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From: pellegri@ittral.UUCP (Dan Pellegrino)
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Subject: Re: Did you see it too?
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Date: Wed, 15-Feb-84 10:10:18 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 15 10:10:18 1984
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In Article 107 of this newsgroup some truly fine examples of items that scream
were cited in order to demonstrate the meaning of the word 'scream' as stated 
in Definition 3 in Webster's (which is: to produce a vivid startling effect).
These examples are all valid but certainly not to the exclusion of the plant's
action that is described in the article entitled "Did you see it too?".
The verb transitive described in Webster's should not be ignored (~vt : to
utter with or as if with a scream).  The plant in question definately did 
"utter with a scream" or at least, if you won't accept the application of
Definition 3, did "utter as if with a scream".  I say that the plant screamed.

                                              Dan Pellegrino

                                              ittvax!ittral!pellegri 

P.S. - I already looked-up 'utter'.  It can be used in this context.