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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=281332914-17062005><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000
size=2>Gov,</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=281332914-17062005></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=281332914-17062005>Someone wrote
this 500-page dissertation with 100 footnotes per page that "gullible" comes
from "gull",</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=281332914-17062005><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>according to the word formation
principle noun + ible/-able, so take a
bird:</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=281332914-17062005></SPAN><SPAN
class=281332914-17062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=3> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=281332914-17062005><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>swallow-able</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=281332914-17062005><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>gull-ible</FONT> </SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN
class=281332914-17062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=3>Honest!</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=281332914-17062005></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=281332914-17062005><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>Fritz</FONT> </SPAN></DIV></FONT></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE><TT>1. gullible<BR>The term applied to both the participants in
the following conversation:<BR>Gullible Person 1: Did you know that 'gullible'
isn't in the dictionary?<BR>Gullible Person 2: Really? (Checks
dictionary)<BR>Gullible Person 2: Wow! It really isn't in the
dictionary!<BR>Gullible Person 1: Oh my God! Give me a look!<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gullible&defid=927543">http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gullible&defid=927543</A><BR><BR><BR>Steve
White, Jaars language software support<BR>704-843-6337,
1-800-215-7813<BR><BR><BR></TT>
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