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Discussion Topic  RE: "less than enamored" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
The usage is called litotes. It uses the negative of one sense to mean the opposite: no fool, no slo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A self-contradictory word (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
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Discussion Topic  RE: A theory on "theory" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
In science a theory is a ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lerning to spel is crewshul (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Irish is the only language I can think of where there's been a big reform of the spelling. It's also......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lerning to spel is crewshul (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Lerning to spell may be important, but getting the reesons rite is too. Changing dubble consonants t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Back-to-front words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
The Greek is a palindrome: PS is the letter psi....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Odd fruits (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I believe a cantaloupe is also called a rock melon....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spam, Beyssian filters and word-salad (in The Written Word) by aput
The way to avoid the word-salad on the Web is (for now) surprisingly simple. All those spam pages ar......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Laauhuahua (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Mostly diacritics indicate some differing pronunciation, but not always. The circumflex in French is......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Laauhuahua (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I haven't an answer, but I'll point out there are probably more consonants in some of those words: t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Everyday (in Potpourri) by aput
When I do Web-hit tests I sometimes rerun them to eliminate what seem to be biases in the top result......
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Poll  RE: 'concrete' - pronunciation? regional? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Initial stress only, though I have free variation between CON- and CONG-. I've never heard con-CRETE......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Everyday (in Potpourri) by aput
I agree entirely that they're distinct; and a literate person should feel the difference as they wou......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Foundering (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Those metaphors aren't quite dead yet. I've got an image of the M.V. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Tree or Three? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
English [t] is alveolar, with the tip of the tongue against the alveolar ridge just behind the teeth......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Tree or Three? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Old Irish had the [θ] sound, but in Modern Irish it's become [h]. I'm not exactly sure of Scot......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Vive la difference! (in Potpourri) by aput
In fact, without looking down at your ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Boss and Bossy (the cow) (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
The Greek is brought in for its articles: masculine ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Boss and Bossy (the cow) (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
And which is original, Bosporus or Bosphorus? I've never managed to work it out; both make sense, an......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Motile vs. Mobile (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I think of 'motile' as referring to things like flagella and cilia that can move in place, either to......
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