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E=(EMCEE)^2

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First post2026-06-28 09:53 +0200
Last post2026-06-29 08:20 +0200
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  E=(EMCEE)^2 occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-06-28 09:53 +0200
    Re: E=(EMCEE)^2 Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-06-28 09:09 +0100
      Re: E=(EMCEE)^2 Charles Hope <clh@candehope.me.uk> - 2026-06-28 08:30 +0000
    Re: E=(EMCEE)^2 richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2026-06-28 10:27 +0000
      Re: E=(EMCEE)^2 occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-06-28 13:18 +0200
    [FOLLOW-UP]: E=(EMCEE)^2 occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-06-29 08:20 +0200

#1145852 — E=(EMCEE)^2

Fromoccam <occam@nowhere.nix>
Date2026-06-28 09:53 +0200
SubjectE=(EMCEE)^2
Message-ID<nac281Fbch5U1@mid.individual.net>
Apparently 'Emcee' is an English word, and Trump is Presidential material.

Follow-up post tomorrow.

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#1145853

FromHibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid>
Date2026-06-28 09:09 +0100
Message-ID<nac35mFbaa7U1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#1145852
Le 28/06/2026 à 08:53, occam a écrit :
> 
> Apparently 'Emcee' is an English word, and Trump is Presidential material.
> 
> Follow-up post tomorrow.


Does being cloth-eared make one presidential material?

Anyway, 'emcee' seems rare, even in AmE:
<https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=emcee%3Aeng_us*30%2Cemcee%3Aeng_gb*30%2CMC%2CM.C.%2Chost%2Chostess%2Cmaster+of+ceremonies&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3>

This search is ambiguous, of course, since there are other kinds of 
hosts and hostesses (and Emcees sometimes take the rap).

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#1145855

FromCharles Hope <clh@candehope.me.uk>
Date2026-06-28 08:30 +0000
Message-ID<oe27hm-b046.ln1@newsauth.orpheusnet.co.uk>
In reply to#1145853
On 28/06/2026 09:09, Hibou wrote:
> Le 28/06/2026 à 08:53, occam a écrit :
>>
>> Apparently 'Emcee' is an English word, 
>>

Yes, It was the name of a character in the play "Cabaret"

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#1145863

Fromrichard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin)
Date2026-06-28 10:27 +0000
Message-ID<111qstr$j2iu$1@artemis.inf.ed.ac.uk>
In reply to#1145852
In article <nac281Fbch5U1@mid.individual.net>,
occam  <occam@nowhere.nix> wrote:
>Apparently 'Emcee' is an English word,

A perfectly good word, and an excellent translation of "architriklinos"
in John 2:9.

-- Richard

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#1145866

Fromoccam <occam@nowhere.nix>
Date2026-06-28 13:18 +0200
Message-ID<nace86Fda68U1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#1145863
On 28/06/2026 12:27, Richard Tobin wrote:
> In article <nac281Fbch5U1@mid.individual.net>,
> occam  <occam@nowhere.nix> wrote:
>> Apparently 'Emcee' is an English word,
> 
> A perfectly good word, and an excellent translation of "architriklinos"
> in John 2:9.
> 

"architriklinos" was the master of the banquet - so I'll accept 'master
of ceremonies' as a good translation.

However, if you accept  Master of Ceremonies > MC > EMCEE as acceptable,
them you should also accept EFFYOU as a comment. </smile>

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#1145887 — [FOLLOW-UP]: E=(EMCEE)^2

Fromoccam <occam@nowhere.nix>
Date2026-06-29 08:20 +0200
Subject[FOLLOW-UP]: E=(EMCEE)^2
Message-ID<naeh5kFnv98U2@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#1145852
On 28/06/2026 09:53, occam wrote:
> Apparently 'Emcee' is an English word, and Trump is Presidential material.
> 
> Follow-up post tomorrow.

WORDLE solution (28/06/2026) -  EMCEE


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