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Literature | Nimini Pimini Affected simplicity. Lady Emily, in the Heiress, tells Miss Alscrip the way to acquire the paphian Mimp is to stand before a glass and keep pronouncing nimini pimini. "The lips cannot fail to take the right plie." (General Burgoyne, iii. 2.) This conceit has been borrowed by Charles Dickens in his Little Dorrit, where Mrs. General tells Amy Dorrit- "Papa gives a pretty form to the lips. Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes, and prism. You will find it serviceable if you say to yourself on entering a room, Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes, and prism, prunes and prism. " Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 49 4D 49 4E 49 50 49 4D 49 4E 49 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01001001 01001101 01001001 01001110 01001001 00100000 01010000 01001001 01001101 01001001 01001110 01001001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N I M I N I   P I M I N I |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0049 004D 0049 004E 0049 0050 0049 004D 0049 004E 0049 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4843474348432504347434843 |
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