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jachtymichuk
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Awry

Postby jachtymichuk » Fri Oct 09, 2009 3:14 pm

Of course, askance & askew, but whence it came?
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Slava
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Postby Slava » Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:07 pm

A bit delayed, but welcome to the Agora jachtymichuk! I've tried pronouncing your user name in Russian, but it doesn't quite come out as much of anything. What does it mean?

As to awry, let's not forget the great agley. As in those things that oftimes gang agley.
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Postby Perry » Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:14 am

Sometimes my wry humor goes awry.
"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. Lately it hasn't been working."
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Postby LukeJavan8 » Sun Feb 14, 2010 2:36 pm

Agley?
Like aglet: the plastic thing on the end of a shoestring.
Interesting word in its own right.
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