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Discussion Topic  Irregularity (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Why do some words take "ir" and others "un?" Is it mere euphony? As in -- "Unlike the regular army,......
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Discussion Topic  No good deed goes... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Transcript of a news program: "For it did not merely serve to impune the morality..." Did the comme......
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Discussion Topic  The Greeks... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
There is a saying, "the Greeks had a word for it..." Is that an unattributable folk expression, or ......
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Discussion Topic  In sheep's clothing (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
In a prior post we discussed language-as-virus, independent of its host. For example, Korean and Tu......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Voluptuous Words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
The German umlaut serves the same purpose, as when Zuerich becomes Zürich. (Not to be confused with......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Voluptuous Words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
You are correct. And I, claiming innocent ignorance (or ignorant innocence), clipped-and-pasted the......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Voluptuous Words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Or an illusory Elysian allusion. Or an.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Voluptuous Words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Outstanding distinctions, z... Interesting side light. Following your url on elision (loss of a sou......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Voluptuous Words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
To zmjezhd, yes, we stray into byways of words. But that's how we get to such delights as succulent......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Voluptuous Words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Close in evocation, if not actual etymology. Succubus from Latin "succuba," prostitute, itself from......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Voluptuous Words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Asa: Another fine ...ent word. Perhaps with your indulgence we might reverse the thought: Among t......
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Discussion Topic  Voluptuous Words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Enjoyed a word from an article mourning the passing of French philosopher and gastronome Jean-Franco......
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Discussion Topic  Monumental (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
There are innumerable memorials in the (US) District of Columbia, but I've only seen two monuments -......
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Discussion Topic  RE: hardball v fastball (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
I recall a movie where the bad guys threaten a newspaper editor, saying that they'll "play hardball.......
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Discussion Topic  Animalia (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Having collected a number of animal words, and seeking a source for more, I naturally reverted here ......
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Discussion Topic  The Tangled Web (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Sunday (NY) Times magazine had an article on lying, with the interesting assertion: "English has 11......
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Discussion Topic  Are There Untranslatable Word Games? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
A chance inquiry intersects with a Vocabulary thread, to yield the captioned question. Wordcrafter ......
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Discussion Topic  Sincerest Form of Flattery (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
A family "discussion" has arisen. Since the issue involves words and shades of meaning, I of course ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Waters of the World (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Perhaps we can lay the difficulty on the Greeks. "Limnos" means pool, and lends itself to a Greek s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Waters of the World (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Tracing the Latin palus, for marsh, I found ......
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