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RE: Words of Elections and Voting
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Off the political track (or maybe not, considering the message)... "Gul" recalls the Turkish sayi......
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November 07, 2004 09:46
RE: Words of Elections and Voting
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A deep throat alleges a plot to gerrymander the entire Congress, but that's just so much spin......
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November 05, 2004 04:34
Phonics are Phun
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A phirst grader's class assignment -- phind words with "ch" in the ......
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October 25, 2004 14:58
RE: Customers, Patrons, Passengers, Patients
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If we call those who use the television "viewers," is it too much to hope we may call those who use ......
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October 11, 2004 14:20
What's the angle?
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Ran across an interesting set of "cumber"-related words. I wonder if we must distinguish among them......
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October 07, 2004 10:10
The Music of Language of Music of..
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Has this august body ever discussed the idea of cultural linkages -- that music reflects the languag......
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September 30, 2004 09:24
Spell-check Syndrome
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Is there enough evidence to indict and convict "spell-check," for murdering the language? The NY Ti......
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September 24, 2004 05:13
RE: "New and Improved"
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Thanks to wordnerd for another marketing ploy unmasked! The original list is updated. Canola is a ......
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September 05, 2004 20:06
RE: Ethnic slurs of the Classical Greeks
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kalleh mentions "risus sardonicus," -- a facial muscle spasm most often caused tetanus. I had previ......
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September 03, 2004 04:23
RE: Is there a word for...
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Re-contextification?...
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September 01, 2004 14:56
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Likewise, we are fortunate the advertising geniuses (genii?) who used ......
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August 31, 2004 20:44
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Excellent. Marketing euphemisms are red meat to the Wordcraft crowd -- identified and extended. Th......
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August 31, 2004 19:37
RE: Ethnic slurs of the Classical Greeks
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It is also not impossible, that the marketing person failed to distinguish Spanish accent from Greek......
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August 31, 2004 14:46
"New and Improved"
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To demonstrate the power of the word, I offer a list of old products, whose performance in the marke......
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August 30, 2004 19:43
RE: Ethnic slurs of the Classical Greeks
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...and now we know why Ricardo Montalban was smiling....
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August 30, 2004 12:44
RE: Ethnic slurs of the Classical Greeks
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Not to be confused with Laocoönic......
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August 27, 2004 07:52
RE: Ethnic slurs of the Classical Greeks
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If recollection serves, the Boeotians(from the polis of Platea) were the only Greeks to join the Ath......
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August 24, 2004 07:55
Unusual Word from Newspaper business
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When I can't find a word, I know where to ask... The Village Voice (NY) writes today (8/17) -- "A ......
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August 17, 2004 19:51
Detective Descriptors
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After an excess of youthful television viewing a list arises spontaneously. Namely, detectives in f......
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August 10, 2004 10:37
Unambiguous Ambiguities
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Sometimes there's is just no arguing that a term is ambiguous. I offer "moped." Does that refer to......
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August 05, 2004 12:27
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