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Discussion Topic  RE: Newpaper articles of interest - Part II (in The Written Word) by Geoff
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Discussion Topic  RE: Word plasticity (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
OK, so I'm a peevert. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Broken words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Proof that we no longer get news, but infotainment. "I told you so!" Orwell (NOT Limbaugh)...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Word plasticity (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
PS: Given its etymology,I wonder why plastic surgeons aren't called taxidermists?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Word plasticity (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
While Parkesine is a thermoplastic (The first, in fact - generally called celluloid) Bakelite is a t......
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Discussion Topic  Word plasticity (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
When pondering the manner in which the term, "plastic" has changed, it occurred to me that words the......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A turkey of a question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Right. So did they import turkey vultures too? ......
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Discussion Topic  A turkey of a question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
I got curious about the etymology of ......
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Discussion Topic  Dragon (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
On a model airplane site someone mentioned Fafnir, the Norse, and later German, shape-shifter who tu......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Untranslatable (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Odd that the author says, "words," then presents phrases. A French friend says that "apprivoiser," ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: the politics of prescriptivism (in Potpourri) by Geoff
He seems to have left out some words, so I'm utterly confused by this material. Also, why the inser......
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Discussion Topic  weltanschauung vs. umwelt (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
As used in English, what differentiates these two German loan words? Is it just the difference betw......
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Discussion Topic  I hope I'll be peppered with answers... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
when I ask the definition of "pepper." I've recently learned that so-called bell peppers have no ca......
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Discussion Topic  RE: World's WORST jokes (part one) (in Wordplay) by Geoff
The makers of Gorilla Glue are now marketing duct tape. The gorilla in charge of the that division ......
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Discussion Topic  Huh??? (in Potpourri) by Geoff
From the Muncie, IN Craigslist: Three wheel bike and Two wheel bikes Am I missing something? Does......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Newpaper articles of interest - Part II (in The Written Word) by Geoff
That was in fact my first take on the headline. I must be wired improperly as far as "normal" folks ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Newpaper articles of interest - Part II (in The Written Word) by Geoff
Or you and I are silly! ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Newpaper articles of interest - Part II (in The Written Word) by Geoff
Consider "plane crash" as the subject and "lands in Poland" as the predicate. It's as if a plane cr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Newpaper articles of interest - Part II (in The Written Word) by Geoff
Did the plane crash? Granted, it landed without the aid of its undercarriage, but it made a perfect......
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Discussion Topic  Arabic origins (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Why is it that English is surfeited with scientific, geographic, and mathematical terms derived from......
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