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Floral Terms
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Interesting piece in the Wall Street Journal, on the origins of floral terms. ......
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July 04, 2009 08:07
Inseparable words versus separts
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There are a number of words where the "separated" form is unable to stand alone. For example, while......
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May 27, 2009 18:30
RE: There's a name for THAT?!
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Is "to ravel" the same as "to unravel?" Shades of (in)flammable....
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March 10, 2009 08:10
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For me, one of the great pleasures of words is finding long-lost relatives, stems that have wandered......
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March 08, 2009 10:44
RE: There's a name for THAT?!
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Not to be confused with Bernie Bot's dots (jelly beans of course)... ......
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March 07, 2009 14:43
RE: There's a name for THAT?!
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Oh, and the furry snout of the Schnauzer....
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March 06, 2009 10:54
RE: There's a name for THAT?!
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A footnote or two: Snorkel and snore share an etymology. Nostril shares its origin with thrill and......
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March 06, 2009 10:51
RE: Words of Emotion
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From etymonline we read: nymphomania 1775, in Eng. translation of "Nymphomania, or a Dissertation Co......
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January 23, 2009 11:08
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Etymological geography, or, if you prefer, geographical etymology: ......
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January 14, 2009 09:48
RE: Miscellaneous Words
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zmježd: A young nephew stayed over not so long ago; had NO idea how to use the BellLabs rotary phon......
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December 30, 2008 07:38
RE: Miscellaneous Words
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Back in the day, computer paper came in continous folded sheets with holes on the edges. Pages were......
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December 28, 2008 19:22
Parseltongue
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J K Rowling calls the speech of snakes "Parseltongue." Any thoughts on the etymology? From etymonl......
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November 04, 2008 17:27
RE: Learning New Words
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Sound rather like flat screen TV, where signals illuminate pixels. This takes the next step and mak......
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September 14, 2008 20:19
Collective opinion
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This being my best source of word wisdom, I ask the collective opinion. Is it good construction, is......
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September 12, 2008 07:46
RE: Learning New Words
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...and a relative of the pelota from jai alai and Mesoamerican ballgames (without the human sacrific......
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September 10, 2008 05:50
RE: Movie Numbers
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Is Wordcraft covered, in case a thread like this induces a certain...mania in members? I'm beginnin......
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September 08, 2008 18:32
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September 07, 2008 04:57
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Alas, the numbers continue to demand attention, just as in the Jim Carey flick "23." Then there's t......
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September 06, 2008 19:27
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Valentine's fraction reminds me to include 9 1/2 Weeks. Does this mean we've leapt from integers ......
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September 04, 2008 12:05
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Over at Vocabulary the "Terms with Numbers" thread inspired a thought about movie numbers (that is "......
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