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From: Brooklyn, NY USA
Registered: Dec 2003

posted December 18, 2003 10:50 PM         

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Prologue: Being a native Russian speaker, I was always annoyed that in Russian the word "marriage" - 'brak' - has a second meaning of "flaw, defect". So I always spoke up about English, where the word "marriage" seemed to be very neutral.

Lexigramming: MARRIAGE

(you) RAM (this) AIM (which is a) GRIM MIRAGE
(full of) GRIME (where you)AGE (with) RAGE (and) RARE (people have) AIR.

So, whenever you find a mate, definitely don't call it marriage.

PS. The part my husband liked about it is that MARRIAGE contains GAREM.

PPS. This is one of my first Lexigrams, I am still on it - just couldn't help but gasp at the results.

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There is no evil - there is a lack of Good.

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From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted January 02, 2004 02:32 PM         

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To the top!

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"Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark

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From: Victoria, Australia
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posted January 06, 2004 12:51 AM         

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posted January 20, 2004 03:05 AM         

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Okay- how about we go with "matrimony" instead? Does that get better results?

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From: Land O Love
Registered: Oct 2003

posted January 20, 2004 12:07 PM         

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Marriage

Grim mirage or Rare Gem?
rage mar(s) the air
grim marriage mire(d) (in) ire/grime
aim air [higher]
image a(n) aria g{l}eam {of love}
a gem a g{love}
marriage {o love}
re{vel} m{ore} ra{ve} R{O}AR
re{ve}a{l} {love, lore)
re{ve}a{l} rage (as) a {L}iar

I took the liberty of coding my lexigram to show my thoughts. () indicate addition of letters to show meaning [] indicates what I meant by something and {} indicate the addition of love. The true outcome is revealed by the entries with {} which only proves that a marriage without love is a bad thing but marriage with love is not

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