipment. A few die,
> > but most survive. This has been a common practice for many years."
> > 
> > Is this the Wolfe, or is there another with an equal interest in occult words?
> > 
> > ~maru
> > pondering forbidden knowledge.
> > _______________________________________________

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