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Discussion Topic  Viral Language (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Has Wordcraft ever had a discussion of "viral language?" By that I mean the differences among (i) a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Diacritical Marks (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
There is an interesting list of many punctuation marks with origins at: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Diacritical Marks (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
First, my thanks to all the kind folks for their welcome to Wordcraft... I've continued to follow l......
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Discussion Topic  Diacritical Marks (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Interesting notes this week on printers' marks. Anyone know the name for the small circle above a v......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A question that has me stumped (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
We forget how hard life was for our ancestors, how the plague inspired "ring around the roses" It's ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A question that has me stumped (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Guess I'm just lucky with food... ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A question that has me stumped (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
The flock-passing-smoke / transience is most likely, but I instinctively went to smoked-goose......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Untranslatable (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
In re-expressing an idea from one language to another, the mapping may never be exact. The human ey......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Untranslatable (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Quite right goofy. Even with aliens, our space ventures have sought common ground in mathematical c......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Untranslatable (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
No indulgence? OK then, proofreader. Looks like you're stuck with "A bit above a pain in the buttoc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Untranslatable (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Hey guys, you want just ONE word, you gotta let me derive an etymology that includes the phrase "and......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Untranslatable (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
If you will accept a word with the right metaphorical sense, perhaps "gomukhasana..." ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Untranslatable (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
To goofy -- It is always possible to find at least an approximate translation between two languages.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ghost words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Just as we explore the idea of word ghosts, and cultural memories, it seems xkcd got the same feelin......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Untranslatable (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
No words are truly "untranslatable" as in entirely impossible to map to another language/culture/sys......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Untranslatable (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Speaking of reviving old threads: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ghost words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Actually still on point, proofreader... Amusing to note which things, though non-functional, give p......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ghost words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Perhaps so, Proofreader. On the other hand, boomboxes got really big, physically, in the 1980s. An......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ghost words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
By the way - none of the under-30 crowd wear watches anymore. It's on their phone-pad-laptop. But e......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ghost words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Had occasion this weekend to rent a car. As noted earlier, there was a cylindrical socket for charg......
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