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#1 2007-07-01 13:16:46

Peter Forster
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From: UK
Registered: 2006-09-06
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"fastenated" for "fascinated"

fascinated – 15,100,000 ghits
fastenated – 200 ghits

Yes, I know it could be no more than poor spelling, but somehow it seems some folk have heard ’ fascinated’ and assumed it was about being being held fast by or upon the object of enthrallment. It’s an interesting alternative etymology to the more correct (?) but, for me at least, uncomfortable ‘fasces’ or symbol of power from which ‘fascism’ springs.

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It painted pictures in the mind and fastenated my senses. For those interested in in the Harry Potter series it is a must read. ...
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I was 8 and 9 years old when it aired and like many other posters here I don’t remember a lot of detail but I remember how terrified and fastenated at the …
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I am soo fastenated by bats and vampires. I have a strong belief in God. I have never been kissed. I have never been on a date. I am scared of relationships …
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Even parents and old fat people are fastenated by this gun’s power and accuracy. Tnis gun has enough power to draw blood at 15ft, hurt up to 70, ...
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