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Discussion Topic  RE: A brief study of letter frequency in English (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I would think a better judge would be a corpus of English text. The letter "e" may not be the most ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Rap words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
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Discussion Topic  RE: Vocabulary Quiz (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
I got around 117,000, but I think that number is, to put it bluntly, crap. Many of the words were p......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronouncing the "T" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
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Discussion Topic  RE: squirrel dancing (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
I see nothing inherently wrong with dwarf tossing, as long as it is consensual....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Tom Swifties revisited (in Wordplay) by Seanahan
"If only I had 24 more hours", Tom said lackadaisically....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Tom Swifties revisited (in Wordplay) by Seanahan
I apologize in advance. "Ouch, she just kicked me in the balls", Tom said testily....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Simpsons (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
A couple from memory ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Playing the piano (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I use "I play the trumpet" more frequently than "I play trumpet", but find both acceptable....
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Discussion Topic  RE: The two crack test (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Before Kalleh's suggestion, I thought something like the butt crack and cleavage, but felt too bashf......
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Discussion Topic  RE: THREADS (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I have to say that "threads" sounds pretty dated to me....
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Poll  RE: Ceramist (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
One interesting word that might be of relevance is "robotics", since we can track what the date of o......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Immoral 'blue' (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Actually, the OED says "to talk a blue streak", meaning a constant stream of words, so "to swear a b......
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Discussion Topic  RE: regolith (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
OED says it is erroneous from the Greek word for rug/blanket, plus the suffix lith. Apparently coin......
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Discussion Topic  RE: table vs table (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Someone (an American) at my office (in America) said "I'd like to table such and such a restaurant".......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A good day yesterday (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
I enjoyed ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Chinglish (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
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Discussion Topic  RE: Innovation (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
In general, WordNet synonym sets are accurate. As an ontology, it is fairly accurate. I don't know......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Innovation (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Tinman, despite my rather extensive experience with WordNet, I'm not certain that I trust it as a s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Onboarding (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I consider this no worse than "deplaning", which assumes that "planing" means "to board a plane". I......
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