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Discussion Topic  RE: Vergangenheitsbewältigung (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: Vergangenheitsbewältigung (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
To anticipate a complaint: yes these words have spaces and German compounds do not. But that is a co......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Vergangenheitsbewältigung (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: From NBC News (in Potpourri) by goofy
I see nothing objectionable about “keep a close eye on” meaning “watch carefully”....
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Discussion Topic  RE: From NBC News (in Potpourri) by goofy
It’s figurative I think it’s OED 19. a. Of examination, attention, etc.: Directed strictly and close......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Vergangenheitsbewältigung (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
A portmanteau is a blend, like "frumious" from "furious" and "fuming". I'd say German is good at mak......
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Discussion Topic  RE: graffito (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
Yeah but McLuhan said a lot of nonsense. I mean “By phonemic trans-formation into visual terms, the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: graffito (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
If I ever said that it was wrong to say something was right or wrong, then maybe I was wrong. Logica......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Vergangenheitsbewältigung (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
Vergangenheit: past (vergehen to pass) Bewältigung: coping (bewältigen to cope)...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Never quiet (in Potpourri) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: Never quiet (in Potpourri) by goofy
Kalleh, how is Spanish pronunciation more logical than English pronunciation? There are a bunch of ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: graffito (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: graffito (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
In Italian graffiti is the plural of graffito “scratch”. In the English of most North Americans tod......
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Discussion Topic  RE: metanalysis (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
The OED Online defines them thus: mondegreen A misunderstood or misinterpreted word or phrase resul......
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Discussion Topic  RE: metanalysis (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
You're right, they are similar. But metanalysis results in the word's sound changing. Mondegreen is ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words with Friends (in The Written Word) by goofy
The problem with games like this is that you can spam the engine - play a bunch of random letters un......
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Discussion Topic  RE: metanalysis (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofy
I think the most important difference between metanalysis and mondegreen is that metanalysis changes......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Never quiet (in Potpourri) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: Never quiet (in Potpourri) by goofy
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Discussion Topic  RE: another apostrophe catastrophe (in The Written Word) by goofy
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