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RE: Ethnic slurs of the Classical Greeks
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It is also not impossible, that the marketing person failed to distinguish Spanish accent from Greek......
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August 31, 2004 14:46
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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
"New and Improved"
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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
RE: Ethnic slurs of the Classical Greeks
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...and now we know why Ricardo Montalban was smiling....
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August 30, 2004 12:44
RE: Things that aren't poems...
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"One wonders what the whistling wind Will bring us on the morrow Such sweet success as ever sinned O......
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August 28, 2004 08:08
RE: Things that aren't poems...
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Thanks to BobHale for his patience -- I take his point about the current focus being on form "automa......
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August 27, 2004 12:59
RE: Things that aren't poems...
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If evocation is the key characteristic of poetry, then I offer Donne's prose sermon: "It comes equa......
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August 27, 2004 10:53
RE: Ethnic slurs of the Classical Greeks
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Not to be confused with Laocoönic......
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August 27, 2004 07:52
RE: Ethnic slurs of the Classical Greeks
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If recollection serves, the Boeotians(from the polis of Platea) were the only Greeks to join the Ath......
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August 24, 2004 07:55
RE: Pronunciation of "schadenfreude"
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Well, it's an interesting question, shufitz. I'VE always pronounced "bitter envy..."...
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August 18, 2004 13:04
Unusual Word from Newspaper business
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When I can't find a word, I know where to ask... The Village Voice (NY) writes today (8/17) -- "A ......
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August 17, 2004 19:51
RE: Varieties of Written Works
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Pace Seanahan, not all science fiction is thoughtful. I believe we can make sharp contrast between,......
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August 16, 2004 10:28
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
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
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: Interesting Etymologies
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I ask wordcrafter's indulgence for resurrecting a dormant thread, but bumping into "interesting etym......
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July 09, 2004 18:33
RE: Terms from Mathematics
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Wordcrafter's new entry "iff" sent me back to "Symbolic Logic" by I. M. Copi (MacMillan, 1967). Mem......
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July 08, 2004 09:08
RE: Terms from Mathematics
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I wonder, is a circular argument as bad as a circular definition? I recall something from Jonson, "......
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July 01, 2004 07:16
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