Re: [CR]Pet peeve ...

(Example: Framebuilding:Brazing Technique)

To: stevens@veloworks.com
Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 16:45:34 -0400
Subject: Re: [CR]Pet peeve ...
From: "Richard M Sachs" <richardsachs@juno.com>


furthurmore, (furthermore?), mystic is home to mystic pizza, known to many as the title of a movie of the same name in which a young julia roberts debuted. (that's how the sellcheck spelled it!). classic content: there are 'roberts' frames. e-RICHIE http://www.richardsachs.com

On Fri, 06 Jul 2001 20:28:34 -0000 "Steven L. Sheffield" <veloworks@hotmail.com> writes:
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> Frames have "mystique" or a "mystical quality" ... not "mystic"
> (which is a
> town in Connecticut) ...
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> From http://www.m-w.com (Merriam-Webster)
>
> Main Entry: mys·tique
> Pronunciation: mi-'stEk
> Function: noun
> Etymology: French, from mystique, adjective, mystic, from Latin
> mysticus
> Date: 1891
> 1 : an air or attitude of mystery and reverence developing around
> something
> or someone
> 2 : the special esoteric skill essential in a calling or activity
>
> Main Entry: mystic
> Function: noun
> Date: 1679
> 1 : a follower of a mystical way of life
> 2 : an advocate of a theory of mysticism
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>
> From http://www.dictionary.org (American Heritage)
>
> mys·tique (m-stk)
> n.
> An aura of heightened value, interest, or meaning surrounding
> something,
> arising from attitudes and beliefs that impute special power or
> mystery to
> it: the cowboy mystique; the mystique of existentialism.
>
> mys·tic (mstk)
> adj.
> Of or relating to religious mysteries or occult rites and practices.
> Of or relating to mysticism or mystics.
> Inspiring a sense of mystery and wonder.
>
> Mysterious; strange.
> Enigmatic; obscure.
> Mystical.
>
> n.
> One who practices or believes in mysticism or a given form of
> mysticism:
> Protestant mystics.