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cognates: 'moon' and 'month'
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nevau, noting that the english words meaning moon, month are cognates, ......
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February 02, 2005 07:52
"Ligature"
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I've been vaguely aware of the word ......
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February 01, 2005 08:18
OED includes words never found in use
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We tend to think of OED as the authority defining 'what is a word': what OED includes counts as a wo......
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January 26, 2005 19:23
New term: "drill down"
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One nice thing about driving long distance is that as you listen to the radio for diversion, you may......
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January 25, 2005 08:50
"Tit for tat"
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CW used the phrase "tit for tat". Where does that phrase come from? A little googling turned up an ......
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January 24, 2005 08:54
Whatchamacallits and doohickies
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What do you call the something that's on-the-tip-of-my-tongue-but-I-can't-think-of-the-word-for-it?...
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January 24, 2005 08:39
Origin of "PU"
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Why does 'PU' refer to a bad smell?...
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January 16, 2005 22:30
"Eating crow"
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How did 'to eat crow' come to mean 'to humbly admit error'?...
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January 15, 2005 16:23
European Babel
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The countries in the EU have different languages. To avoid offending any country, the EU uses each a......
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January 06, 2005 08:54
"Neck"
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One more ......
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January 03, 2005 21:05
Not sarcasm; not irony ...
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What would you call the literary device being used in this witty description I came across while rea......
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January 03, 2005 20:31
RE: Six Letters . . . Part 10
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December 25, 2004 16:41
The Twelve Days of Christmas
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Installments from the family records: ......
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December 25, 2004 07:50
Popular revolution with the communication revolution
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We have a ......
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December 17, 2004 18:57
Banned? Barred?
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With our recent thread on the meanings of 'band' (wedding band, brass band, band of brothers), I did......
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December 16, 2004 18:19
Radio call-letters
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The radio reported news from Alaska, and to conclude its broadcast said, ......
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December 13, 2004 09:31
Ukraine
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It seems that country-names have political meanings. From the papers:......
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December 13, 2004 09:27
Contributing and distributing
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Listing to a broadcast on NPR (National Public Radio), I heard a BBC commentator pronounce these wor......
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December 12, 2004 15:34
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In a weekly word-puzzle I enjoy, the solution is a quotation, along with the name of the author and ......
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December 05, 2004 15:08
RE: Old/Middle English: inflectional suffixes
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Uh, may I back-track a bit? We can talk about ......
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