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Discussion Topic  RE: Words of Elections and Voting (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Off the political track (or maybe not, considering the message)... "Gul" recalls the Turkish sayi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words of Elections and Voting (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
A deep throat alleges a plot to gerrymander the entire Congress, but that's just so much spin......
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Discussion Topic  Phonics are Phun (in Wordplay) by Robert Arvanitis
A phirst grader's class assignment -- phind words with "ch" in the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dry Wit (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
And from ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dry Wit (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Also on the topic of wet/dry, an interesting contrast between American and Japanese culture and perc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dry Wit (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Wait, kalleh. Isn't a failed joke sometimes called a "damp squib?"...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dry Wit (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
I assure this august body, that my own ethnic heritage in no way influences my preference for the cl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Umbrella...other such words? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Of course... p-q-b-d are a challenge for many early readers....
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Discussion Topic  RE: I'll do that for you! (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
There is a sense of the "involuntary" about words like scapegoat, whipping boy, and fall guy. On a ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I'll do that for you! (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Doubt that auceps used equus... But in "Jeremiah Johnson," old trapper shows Robert Redford how to......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Umbrella...other such words? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
I hope the forum will indulge a memory triggered by this discussion. In college, the rain always re......
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Discussion Topic  What's the angle? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Ran across an interesting set of "cumber"-related words. I wonder if we must distinguish among them......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Language development (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
I offer a hypothesis on "small words" comment. The speaker misinterpreted the feedback. The diffi......
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Discussion Topic  The Music of Language of Music of.. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Has this august body ever discussed the idea of cultural linkages -- that music reflects the languag......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spell-check Syndrome (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
neveu: Excellent note on Portugese to French to English. A case where reality exceeds fiction, if ......
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Discussion Topic  Spell-check Syndrome (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Is there enough evidence to indict and convict "spell-check," for murdering the language? The NY Ti......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "New and Improved" (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Thanks to wordnerd for another marketing ploy unmasked! The original list is updated. Canola is a ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ethnic slurs of the Classical Greeks (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
kalleh mentions "risus sardonicus," -- a facial muscle spasm most often caused tetanus. I had previ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words from Italian (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
The earliest reference I find is to the movie by Fellini (1960). As a footnote from IMDB.com: "Ask......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words from Italian (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Permit me to differ, wordcrafter. I take a vaguely negative connotation. There is a long way, in t......
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