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RE: I'll do that for you!
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Doubt that auceps used equus... But in "Jeremiah Johnson," old trapper shows Robert Redford how to......
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October 12, 2004 08:30
RE: What's the angle?
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Great additions, shufitz! Of course, "incumbent" reminds me of entrenched representatives in Congre......
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October 11, 2004 19:36
RE: What's the angle?
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Use the imagination, neveu. Succumbent - Submissive; yielding. More likely, "dirty if done right."...
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October 07, 2004 15:17
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
RE: Join/conjoined
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Sure. Federals wore blue, Confederates wore grey....
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October 05, 2004 04:32
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
RE: Spell-check Syndrome
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neveu: Excellent note on Portugese to French to English. A case where reality exceeds fiction, if ......
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September 27, 2004 20:06
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: Is there a word for...
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Re-contextification?...
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September 01, 2004 14:56
"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: Oxonian
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Going back to Seanahan's observation -- Surely Michiganders refers to only half the population. Mig......
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August 28, 2004 08:23
RE: Things that aren't poems...
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"One wonders what the whistling wind Will bring us on the morrow Such sweet success as ever sinned O......
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August 28, 2004 08:08
RE: Things that aren't poems...
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Thanks to BobHale for his patience -- I take his point about the current focus being on form "automa......
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August 27, 2004 12:59
RE: Things that aren't poems...
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If evocation is the key characteristic of poetry, then I offer Donne's prose sermon: "It comes equa......
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August 27, 2004 10:53
RE: Oxonian
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Asa begins what might become a fine flood of Greek humor. To staunch the flow, I confess the refere......
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August 20, 2004 05:00
RE: Oxonian
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PS: Anyone interested in the Cleopatra joke involving Greek surnames may inquire by private message......
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August 19, 2004 07:22
RE: Oxonian
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We often see "ite" as a place identifier -- Brooklynite and Manhattanite. Of course with my own sur......
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August 19, 2004 07:20
RE: Japanese prefectures
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I've spent a fair amount of time lost in Tokyo. My shame at that waste is lessened by the difficult......
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August 17, 2004 20:36
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
RE: The Color of Words
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“The colours red, blue and green are real. The colour yellow is a mystical experience shared by ever......
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