Re: copacetic

["Andy Turnbull" andyt@xxxxxxxx]

then again, there's the cape worn by a hermit. An aesthetic's cope.

andy t

----- Original Message -----
From: "M.W. Poirier" 

To: 
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 8:58 AM
Subject: RE: copacetic




 It appears to be a little more subtle that that. Here are four
 spellings: copasetic, copacetic, copesetic and copesettic. See
 the WordWeb thesaurus, which is quite useful if you do a good
 deal of writing. I don't know if one or two, or maybe even three,
 of these are American spellings. I cannot find the word in my
 _Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus_ (2001) <1992>, although another
 British dictionary that I have spells it "copacetic."

 M.W. Poirier

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On Sat, 27 Dec 2008, flash wrote:


Thanks, Paul. My Websters (hard copy) list only "copacetic", not
"copasetic". Must be a recent variant spelling.




On 27.Dec.08 14:12:15, Paul Ambos (pambos@xxxxxxxx) wrote:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/copacetic


Main Entry:
co.pa.cet.ic
also co.pa.set.ic
adjective
Etymology:
origin unknown
Date:
1919

: very satisfactory


Regards,

Paul Ambos
pambos@xxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 8:06 AM
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Subject: Re: Slow repeat rate

"copasetic" ?? Not in my dictiona







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