What does Elaine say in this episode?

Sep 9, 2002, 1:50 AM ET9 posts by 4 posters

❓ Question

Thread discusses what Elaine says about a friend's abortion when questioning her new boyfriend's stance on the issue, with posters debating the spelling of 'troglodytic half-brother'.

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ruethewhirlSep 9, 2002, 1:50 AM ET

When she is trying to find out her new boyfriend's stand on abortion, she mentions that she has been thinking about a friend of hers, one that was impregnated by ??? and decided to have an abortion.

Please fill in the ???

unknownSep 9, 2002, 3:24 AM ET↩ ruethewhirl

On 8 Sep 2002 22:50:07 -0700, [email] wrote:

"her trogloditig half-brother"

John TwernboldSep 9, 2002, 3:39 AM ET↩ unknown

Well, technically that word is "troglodytic". I wouldn't have pointed it out, but I know that ALOT of the time you're a stickler for stuff like that. ;-)

/me waits for it... waits for it...

unknownSep 9, 2002, 7:19 AM ET↩ John Twernbold

On Mon, 09 Sep 2002 07:39:16 GMT, John Twernbold wrote:

Oh, no, I'm not. I never correct anyone's spelling in newsgroups. But if I had written troglodylichalfbrother. It would be perhaps, prudent to point out that it was THREE DIFFERENT WORDS. :-) :-) :-)

ruethewhirlSep 9, 2002, 4:49 PM ET↩ unknown

So what the hell is a troglodytic half brother?

John TwernboldSep 9, 2002, 5:48 PM ET↩ ruethewhirl

A half-brother who is a troglodyte.

http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=troglodyte http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=half-brother

techboiSep 9, 2002, 12:21 PM ET↩ John Twernbold

And technically, there is no such word as "ALOT"; it is "a lot". Just poking fun... ;-)

unknownSep 9, 2002, 2:22 PM ET↩ techboi

On Mon, 09 Sep 2002 12:21:49 -0400, techboi wrote:

Mike responds with facetious plageristic indignation:

Mike:    You're giving ME the ". . . there is no such word as ALOT; it
is A LOT" routine?    I invented the "there is no such word as ALOT;
it is A LOT   ".       Nobody tells ME it's A LOT , if it's ALOT .

techboi: All right, Mike, it's A LOT.

Mike: You're *damn* right it's A LOT.

Mike (with apologies to The Lip Reader) :-)

John TwernboldSep 9, 2002, 5:47 PM ET↩ unknown

But that's your routine!

:-)