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RE: Birth of Beer (language-related, actually)
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When this baby was born, did they burp the baby?...
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December 04, 2006 08:07
RE: "Iatrogenic" vs. "nosocomial"
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Oops. The word was nosocomial. G, nosokomeian = hospital. Relating to a hospital. Denoting a new......
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December 03, 2006 09:57
RE: "Iatrogenic" vs. "nosocomial"
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Iatros = Greek = physician. iatrogenic = resulting from, or caused by, a physician or surgeon. Ofte......
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December 03, 2006 09:53
hoi polloi
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I had always understood this to mean the underclass, the man on the street. In the 1980's my son ha......
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December 01, 2006 13:09
Dactyl Riddle
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What would a tactile, dactyl, ersatz fractal be?...
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November 30, 2006 12:44
RE: Toponyms
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I was only joking when I asked the qustion. I didn't think there was such a word. However, there i......
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November 30, 2006 12:36
Dactyl
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Dactyl Quackily, swimmingly Duck on the lake. Syndactyl oddity, Web feet did make. _____________ H......
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November 30, 2006 09:17
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Last Saturday I suggested a word game for times when you are really, really bored on long car trips.......
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November 26, 2006 14:38
RE: Sticky-outie
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The sniglet books are full of such things. My favorite is the one for when it is raining and you dr......
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November 25, 2006 09:17
RE: Toponyms
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Re: Sodom and Gomorrah. I know what Sodomy is but does anyone know what Gamorrahmy is? Or shouldn'......
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November 18, 2006 08:26
Hypothesis vs theory
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There is frequent confusion about these two words. To a scientist, a hypothesis is a statement put ......
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November 11, 2006 07:51
RE: Folly
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I'm glad you pointed out that we don't use the word "folly" as the English do. It is such a useful ......
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November 11, 2006 07:21
RE: algorithm, routine
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Thanks for explaining an algorithm. As for "program' and "programme" I have taken to always using ......
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November 11, 2006 07:11
Identityy Crisis
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Sometimes it is difficult for a woman to fill out that little line on a form that says "occupation."......
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October 18, 2006 21:40
Mountains
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Some mountains have clever or colorful names. I will list a few and would like your input into othe......
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October 18, 2006 20:50
Winds
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I have been enchanted by the names of winds but never found a source list. For example, Sirocco is ......
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October 07, 2006 11:37
RE: "Us Yanks" vs. "We Brits"
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Re: Us Yanks It de-pends on how it is used. If it is the subject of the sentence we should use "we."......
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October 07, 2006 09:05
RE: Strange Pastry Names
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In England, "dick" is a common, non specific name for a dog, much as we use the word, Fido. Therefo......
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September 23, 2006 07:13
RE: INVENTIONS
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Thanks for all your great ideas!...
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December 01, 2007 10:13
RE: Odd City names, 1932
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We had a cottage on one of the Finger Lakes,in upstate New York. The nearby town had been named "So......
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