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What does "nicens" mean?
I read this sentence :
"this moocow met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo..."
what does the word "nicens " mean? I can't find the explaination of it in any dictionary ? Can anyone help me?
"this moocow met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo..."
what does the word "nicens " mean? I can't find the explaination of it in any dictionary ? Can anyone help me?
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" what does the word "nicens " mean? I can't find the explaination of it in any dictionary ? [/nq] Try looking up the phrase "typographical error".
- " what does the word "nicens " mean?
- I can't find the explaination of it in any dictionary ?
- [/nq] Try looking up the phrase "typographical error".
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[nq:1]I read this sentence : "this moocow met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo..." what does the word "nicens " mean? I can't find the explaination of it in any dictionary ? Can anyone help me?[/nq]
Try looking up the phrase "typographical error".
Try looking up the phrase "typographical error".
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[nq:2]I read this sentence : "this moocow met a nicens ... it in any dictionary ? Can anyone help me?[/nq]
[nq:1]Try looking up the phrase "typographical error".[/nq]
I don't think this is a typographical error. From the presence of "moocow" and the general tone of the excerpt, this seems to be an adult talking babytalk to a child. I think "nicens" can be read simply as "nice" in this cont
[nq:1]Try looking up the phrase "typographical error".[/nq]
I don't think this is a typographical error. From the presence of "moocow" and the general tone of the excerpt, this seems to be an adult talking babytalk to a child. I think "nicens" can be read simply as "nice" in this cont
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[nq:2]I read this sentence : "this moocow met a nicens ... it in any dictionary ? Can anyone help me?[/nq]
[nq:1]Try looking up the phrase "typographical error".[/nq]
It's not an error, but an imitation of how a very young child speaks, or perhaps of how an adult imitates baby-speak when entertaining a very young child. The extract comes from the opening of James Joyce's "Portrait of the A
[nq:1]Try looking up the phrase "typographical error".[/nq]
It's not an error, but an imitation of how a very young child speaks, or perhaps of how an adult imitates baby-speak when entertaining a very young child. The extract comes from the opening of James Joyce's "Portrait of the A
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[nq:1]I read this sentence : "this moocow met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo..." what does the word "nicens " mean? I can't find the explaination of it in any dictionary ? Can anyone help me?[/nq]
You'll have to ask a two-year old.
Perhaps there should be a newsgroup alt.english.usage.twoyearold.
If you are inclined to email me
for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-)
You'll have to ask a two-year old.
Perhaps there should be a newsgroup alt.english.usage.twoyearold.
If you are inclined to email me
for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-)
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[nq:2]I read this sentence : "this moocow met a nicens ... it in any dictionary ? Can anyone help me?[/nq]
[nq:1]Try looking up the phrase "typographical error".[/nq]
Yeah, do that, but then note that Googling with the string
"nicens little boy" "James Joyce" "artist as a young man"
gets "about 2,310" hits. It's typical of the strange things James Joyce liked to do with t
[nq:1]Try looking up the phrase "typographical error".[/nq]
Yeah, do that, but then note that Googling with the string
"nicens little boy" "James Joyce" "artist as a young man"
gets "about 2,310" hits. It's typical of the strange things James Joyce liked to do with t
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[nq:2]Try looking up the phrase "typographical error".[/nq]
[nq:1]Yeah, do that, but then note that Googling with the string "nicens little boy" "James Joyce" "artist as a young man" gets "about 2,310" hits. It's typical of the strange things James Joyce liked to do with the English language. It's not a typo.[/nq]
The OP didn't post that she was reading Joyce, and it is only in the early c
[nq:1]Yeah, do that, but then note that Googling with the string "nicens little boy" "James Joyce" "artist as a young man" gets "about 2,310" hits. It's typical of the strange things James Joyce liked to do with the English language. It's not a typo.[/nq]
The OP didn't post that she was reading Joyce, and it is only in the early c
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