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RE: Varieties of Written Works
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The bonus word, 'entwicklungsroman,' has one each, of the ......
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August 13, 2004 21:21
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Kudos to kat! (With apologies -- less of an orthographic wrench than 'Cudos to cat') The list is u......
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August 11, 2004 15:25
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Thanks arnie. I meant to credit you for new descriptors, and aput for names. List updated accordin......
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August 11, 2004 08:58
RE: Varieties of Written Works
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There is a category at the extreme end - the ......
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August 11, 2004 08:45
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Updated list credits Hic and Arnie for their identifications and additions. Arnie remembers even mo......
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August 11, 2004 05:52
RE: Detective Descriptors
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Hic et ubique is right on the mark. I in turn would hazard that Arnie's elderly detective was Barna......
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August 10, 2004 19:39
Detective Descriptors
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After an excess of youthful television viewing a list arises spontaneously. Namely, detectives in f......
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August 10, 2004 10:37
Unambiguous Ambiguities
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Sometimes there's is just no arguing that a term is ambiguous. I offer "moped." Does that refer to......
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August 05, 2004 12:27
RE: Varieties of Written Works
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wordcrafter Not unlike the ketchup slogan, I await more varieties. Here of course for written works......
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August 04, 2004 12:32
RE: Terms of Illogic
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Thanks, wordcrafter, for triggering an old memory. Two words came to mind when I saw amphiboly. ("......
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June 23, 2004 06:24
RE: Swords
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Despite the initial admonition, I hope wordcrafter will indulge an interesting passage on foil/epee/......
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June 21, 2004 13:33
RE: Swords
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If I may turn the conversation to playing cards, we derive "spade" from the Greek sword... Spade (2......
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June 17, 2004 13:09
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I've never liked the term "virtual reality," on the belief that "reality" ought not take modifiers. ......
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June 15, 2004 10:03
RE: The body, especially joints
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Any chance that "blype" is related to "bleb?" The latter covers the idea of a blister, or more por......
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June 05, 2004 10:03
RE: The body, especially joints
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A Suitor of rare acromion Wooed a lady of beauty anthemion So great was the praise Of his scapular w......
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June 04, 2004 14:30
RE: The body, especially joints
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I presume our goal is rare or interesting words from an external perspective, before the medical pro......
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June 04, 2004 09:24
RE: The body, especially joints
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Wordcrafter has focused us on joints, but alas other words rise unbidden -- The ......
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June 03, 2004 04:06
Repetitiously Redundant
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Or....periphrastically pleonastic. Or....circumlocutory prolixity. When my little guy asked "what d......
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May 24, 2004 13:12
RE: "Dutch" phrases
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Nice correlation, markmywords.. I suspect that human nature always makes the next-country-over to s......
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May 22, 2004 11:23
RE: "Dutch" phrases
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Thank you for starting the thread -- The one on Securities Markets was already morphing into this, f......
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