At 12:59 PM 11/5/96 +0000, Krista Perry wrote:

On November 5th, Sebastian wrote:

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:      Cologne seethed.  She longed to reach out and break the
: girls neck with a flick of her finger.  All the numerous and
: divers ways to kill a person, both painlessly and... not so... :
flashed through her mind.

What, divers have techniques to painlessly or otherwise kill
people?  I never thought you could even *do* martial arts in those
neoprene suits and with tanks on your back, too.  On the other hand,
if you filed those plastic flippers on the feet to have a *really
sharp edge*...

        *giggle*

Har de har har. ^_^ I'll have you know that the _Webster's New
World College Dictionary_ defines the word "divers" as the
following: adj.  1)several; various   2)(Archaic) diverse. 
Either definition will fit here.  I *like* this word.  I don't
want to change it, but since I've already been called on it
*twice* now...  Ah well.  Let me think about it.  In the
meantime, for those of you who *don't* like this word, just stick an
"e" on the end and pretend it's "diverse." ^_^

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        I would support Krista on this.  _The American Heritage
Dictionary (2nd College Edition)_ defines "divers" as: adj. Various;
sundry.  "Diverse" is defined as: adj. 1)Distinct in kind; unlike.
2)Having variety in form; diversified.  [Hey, I thought you weren't
supposed to use the word to define itself!]

        Anyhow, she could use either one.  BTW, the two words
are not pronounced the same.  Actually, I'm not sure how you
pronounce "divers" since I never bothered learning how to use
the pronunciation key in my dictionary.

Venkarel
(who just learned a new word today...at least she won't be marking
it as a spelling error/typo anymore)