Thanks, Max, Doug. A sly hint it is. I'll settle for conjoining. Originally the sixth line was just 'afterwards' but the hint was too buried.
Bill
> On 5 Feb 2014, at 7:28 am, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> On 05/02/2014, at 7:15 AM, Bill Wootton wrote:
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>> Afterspark report
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>> Fire in Hurstbridge
>> she said blankly
>> staring
>> at her iphone screen
>> reached for in bed
>> post conjoinment
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>> oh it's ok
>> it's been contained
> neat compact telling of one of those fire-season moments in Victoria and elsewhere…
> but:
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> Is 'conjoinment' a word?
> A Product of Evolution asked 2 years ago
> Coming from the word 'conjoined'.
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> Ms. Worth answered 2 years ago
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> I don't think it's a very good word -- even if the reader would know what you mean.
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> If you need a noun form from the word "conjoined," maybe it would be better to use the gerund "conjoining."
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> Is it a sly hint in the direction of 'coition'?
> post-cooital?
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