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Both my mother and grandmother used to refer to a group of 6 kittens as being a littered, ( like group of cats as a clowder) as opposites to just a normal litter of kittens. Hence my comment before. I've tried to find a reference to this, but could find anything anywhere. That wasn't part of it was it?
Didn't want to answer the CCC as I let others enjoy trying to solve.
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Your grandmother had nothing to do with the question!
The OED defines LITTERED as:
littered, adj.
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Pronunciation: /ˈlɪtəd/
Etymology: < litter v. + -ed suffix1.
In senses of the vb.
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1. Employed or strewn as litter; also, scattered in disorder.
1754 R. Dodsley Agric. in Public Virtue ii. 231 Strew around Old leaves or litter'd straw, to screen from heat The tender infants.
1863 A. B. Grosart Small Sins 67, I remember how the littered concealing straw was raised.
1863 Ld. Lytton Ring of Amasis II. 137 See these littered shards upon the sordid earth!
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2. Covered or strewn with litter; clogged up with litter.
1870 Evening Standard 29 Oct. From one of the upper balconies of this littered chateau we looked down upon Paris.
1895 Educat. Rev. Sept. 166 The mind is left in a littered-up condition.
1900 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 220/1 He looked at the littered table.
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3. nonce-use. That has produced a litter.
1894 W. E. Gladstone tr. Horace Odes iii. xxvii. 1 With littered fox, and lapwing's call.
(I'd provide the link, but it'd be useless without a subscription, or a UK library card)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Could have just a local term as both were born in NZ. Thought it might an old fashioned term my grandmother ancestors bought over from the old country, but maybe not. Either that or I heard them wrong or my memory going
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Just a little reminder: you won, so it's your turn to set the WSO CCC today!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Actual statements in hospital charts as reported by Leslie Nielsen:
- She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night.
- Examination of genitalia reveals that he is circus sized.
- Since she can’t get pregnant with her husband, I thought you might like to work her up.
- The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.
- The patient has been depressed since she began seeing me in 1993.
- Discharge status: Alive but without my permission.
- Healthy appearing decrepit 69 year-old male, mentally alert but forgetful.
- The patient refused autopsy.
- The patient has no previous history of suicides.
- Patient has left white blood cells at another hospital.
- Patient’s medical history has been remarkably insignificant with only a 40 pound weight gain in the past three days.
- Patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch.
- Between you and me, we ought to be able to get this lady pregnant.
- On the second day the knee was better, and on the third day it disappeared.
- She is numb from her toes down.
- While in ER, she was examined, X-rated and sent home.
- The skin was moist and dry.
- Occasional, constant, infrequent headaches.
- Patient was alert and unresponsive.
- Rectal examination revealed a normal size thyroid.
- She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life, until she got a divorce.
- I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy.
- Both breasts are equal and reactive to light and accommodation.
- Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.
- The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.
- The patient was to have a bowel resection. However, he took a job as a stock broker instead.
- Skin: somewhat pale but present.
- The pelvic exam will be done later on the floor.
- Patient was seen in consultation by DR. Blank, who felt we should sit on the abdomen and I agree.
- Patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities.
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I deleted the spare - I'm guessing "caught by spam filter"
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Yep. 't was me who let him through.
Could've deleted the spare by myself
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Go: You need
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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This is not Facebook; please don't post things you receive in your email.
If you didn't write it; please don't post it.
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Over the period of time I have written few short stories for my amusement. I am trying to convert them or alteast one story into a book.
Just wanted to know from personal experience if there is any platform for the hobby authors to publish their work and sell them as a digital/ebook.
Proofreading will be a added advantage too. I am not sure book will be sold a lot (if any) so cost should be at lower end if not free.
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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Publish it on Amazon. Really easy to do.
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That was Andy Weirs route to success!
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and maybe yours! (not mine, sadly )
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Quote: Proofreading will be a added advantage too.
Hmm! It doesn't seem to bother most self-publishers ... or even a few established publishers. I get correction versions on my Kindle at least once a week!
You're unlikely to get it for free ... unless you know a proofreader of whom you also have a picture with which to blackmail!
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Please report potential bugs and feedback at http://www.codeproject.com/suggestions.aspx[^]
It's in the left menu labeled "Site Bugs / Suggestions"
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Same here. I've checked that thing twice. Also that email notification confirmation has been showing up for the past 30 minutes. My guess is they did a release today and didn't functional test the website enough.
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luckily the files hosted on other sites but youd think they fix this
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Member 11850236 wrote: but youd think they fix this
We have.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Tough crowd.
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Seems like the problem might be going on right now, because I just tried to upvote someone's post and it told me that I needed to have a confirmed email address, even though my email address has been confirmed for years.
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I just had the same problem with "unconfirmed email". I went to my profile to update things (no updating needed) and then when I clicked save my settings (just in case) it told me that my userid was in use and I should either create one with another name or login - I was already logged in!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I was able to download it...
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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