Hmmm.... have now used below definifions in sentences of my own and have conceptual understanding of the word, and now retract earlier statement. Brian ---------- > From: Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco@luther.edu> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: 'Frined' definition: was Re: Leaving > Date: 15 May 1999 02:09 > > Brian, > > At 18:16 5/14/99 +0200, you wrote of Newton: > > >Well I guess I haven't known you long enough to be a friend but a "frined" > sounds cool. > > Well maybe, maybe knot. You have to consider the source. > > The etymology of that word "frined" is, like it's most recent user, old, > fraught with confusion and open to heated conjecture. > > Frined: > > 1.)FRIND' - n/v a/to Brake - Corruption of frein (Fr), or freno (It,Sp) brake. > Newton may have meant this since we all are stopped at home, while he is > terrorizing everyone on Interstate 80 between New Jersey and Nebraska, in a > vehicle with _no_ brakes. (even if he's flying) > > 2.) FRIN' ed - past tense of frin: to frown [archaic, rare] > Here again, Newton is reminding us that he is on a fun trip to see > relatives, while we are at home having fun restringing and setting S&S > sostenudo tabs. > > 3.) FRIND' - past victim [exceedingly rare] past tense of frond; a type of > leaf - In Newton's use, it describes the hapless victims of one of his > scams. Other people would say they "palmed" the money. > > 4.) FRIND' - strange [possible] From Ger. _fremd_; strange, foreign, > unknown. Yet another commentary on list members. > > 5.) frin ED' - frenetic [truncated]. Here again Newton is reminding us that > WE are working and not him. > -------- > Source: Hofsommer's Dull Delapidated Decidedly Different Didactic Deniably > Deviant Dictionery > -------- > > >> I give you permission to have fun with my name in my absence. > > Who me? > > > Conrad Hoffsommer mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu > > Tell the truth: there's less to remember. >
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