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[jack]

[1]: I wasn't sure if I could get away with "conundra" but it felt right in context. I looked it up on etymonline (was it you, pippa, or you, vyvyan who linked me to that? either way I love both of you :)), and found:

1596, Oxford University slang for "pedant," also "whim," etc., later (1790) "riddle, puzzle," also spelled quonundrum; the sort of ponderous pseudo-Latin word that was once the height of humor in learned circles.

So I think I'm justified in using a plural as pretentious as I can contrive, hah :)

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[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

LOL. I thought I'd had them the other way round, but this *ought* to make sense -- this post chronologically later than the other one, it's just higher up because lj sorts like that in most views.

Sometimes headnotes would make sense (though I don't know if I've ever seen it), eg. if they provide useful information devoid of context but you also may need to refer back to them, like a combination glossary/footnotes.