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Discussion Topic  RE: Taskmaster (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Sports has a rich vernacular, but even amongst the announcers, they tend not to use "big" words. Co......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Old-fashioned Euphemisms (in Wordplay) by Seanahan
Kalleh, I've heard "spare the rod and spoil the child" quite a few times, although I can't seem to r......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Well-meaning but incorrect grammar "rules" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Often you will hear the concept of a Universal Grammar. That is the idea that our brains are hardwi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Shall/Should (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I'd say those are some of the most complicated usage notes I've ever read on dictionary.com, illustr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Well-meaning but incorrect grammar "rules" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
So, I would never say "There is none left", however, I would certainly say "There's none left", whic......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Well-meaning but incorrect grammar "rules" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I don't like I would ever say "none is left", that sounds terribly ungrammatical to me, while "none ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: 2005 Mensa Invitational Winners (in Wordplay) by Seanahan
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Discussion Topic  RE: Kissing a fool: chiasmus (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
From the Daily Show tonight, "George Bush declined to speak for the NAACP for five years in a row, d......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A poem question (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
I'm just too good for this world. I usually pick up on subtle racial insults, to the sense that I h......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Harry Potter - alliteration (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
If one were to randomly pick names, one would have 1 in 26 chance of alliteration. Obviously, there......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A poem question (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
Well, I read it 3 times, and it is pretty short, so it is very open. However, my interpretation was......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Why cor yo spake proper loik we? (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
I interpreted #4 as something Cartman would on South Park, for those who don't get the reference, "S......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Innovation (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
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Discussion Topic  RE: Innovation (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Innovative is almost always an improvement on something. However, it is hard to come up with someth......
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Discussion Topic  RE: unbridled (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
That's classic, in the sense that I will never stop laughing when I hear that....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Rhetorical Device (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Is seems a bit like irony, as simple as that sounds. The definition of irony is, as sung brilliantl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Kissing a fool: chiasmus (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I'm not quite sure how that fits into the category of Chiasmus, but then again, I don't quite get an......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Kissing a fool: chiasmus (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Found this great site ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Kissing a fool: chiasmus (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
No Kalleh, I'm afraid not. That is the old classic example of Chiasmus, which I learned junior year......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Reading the Signs (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
I think there is a subtle difference in intonation when saying that, to make it distinguishable. I'......
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