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Discussion Topic  RE: The world's funniest joke? (in Wordplay) by Seanahan
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Discussion Topic  RE: -ness, -osity, etc (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
The Daily Show did a bit with the scandalous suffic "gate", implying it went back for quite some tim......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Wherefore why? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
dictionary.com has a secondary meaning of wherefore as "therefore". I take the line to mean, "Why d......
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Discussion Topic  RE: -ness, -osity, etc (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Honestly, I'm not sure of the source of that, I'll have to try and track it down. From what I under......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Old-fashioned Euphemisms (in Wordplay) by Seanahan
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Discussion Topic  RE: -ness, -osity, etc (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
There are many strange artifacts in English similar to this Cat. For example, I was rereading a Ste......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Old-fashioned Euphemisms (in Wordplay) by Seanahan
Kalleh, I've heard "spare the rod and spoil the child" quite a few times, although I can't seem to r......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
If I heard someone say "desperately sorry" I would almost interpret this as sarcasm. Of course, Bri......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Well-meaning but incorrect grammar "rules" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Often you will hear the concept of a Universal Grammar. That is the idea that our brains are hardwi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Well-meaning but incorrect grammar "rules" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
So, I would never say "There is none left", however, I would certainly say "There's none left", whic......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Well-meaning but incorrect grammar "rules" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I don't like I would ever say "none is left", that sounds terribly ungrammatical to me, while "none ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: 2005 Mensa Invitational Winners (in Wordplay) by Seanahan
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Discussion Topic  RE: Kissing a fool: chiasmus (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
From the Daily Show tonight, "George Bush declined to speak for the NAACP for five years in a row, d......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Yet more PC nonsense (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
After 9/11, a certain radio company, which will remain nameless, banned an absurd list of songs, one......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What's the word for....? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I was going from homo = same, logos = word, but that didn't really capture it. What I was going for......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What's the word for....? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
My initial gut feeling is homologue(homolog)?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Kissing a fool: chiasmus (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I'm not quite sure how that fits into the category of Chiasmus, but then again, I don't quite get an......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Kissing a fool: chiasmus (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Found this great site ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Kissing a fool: chiasmus (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
No Kalleh, I'm afraid not. That is the old classic example of Chiasmus, which I learned junior year......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotations (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
Close, but it was actually said by Churchill. That isn't even my favorite Churchill quote. "Mr. Ch......
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