Message-ID: <21985895.1075846757303.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 07:29:00 -0700 (PDT) From: susan.scott@enron.com To: ted.noble@enron.com Subject: Word of the day... Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Susan M Scott X-To: Ted Noble X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Susan_Scott_Dec2000_June2001_2\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: SCOTT-S X-FileName: sscott5.nsf I think we have a winner. Main Entry: cir?cu?i?tous Pronunciation: (")s&r-'ky_-&-t&s Function: adjective Etymology: perhaps from Medieval Latin circuitosus, from Latin circuitus Date: 1664 1 : having a circular or winding course 2 : not being forthright or direct in language or action - cir?cu?i?tous?ly adverb - cir?cu?i?tous?ness noun Also, you gotta love this quote: Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit. -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) Truer words have never been spoken. Shorty