From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2006-08-12T03:15:10+09:00
Subject: Re: nonce


Chad Perrin wrote:
> I've lived in Minnesota, Montana, California, Hawaii, Florida, Colorado,
> and Italy, and have visited a fair number of other places as well.  I
> don't think I've forgotten any of the places I've lived, and am not
> about to even try to list the places I've visited.  In all that time,
> I've heard two other people use the term "nonce" in casual
> conversation, and used it a fair bit myself.  It's not common, but it
> does happen -- and I've never had to explain to someone what the word
> meant.  Frankly, this is the first time it has ever occurred to me that
> I might say it to someone that doesn't know what it means.

Fascinating. So you were actaully born with a priori knowledge of the
word nonce.

T.