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Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] Spell Check Please
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:17:16 EDT


maybe "prattling", although it wouldn't be very flattering to accuse anyone
of prattling except a child. How old was Marie?

prat·tle (prăt'l)

v., -tled, -tling, -tles.
v.intr.
To talk or chatter idly or meaninglessly; babble or prate.
v.tr.
To utter or express by chattering foolishly or babbling.
n.
1. Idle or meaningless chatter; babble.
2. A sound suggestive of such chattering; a babbling noise.
Ruth



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