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I have a dream speech (in The Written Word) by SeanahanKalleh, perhaps it is a reference to Shakespeare, in Richard III, "Now is the winter of our disconte...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word A discussion today (in Potpourri) by SeanahanI was at lunch with my co-workers, and the topic of science came up. I made a comment about how dur...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Pairs of letters (in Wordplay) by SeanahanI wrote a computer program in about 10 minutes. Then I spent 15 minutes tracking down a file which ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Seanahan"Asshole" is definitely considered a swear, as is just "ass", and referring to the animal walks a fi...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by SeanahanWell, they started out as different ways to pronounce the same work, but they have different connota...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Something's wroughten here (in Questions & Answers about Words) by SeanahanDid some checking, and the only remnants of the rule I can find are: Bring/Brought Buy/Sought (Edit...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Pairs of letters (in Wordplay) by SeanahanI found "deeded", and that is the only one I can find of any higher order. How about words where ea...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Pairs of letters (in Wordplay) by SeanahanI cheated, and wrote a computer program to do the work for me. Here are a couple of results from a ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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Something's wroughten here (in Questions & Answers about Words) by SeanahanIn America, we would say "wreak havoc", not "wrought havoc", although the latter isn't unheard of, e...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Something's wroughten here (in Questions & Answers about Words) by SeanahanBring/brought Teach/taught Work/wraught This was a fairly productive rule in Old(?) English.... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Aeronautical terms: why French? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by SeanahanI would like to help out, but I don't think I've ever heard any of those terms. I've never really s...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words Saul Bellow (in The Written Word) by SeanahanI was reading ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Classics (in The Written Word) by SeanahanThe Great Gatsby, because money can't by happiness. Catch-22, because war is a terrible and sensele...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Classics (in The Written Word) by SeanahanI had read many books which were adult reading level by the time I was 15, and had little trouble wi...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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Classics (in The Written Word) by SeanahanLet's start with Shakespeare. I can't even decide which of those to consider "classics". Obviously...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word
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British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by SeanahanOn a similar note, I've read the letter v was also a late comer to the alphabet party.... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Double cross (in Questions & Answers about Words) by SeanahanThe word double could either be used as in "double agent", or "doubly cross", that is crossing twice...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by SeanahanI don't mind either way on colour/color, but to me agonize is clearly better, since this is less amb...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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I'm good... (in Potpourri) by SeanahanPoker has a rich lexicon and it seems as if this demeans it. In 5 card draw and Lowball(5 card draw...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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The world's funniest joke? (in Wordplay) by SeanahanI'm currently running Gentoo Linux, and at work they have Fedora(Linux). I suppose I could find a f...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay | » Refine Search » New Search |
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