HW: old hat. was:OVER CALVERT's DEAD BODY!!!!!
Andrew Gilham
Andy_Gilham at MSN.COM
Wed Dec 4 07:04:17 EST 1996
RJ says:
>he was particularly happy with his use of the
>word
>'allotrios',which,he said,was a latin word meaning something like
>twin,or doppel-
>ganger (i cant remember exactly,we were having a lot of fun).i have not
>been able to
>find this word or any form of it in a dictionary..
>From Chambers dictionary:
These (and others) are English words:
>allot'ropy noun the property (especially in chemical elements such as
>carbon) of existing in more than one form. allotrop'ic adjective.
>
> allotrop'ic adjective.
But they're all from the Greek root:
>»Greek "allotrios", alien
Personally, I don't think Ron's lyrics are a patch on Bob's - in fact they
seem a bit school-magazine standard (which Lemmy used to edit :) - but chacun
a son gout, I guess.
- Andy
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