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OT and OFF LIST - Re: [at-l] Alabama Pinhoti Trail Funding -SouthernExtension to FL



Hey, I use that word. Maybe we should start a club. The post wasn't off-list
though. :-P

<redhead@hack.net> said:

> It's been pointed out to me in three private emails TEN minutes after
posting
> something that "real people" do not use "albeit" in casual conversation.
My
> response was -who say's I'm "real"? ;) But as I work my way thru the
posts, it
> cracked me up that someone else on the list used this word apparently much
> unused word - and vindicated me that it had a meaning and a purpose :) I
was
> told that it is much used in writing but not relevant to conversation
mode.
> Well - I found it pretty damn handy for what I meant to say. I assume you
did
> too :)
>
> Red
>
> Quoting Nickerson <nickpvb@bellsouth.net>:
>
> > I heard that Talladaga NF had some nice, albeit infrequently used
> > trails, would this be part of the route?
> >
> > Mark Nickerson