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Discussion Topic  RE: Well-meaning but incorrect grammar "rules" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by museamuse
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Discussion Topic  RE: Language-creation by metaphor (in Questions & Answers about Words) by museamuse
That reply made me turn green with envy! I could talk myself blue in the face before coming up with ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Language-creation by metaphor (in Questions & Answers about Words) by museamuse
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Discussion Topic  RE: Language-creation by metaphor (in Questions & Answers about Words) by museamuse
"The dreamwork of language". That's just one of the things metaphors have been called. One thing tha......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Rhetorical Device (in Questions & Answers about Words) by museamuse
Although I did a little research, I haven't been able to find a clearly worded rule. I'll give it a ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Rhetorical Device (in Questions & Answers about Words) by museamuse
Kalleh, the link aput has provided takes us to the entry 'anapodoton' and the term 'anantapodoton' i......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Back-to-front words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by museamuse
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Discussion Topic  RE: Odd fruits (in Questions & Answers about Words) by museamuse
I was reading about exotic fruits. The kiwi has become a standby, and the papaya and mango are somew......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Help! I need a word! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by museamuse
Thanks for your help everyone! I've just finished editing this monster of a book and am now heaving ......
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Discussion Topic  Help! I need a word! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by museamuse
Hello everyone! (A hand emerges from the piles of translations under which museamuse is buried and w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by museamuse
That's highly unusual, Richard. They must have thought you were a dumb tourist! Little did they know......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural Differences 2 (in Potpourri) by museamuse
And if you were to order an ouzo at any self-respecting ouzeri (place that serves ouzo and a variety......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Mati (in Questions & Answers about Words) by museamuse
Thanks, Asa! ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Mati (in Questions & Answers about Words) by museamuse
Kalleh it's: 'matiasmenos' (masculine) 'matiasmeni' (feminine)...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Mati (in Questions & Answers about Words) by museamuse
The 'kako mati' or evil eye is alive and well here in Greece. The other day I suddenly got a headach......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Toponyms challenge (in Questions & Answers about Words) by museamuse
Also... what about hamburger sandwich frankfurter?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Toponyms challenge (in Questions & Answers about Words) by museamuse
laconic = brief, concise, terse. From the district of Laconia in the Peloponnese, whose capital was ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Sounds (in The Vocabulary Forum) by museamuse
I'm almost certain that 'psithurism' comes from the Greek word 'psithyros', which means whisper. (I......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bonus word III (in Questions & Answers about Words) by museamuse
Two other effects of the polysyndeton structure, for me at least, is that it lends more emphasis to ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The language in Minnesota (in Potpourri) by museamuse
I would like to know more about regional differences in American English. My mother, for example, wh......
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