"John Kuthe" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 8 May 2014 06:04:04 -0700, "Pico Rico" >
> wrote:
>
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>>"Timo" > wrote in message
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>>> On Thursday, May 8, 2014 7:46:13 PM UTC+10, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> I am watching Lidia Bastianich and this is the 2nd time I have heard
>>>> her
>>>> say
>>>> this. She is making a soup and she says that she adds (whatever it
>>>> is)
>>>> to
>>>> densen to the soup. I think she means thicken. Perhaps it is a lack
>>>> of
>>>> knowledge of the English language? I've just never heard the word
>>>> before
>>>> and it's not in the dictionary.
>>>
>>> Thick -> thicken
>>> Dense -> densen
>>>
>>> Dense and thick are synonyms for the relevant meanings of dense and
>>> thick.
>>> "Densen" isn't regular English, but is constructed sensibly.
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>>
>>I find it in the Merriam Webster on line dictionary.
>>
>>oh, wait - the OP was Julie - why did anyone respond?
>>
>
> Because they are civil sane people?
>

no, that's not it.