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 pilarmham
 
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							| A new WORD OF THE DAY 
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							| Do you know the meaning of this one?   SERENDIPITY   (hope I �m not the only one who didn �t know it...) |  19 Aug 2010      
					
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 almaz
 
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							| Yes, and I just used it in an email I sent off an hour ago. Isn �t that a bit of luck? |  19 Aug 2010     
					
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 pilarmham
 
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							| It is, definitely! So you like it, too...? |  19 Aug 2010     
					
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 blunderbuster
 
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							| Geez, Pilar, my dictionary didn �t even have a "real" translation for the word. I had to have it defined in Google. ;o) 
 define:serendipity
 
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 pilarmham
 
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							| Regina, there �s a great online dictionary (it �s not my best friend, but nearly!), I recommend it to you:     |  19 Aug 2010     
					
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 Amandina
 
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							| This is my favourite word!! ;)))) 
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 pilarmham
 
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							| Thank you, Mariannina! OK, so we came to the conclusion that "serendipity" is a happy finding. Now, would you say you are a "serendipper" or a "serendipitist"? (couldn �t quite make up my mind...). |  19 Aug 2010     
					
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 sulekra
 
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							| Serendipity is also one of my favourite words and things:) 
 Serendipitist sounds better, but it sounds a bit like an oxymoron - I don �t think you can purposefully discover things by accident;D Maybe a person blessed by serendipity?
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 pilarmham
 
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							| I agree, sulekra. The truth is when you come across something, IT actually comes to YOU, rather than the other way round! |  19 Aug 2010     
					
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 libertybelle
 
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							| Rolls right off the lips  and that isn �t by chance but by design!!! |  19 Aug 2010     
					
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