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BlahBlahBlah

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Aug 6, 2001, 11:44:09 AM8/6/01
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I know someone who insists that "fallacial" is a word even though no dictionary
I have consulted lists it. I know "fallacious" is a word, but what about
"fallacial." Can anyone provide some insist or have access to the 22-volume
OED? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!


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Don Phillipson

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Aug 6, 2001, 12:43:00 PM8/6/01
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"BlahBlahBlah" <kebe...@aol.compass> wrote in message
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> I know someone who insists that "fallacial" is a word even though no
dictionary
> I have consulted lists it. I know "fallacious" is a word, but what about
> "fallacial."

If this item is in no dictionary, it is not an accepted English word
but a mistake or a new coinage. Fallacious is a word with
a substantial history that probably means everything Fallacial
is supposed to.

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Philip Baker

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Aug 8, 2001, 12:10:20 AM8/8/01
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In article <20010806114409...@ng-bh1.aol.com>, BlahBlahBlah
<kebe...@aol.compass> writes

>I know someone who insists that "fallacial" is a word even though no dictionary
>I have consulted lists it. I know "fallacious" is a word, but what about
>"fallacial." Can anyone provide some insist or have access to the 22-volume
>OED? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!
>
>
This is plastic surgery on the face which did not have the desired
effect.
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Phil C.

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Aug 8, 2001, 5:15:16 AM8/8/01
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"Philip Baker" <ph...@thalasson.com> wrote in message
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> In article <20010806114409...@ng-bh1.aol.com>,
BlahBlahBlah
> <kebe...@aol.compass> writes
> >I know someone who insists that "fallacial" is a word even
though no dictionary
> >I have consulted lists it. I know "fallacious" is a word, but
what about
> >"fallacial." Can anyone provide some insist or have access to
the 22-volume
> >OED? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!
> >
> >
> This is plastic surgery on the face which did not have the
desired
> effect.

If it was plastic surgery to make the lips rounder and fuller it
would be called "fellatial". Oh dear, I seem to have lowered the
tone.
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Phil C.
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Mike Stevens

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Aug 8, 2001, 2:49:08 PM8/8/01
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BlahBlahBlah <kebe...@aol.compass> wrote in message
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> I know someone who insists that "fallacial" is a word even though no
dictionary
> I have consulted lists it. I know "fallacious" is a word, but what about
> "fallacial." Can anyone provide some insist or have access to the
22-volume
> OED? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!

It's not in the 1994 CD ROM edition of OED.


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benmax

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Aug 8, 2001, 5:27:27 PM8/8/01
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Phil C. <nob...@nowhere.co.uk> wrote in message
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Why? Did the surgeon damage the vocal cords?
Nan


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