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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> Nice to know that you are still on the list two decades on.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> When I am pouring coolant into my British cars I still think “Time to add some fluif”.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> -Bill in Tehachapi<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Joe Curry [mailto:spitlist@cox.net] <br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, August 17, 2018 6:53 PM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'v6spitfireguy v6spitfireguy'; 'William Brewer'; 'Triumphs List'<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [TR] Proper English for a Proper Car<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Guilty as charged. I still blame it on fat fingers and no spell-checking back then </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:navy'>J</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></font></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>v6spitfireguy v6spitfireguy<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, August 17, 2018 2:59 PM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> William Brewer; Triumphs List<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [TR] Proper English for a Proper Car</span></font><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>It was Joe Curry, many many years ago in a misspell in a post! It caught on and never left!<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On August 17, 2018 at 2:08 PM William Brewer <billbrewer59@yahoo.com> wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'> I drove my TR3 to work the other morning. When I left my home at o'dark thirty it was in the mid-50's and I wore a leather coat. I live at about the mile high elevation in the southern Sierras. When I left my work in Mojave that afternoon, it was 109 degrees. The car interior felt hotter and hotter inside as I drove and I was looking forward to getting up the hill to cooler temperatures. Soon thereafter I ran across a new proper English word - "Calescent" which means "growing warm; increasing in heat". I also enjoy using the word "Recalcitrant" to describe the TR's too-fast-a-shift from 1st to 2nd, "recalcitrant" meaning <span class=ydp70ea1781one-click>"resisting</span><span class=ydp70ea1781css-9sn2paydp70ea1781e10vl5dg6> </span><span class=ydp70ea1781one-click>authority</span><span class=ydp70ea1781css-9sn2paydp70ea1781e10vl5dg6> or </span><span class=ydp70ea1781one-click>control;</span><span class=ydp70ea1781css-9sn2paydp70ea1781e10vl5dg6> </span><span class=ydp70ea1781one-click>not</span><span class=ydp70ea1781css-9sn2paydp70ea1781e10vl5dg6> </span><span class=ydp70ea1781one-click>obedient</span><span class=ydp70ea1781css-9sn2paydp70ea1781e10vl5dg6> or </span><span class=ydp70ea1781one-click>compliant</span>". A synonym could be "balk". <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'> Another word that has come in handy many times, especially at parties, is "calipygous". I use it in conversation whenever possible. Usually, ladies say "thank-you" for the compliment and then go home and look it up. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/callipygous" target="_blank">https://www.dictionary.com/browse/callipygous</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'> A word I haven't seen used on the Triumphs list recently would be "Fluif". I can't remember who used that misspelling two decades ago, but it has still stuck in my vocabulary. Who was that? Are you still on the list? I think that his name was Joe-something. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'> Have a good Friday. Triumph over conformity. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'> Bill in Tehachapi <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'> Anglophile, Logophile <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>** triumphs@autox.team.net ** <br><br>Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html <br>Archive: http://www.team.net/archive <br>Forums: http://www.team.net/forums <br>Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/v6spitfireguy@cox.net <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></body></html>