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RE: Confusing Doublets, redux
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A few of my favorite pairings (errings?): Bathos/pathos Extant/extent Paramount/tantamount (Is the......
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October 05, 2004 04:38
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Sure. Federals wore blue, Confederates wore grey....
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October 05, 2004 04:32
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From divination to dining: "auspex" is related to the classic trio -- ......
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October 05, 2004 04:13
RE: The Music of Language of Music of..
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Bet the two ideas are related. A large part of speech, and interpretation of what we hear, is hard-......
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October 01, 2004 14:24
The Music of Language of Music of..
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Has this august body ever discussed the idea of cultural linkages -- that music reflects the languag......
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September 30, 2004 09:24
RE: Spell-check Syndrome
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neveu: Excellent note on Portugese to French to English. A case where reality exceeds fiction, if ......
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September 27, 2004 20:06
Spell-check Syndrome
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Is there enough evidence to indict and convict "spell-check," for murdering the language? The NY Ti......
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September 24, 2004 05:13
RE: Bizarre etymologies
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Excellent research on "dupe." The "d" shifts from "du huppe," to become part of the word. Is there......
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September 14, 2004 04:15
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Thanks to wordnerd for another marketing ploy unmasked! The original list is updated. Canola is a ......
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September 05, 2004 20:06
RE: Words from Italian
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The earliest reference I find is to the movie by Fellini (1960). As a footnote from IMDB.com: "Ask......
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September 01, 2004 19:58
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Re-contextification?...
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September 01, 2004 14:56
RE: Words from Italian
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Permit me to differ, wordcrafter. I take a vaguely negative connotation. There is a long way, in t......
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September 01, 2004 09:28
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Likewise, we are fortunate the advertising geniuses (genii?) who used ......
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August 31, 2004 20:44
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Excellent. Marketing euphemisms are red meat to the Wordcraft crowd -- identified and extended. Th......
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August 31, 2004 19:37
RE: Words from Italian
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I am sure our thread-leader has gathered many wonderful contributions from Italian, the mother tongu......
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August 31, 2004 13:55
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To demonstrate the power of the word, I offer a list of old products, whose performance in the marke......
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August 30, 2004 19:43
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Going back to Seanahan's observation -- Surely Michiganders refers to only half the population. Mig......
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August 28, 2004 08:23
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Kalleh: So kind of you. Glad to participate -What time (Eastern)? and How?! Thanks!...
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August 26, 2004 09:36
RE: tipiyokti
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Looking over the (very funny) Dave Barry pieces, I suspect he's taken a hard k as stand-in for all t......
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August 26, 2004 07:53
RE: tipiyokti
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I fumble with ancient experience of an ancient language -- but the "tau upsilon rho, epsilon" form r......
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