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What does the word "Vorpal" come from?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 1366217" data-attributes="member: 1656"><p>Are you trying to be funny? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Prince George:</strong> Enter! </p><p><strong>Edmund:</strong> Dr. Johnson, Your Highness. </p><p><strong>Prince George:</strong> Ah, Dr. Johnson! Damn cold day! </p><p><strong>Dr. Johnson:</strong> Indeed it is, sir, but a very fine one, for I celebrated last night the encyclopedic implementation of my pre-meditated orchestration of demotic Anglo-Saxon. </p><p><strong>Prince George:</strong> <em>(nods, grinning, then speaks)</em> Nope -- didn't catch any of that. </p><p><strong>Dr. Johnson:</strong> Well, I simply observed, sir, that I'm felicitous, since, during the course of the penultimate solar sojourn, I terminated my uninterrupted categorization of the vocabulary of our post-Norman tongue. </p><p><strong>Prince George:</strong> Well, I don't know what you're talking about, but it sounds damn <em>saucy</em>, you lucky thing! I know some fairly liberal-minded girls, but I've never penultimated any of them in a solar sojourn, or, for that matter, been given any Norman tongue! </p><p><strong>Edmund:</strong> I believe, sir, that the Doctor is trying to tell you that he is happy because he has finished his book. It has, apparently, taken him ten years. </p><p><strong>Prince George:</strong> Yes, well, I'm a slow reader myself... </p><p><strong>Dr. Johnson:</strong> <em>(places two manuscripts on the table, but picks up the top one)</em> Here it is, sir: the very cornerstone of English scholarship. This book, sir, contains every word in our beloved language. </p><p><strong>Prince George:</strong> Hmm. </p><p><strong>Edmund:</strong> Every single one, sir? </p><p><strong>Dr. Johnson:</strong> <em>(confidently)</em> Every single word, sir! </p><p><strong>Edmund:</strong> <em>(to Prince)</em> Oh, well, in that case, sir, I hope you will not object if I also offer the Doctor my most enthusiastic contrafribularities.</p><p><strong>Dr. Johnson:</strong> What? </p><p><strong>Edmund:</strong> 'Contrafribularities', sir? It is a common word down our way... </p><p><strong>Dr. Johnson:</strong> Damn! <em>(writes in the book)</em> </p><p><strong>Edmund:</strong> Oh, I'm sorry, sir. I'm anispeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericombobulation. </p><p><strong>Dr. Johnson:</strong> What? What? <em>WHAT</em>? </p><p><strong>Prince George:</strong> What are you on about, Blackadder? This is all beginning to sound a bit like dago talk to me. </p><p><strong>Edmund:</strong> I'm sorry, sir. I merely wished to congratulate the Doctor on not having left out a single word. <em>(Johnson sneers)</em> Shall I fetch the tea, Your Highness? </p><p><strong>Prince George:</strong> Yes, yes! And get that damned fire up here, will you? </p><p><strong>Edmund:</strong> Certainly, sir. I shall return... interfrastically. <em>(exits)</em> <em>(Johnson writes some more)</em> </p><p></p><p>Shortly after...</p><p></p><p><strong>Dr. Johnson:</strong> Farewell! <em>(opens door to find Edmund with tea tray)</em> </p><p><strong>Edmund:</strong> Leaving already, Doctor? Not staying for your pendigestatery interludicule? </p><p><strong>Dr. Johnson:</strong> No, sir! Show me out! </p><p><strong>Edmund:</strong> Certainly, sir. Anything I can do to facilitate your velocitous extramuralisation... </p><p><strong>Dr. Johnson:</strong> <em>(to Prince)</em> You will regret this doubly, sir. Not only have you <u>impeculiated</u> <em>(turns to Edmund and makes a boasting noise, then continues)</em> my dictionary, but you've also lost the chance to act as patron to the only book in the world that is even better. </p><p><strong>Edmund:</strong> Oh, and what is that, sir? <em>'Dictionary II: The Return of the Killer Dictionary'?</em></p><p></p><p>-Hyp.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 1366217, member: 1656"] Are you trying to be funny? :) [b]Prince George:[/b] Enter! [b]Edmund:[/b] Dr. Johnson, Your Highness. [b]Prince George:[/b] Ah, Dr. Johnson! Damn cold day! [b]Dr. Johnson:[/b] Indeed it is, sir, but a very fine one, for I celebrated last night the encyclopedic implementation of my pre-meditated orchestration of demotic Anglo-Saxon. [b]Prince George:[/b] [i](nods, grinning, then speaks)[/i] Nope -- didn't catch any of that. [b]Dr. Johnson:[/b] Well, I simply observed, sir, that I'm felicitous, since, during the course of the penultimate solar sojourn, I terminated my uninterrupted categorization of the vocabulary of our post-Norman tongue. [b]Prince George:[/b] Well, I don't know what you're talking about, but it sounds damn [i]saucy[/i], you lucky thing! I know some fairly liberal-minded girls, but I've never penultimated any of them in a solar sojourn, or, for that matter, been given any Norman tongue! [b]Edmund:[/b] I believe, sir, that the Doctor is trying to tell you that he is happy because he has finished his book. It has, apparently, taken him ten years. [b]Prince George:[/b] Yes, well, I'm a slow reader myself... [b]Dr. Johnson:[/b] [i](places two manuscripts on the table, but picks up the top one)[/i] Here it is, sir: the very cornerstone of English scholarship. This book, sir, contains every word in our beloved language. [b]Prince George:[/b] Hmm. [b]Edmund:[/b] Every single one, sir? [b]Dr. Johnson:[/b] [i](confidently)[/i] Every single word, sir! [b]Edmund:[/b] [i](to Prince)[/i] Oh, well, in that case, sir, I hope you will not object if I also offer the Doctor my most enthusiastic contrafribularities. [b]Dr. Johnson:[/b] What? [b]Edmund:[/b] 'Contrafribularities', sir? It is a common word down our way... [b]Dr. Johnson:[/b] Damn! [i](writes in the book)[/i] [b]Edmund:[/b] Oh, I'm sorry, sir. I'm anispeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericombobulation. [b]Dr. Johnson:[/b] What? What? [i]WHAT[/i]? [b]Prince George:[/b] What are you on about, Blackadder? This is all beginning to sound a bit like dago talk to me. [b]Edmund:[/b] I'm sorry, sir. I merely wished to congratulate the Doctor on not having left out a single word. [i](Johnson sneers)[/i] Shall I fetch the tea, Your Highness? [b]Prince George:[/b] Yes, yes! And get that damned fire up here, will you? [b]Edmund:[/b] Certainly, sir. I shall return... interfrastically. [i](exits)[/i] [i](Johnson writes some more)[/i] Shortly after... [b]Dr. Johnson:[/b] Farewell! [i](opens door to find Edmund with tea tray)[/i] [b]Edmund:[/b] Leaving already, Doctor? Not staying for your pendigestatery interludicule? [b]Dr. Johnson:[/b] No, sir! Show me out! [b]Edmund:[/b] Certainly, sir. Anything I can do to facilitate your velocitous extramuralisation... [b]Dr. Johnson:[/b] [i](to Prince)[/i] You will regret this doubly, sir. Not only have you [U]impeculiated[/U] [i](turns to Edmund and makes a boasting noise, then continues)[/i] my dictionary, but you've also lost the chance to act as patron to the only book in the world that is even better. [b]Edmund:[/b] Oh, and what is that, sir? [i]'Dictionary II: The Return of the Killer Dictionary'?[/i] -Hyp. [/QUOTE]
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