Entry: sympatico (adj.)
In context: "'So we're sympatico on the gradual and subtle but inexorable disarmament and dissolute of NATO as a system of mutual-defense agreements.'"
Definition: Did Wallace mean simpatico? Sympatico isn't found in the OED, though it is listed as an acceptable variant spelling in Scrabble.
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Page: 385
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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Bell Internet, originally and frequently still called Sympatico, is the residential Internet service provider (ISP) division of Bell Canada. As of May 3, 2012, Bell Internet has over 3 million subscribers in Ontario and Quebec, making it the largest ISP in Canada. ---- Wikipedia
ReplyDeletePerhaps Canuckophile JFW transliterated here
Maybe. I'm still going to go with sympatico as a variant spelling from another, non-OED dictionary, but your suggestion is interesting. (Also: I remember Sympatico the ISP :))
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