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Discussion Topic  RE: Words from Heinlein (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Seanahan
For those of you who have read Heinlein, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Booty" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
The term "booty call" means visiting a person for the sole purpose of having sex....
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Discussion Topic  RE: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I've found that if I am reading poetry aloud, I say the vowels exactly the same. I don't ever recal......
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Discussion Topic  vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I've noticed that when I say "sleep" the vowel is significantly shorter than when I say "deep". The......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Eponyms (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Seanahan
I would imagine the "ch" in Fuchs is the same as in Bach....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Banished Words and Phrases for 2006 (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
What exactly is the problem with Gitmo, and why is it this year it has been added to the list? I pr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: How many words? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
There are pidgins with only a few hundred words which are almost as expressive as a language like En......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Banished Words and Phrases for 2006 (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
I first heard wicked meaning "good" probably about 12 years ago, although it seems to have died down......
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Discussion Topic  RE: words with changed meanings (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
I agree with zmjezhd. It doesn't make sense for a polysemous word to have to have dozens of senses.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: words with changed meanings (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
The words "knight" and "knave" underwent interesting semantic shifts....
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Discussion Topic  Favorite words Website (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Seanahan
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Discussion Topic  RE: How Much of English is Anglo-Saxon? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Can't we just crawl the OED? Which number did you decide you wanted, the percentage of Anglo-Saxon ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: pomace, pumice (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
There are a lot of words in English which appear similar, but come from Latin roots. I'm drawing a ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Toponyms (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Seanahan
Sodom has come to be associated with men, so it is logical that Gomorrah would be associated with wo......
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Poll  RE: syllables question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
You're right, this is a flame war waiting to happen. I can see "fire" and "world" as one or two syl......
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Poll  RE: syllables question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Does anyone really consider "ism" to be a single syllable? Certainly it is shorter than "an-tie" or......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Subject/citizen (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Or even less politically correct, a "Dago-T". People who appear on the TV show "Cops" tend to wear ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Subject/citizen (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oxford entrance exams (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
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