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amigo Senior Member
since 2001-10-12
Posts 520the earth school |
wake up forum...i have a question... I had heard from someone that in English there are only three meaningful words that end with the letters 'shion' - two of them being 'cushion' and 'fashion'. What do ya think, and which is the third one? Thanks friends....  |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
i think it's wrong. (though arguable) but then again, i cheated. i'll let others have a crack at this before i pen my results.[This message has been edited by Christopher (02-26-2002 12:02 PM).] |
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Not A Poet Member Elite
since 1999-11-03
Posts 3885Oklahoma, USA |
Well, I can only come up with one more. But I guess I cheated a little too so I'll hold off with you. It will be interesting to see what you have though Chris. Darn, it's just too easy to cheat on this sort of thing with the internet. But maybe that's not an all bad thing. Pete Never express yourself more clearly than you can think - Niels Bohr [This message has been edited by Not A Poet (02-26-2002 12:27 PM).] |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Hushion... and there is one more.... but before we go there, a very rare word is parishion ... were those two submissions what you were looking for  |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
yeah, were they? |
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amigo Senior Member
since 2001-10-12
Posts 520the earth school |
hmmm....may i know the meanings please, Karilea dear, & i'm waiting for Christopher and Pete's replies too...honestly, i don't the other word.... |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
'parishion' is the one i think you were looking for. as to the other words - think things like pincushion, disfashion, misfashion, refashion, etc. as i said, arguably - mostly because they ARE meaningful words that end in 'shion.' Arguably, because they contain the words you listed as well, and break out of the 'spirit' of the question. peace, C Life = Rationalization, Irony, Semantics, & Bad Analogies. What more could you ask for? |
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Not A Poet Member Elite
since 1999-11-03
Posts 3885Oklahoma, USA |
Yes Christopher but they not only contain fashion or cushion but are really just modifiers joined to the stem word, a tribute to our language's German heritage. It looks like we were all going for the same third word except I was thinking of parishioner, which is not so obscure although they are still very closely related. Interesting topic. BTW Karilea, wha is hushion? Pete Never express yourself more clearly than you can think - Niels Bohr [This message has been edited by Not A Poet (02-27-2002 02:14 PM).] |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
you're right of course, Pete, which is why i went back after i'd first written that to say it was arguable. it depends on how you look on it, and whether you're a stickler for semantics. LOL C life = realizations, ironies, semantics, & bad analogies. |
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