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February 08, 2007 20:24
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In general, WordNet synonym sets are accurate. As an ontology, it is fairly accurate. I don't know......
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February 08, 2007 20:21
RE: Innovation
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Tinman, despite my rather extensive experience with WordNet, I'm not certain that I trust it as a s......
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February 08, 2007 16:01
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I consider this no worse than "deplaning", which assumes that "planing" means "to board a plane". I......
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February 07, 2007 14:38
RE: "in high dudgeon"
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A "dudgeon" appears to be a hilt of a dagger, possibly made from wood. How this relates to "high du......
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February 07, 2007 14:33
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Just to be clear Richard, you are using a trillion to mean 10^12, which is one million * one million......
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February 07, 2007 14:32
RE: Children's Book Awards
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I recall reading a bunch of these when I was younger, but I don't see too many on the list. I read ......
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February 06, 2007 16:28
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Hopefully we'll get a quote from my favorite poet....
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February 06, 2007 16:18
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"There are three types of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics" is often attributed to Twain, alt......
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February 05, 2007 13:56
RE: The Birth of "Venus"
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Well, I certainly think that in 50 years, only old people will consider Pluto to be a planet. As fo......
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February 04, 2007 18:57
RE: Ceramist
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If you consider the symbols the OED uses to be a separate alphabet, then converting it to regular En......
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February 04, 2007 18:54
RE: The Birth of "Venus"
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I must disagree with you Wordnerd. The use of language is dictated all the time. When I was in hig......
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February 04, 2007 12:38
RE: Ceramist
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I would also say "ceramicist", but if I had to say ceramist, I would pronunce it the same way as Tro......
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February 04, 2007 12:23
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I think the "planet" controversy could be viewed similar to the meaning of the word "state". There ......
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February 04, 2007 12:16
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Jupiter, the king of the gods, happens to be the biggest of the planets. I don't believe the Greeks......
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February 03, 2007 15:18
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This is slightly frightening. I've been in exams where I finished 10 minutes before anyone else, ev......
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January 24, 2007 14:20
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It is one of the catch phrases of SportsCenter anchor Stuart Scott....
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January 21, 2007 12:18
RE: A punctuation question
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They are pretty good rhymes to me....
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January 20, 2007 07:40
RE: What American accent do you have?
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It got me as Wisconsin or Chicago. I would tend to lean away from Wisconsin, but that is probably c......
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January 19, 2007 15:56
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The first is defined as ......
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