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Alpabet SOOP? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan In Latin, Jehovah is spelled with an I. Indiana Jones memories from this thread, anyone?... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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refugee (in Potpourri) by SeanahanThat definition is completely different from what the word actually means. However, in government, ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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I have a dream speech (in The Written Word) by SeanahanKalleh, perhaps it is a reference to Shakespeare, in Richard III, "Now is the winter of our disconte...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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So seductive, but false... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by SeanahanYou have no idea how often embarazada came up in my high school spanish class. Hilarious, every tim...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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So seductive, but false... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by SeanahanI came across this one just now. Genie is from the English Geny, from the French, Genie, from the L...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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refugee (in Potpourri) by SeanahanI'm estimating here, but I would say there are almost a billion people worldwide who live on a dolla...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri A discussion today (in Potpourri) by SeanahanI was at lunch with my co-workers, and the topic of science came up. I made a comment about how dur...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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So seductive, but false... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by SeanahanIs there some possibility that their is a relationship between scura and scutiger in PIE? Obviously...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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refugee (in Potpourri) by SeanahanI meant elicit, and just typed the wrong word. My pronunciation of elicit is pretty close to illici...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Pairs of letters (in Wordplay) by SeanahanI wrote a computer program in about 10 minutes. Then I spent 15 minutes tracking down a file which ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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refugee (in Potpourri) by SeanahanWell, they're seeking refuge, and that makes them refugees to me, and it is the word I've used to de...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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'credulity' (in Questions & Answers about Words) by SeanahanDo people talk about "hoovering" mostly in England? I've never heard that term before in America.... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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What can I do you for? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by SeanahanIt started off as a sexual innuendo, and now is just a whimsical way of saying the very common "what...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Something's wroughten here (in Questions & Answers about Words) by SeanahanDid some checking, and the only remnants of the rule I can find are: Bring/Brought Buy/Sought (Edit...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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blankie (in Potpourri) by SeanahanOf course! A blankie is a blanket, except has special emotional attachment for a child. Often it i...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Pairs of letters (in Wordplay) by SeanahanI found "deeded", and that is the only one I can find of any higher order. How about words where ea...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Pairs of letters (in Wordplay) by SeanahanI cheated, and wrote a computer program to do the work for me. Here are a couple of results from a ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Something's wroughten here (in Questions & Answers about Words) by SeanahanIn America, we would say "wreak havoc", not "wrought havoc", although the latter isn't unheard of, e...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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'credulity' (in Questions & Answers about Words) by SeanahanThat is odd. I think I may have heard the lend/barrow confusion once or twice in vernacular speech ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Something's wroughten here (in Questions & Answers about Words) by SeanahanBring/brought Teach/taught Work/wraught This was a fairly productive rule in Old(?) English.... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words | » Refine Search » New Search |
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