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|    National Wordsmith Day (3 May)    |
|    04 May 24 22:18:36    |
      From: benlizro@ihug.co.nz              "After a lengthy search of online sources, I could find no information       about who began the day, or when or where." (Crystal)       Oh dear.       Well, Crystal, like a good wordsmith, fills up the page with examples of       English nominal compounds, first those ending in -smith, and then those       beginning with word-.       Next!              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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