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by Joske Vermeule, September 1
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<Pedant Mode=On> But aren't they Monodies rather than Threnodies? </Pedant> Both, I think. A monody was originally any verse spoken by a single voice (rather than a chorus) in Greek drama, but has come to mean a piece of poetry specifically mourning the death of an individual. Threnody ("wailing ode") is more generally a hymn or poem of mourning. Most monodies are also threnodies, but not necessarily vice versa. Far be it from me to play the arch-pedant, but since what is being mourned is the era of the four-seater (though Thribb in all his guises above uses synechdoche to reduce this to an individual car) then threnody is probably more appropriate in this instance  But then again, I'm a mere engineering grad rather than any kind of Eng Lit person, so I might have that very wrong... Whatever they are, they are not Memoranda. Ian (always in pedant mode)
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To paraphrase Mr Cameron.............
The Four Seater was the future
Once..............
DaveW
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Oi !
What's all this about 4 seater good looking ugly
I think they look pretty cool
Just a bit of a swine to put up and take down, unless you have a post 2006 model
2008 XXVII Platform, Bugatti Blue Roadster 4 Seater
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Oi !
What's all this about 4 seater good looking ugly
I think they look pretty cool
Just a bit of a swine to put up and take down, unless you have a post 2006 model Can't have been any worse than the pop up gazebo we use for the show we did on Sunday that turned into a pooped up gazebo as it collapsed in a bit of a similar vein to the Twin Towers at the end of the afternoon. Needless to say it didn't get packed up...
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Learner Plates Off!
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Whatever they are, they are not Memoranda.
Ian (always in pedant mode)
An old friend, called Miranda, once explained that her name was a Latin gerundive, "she who is to be admired." Another friend, a Classics scholar, pointed out that instead of the feminine singular form, her name could also be the neuter plural, meaning "things to be wondered at."
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Pedants seem to have such fun!
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Pedants seem to have such fun! I always wondered why until I began to realise where ladies pendants spend so much of their time.... 
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Me again, not too sure how much i should say? i never liked the look of the 4 seater so not at all sorry for the (possible) demise. If ones circumstance needs a 4 seater there are, surely much better alternatives?
Ken A.
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Plus 8 1994 Dark Green (prev)
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Ken been a Morgan man most of my driving life,so when the kiddies came along had no problem in switching to a 4 seater during their growing years.Now back to a 2 seater.There is no alternative.
.+8 Now gone for a 1800 4/4. Duratec in bright yellow.
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If ones circumstance needs a 4 seater there are, surely much better alternatives? If ones circumstances require a 2 seater there are much better alternatives to the Morgan 
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