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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  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  RE: Confusing Doublets, redux (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
A few of my favorite pairings (errings?): Bathos/pathos Extant/extent Paramount/tantamount (Is the......
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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: Bizarre etymologies (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Excellent research on "dupe." The "d" shifts from "du huppe," to become part of the word. Is there......
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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: Is there a word for... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Re-contextification?...
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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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Discussion Topic  RE: Ethnic slurs of the Classical Greeks (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
It is also not impossible, that the marketing person failed to distinguish Spanish accent from Greek......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words from Italian (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
I am sure our thread-leader has gathered many wonderful contributions from Italian, the mother tongu......
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Discussion Topic  "New and Improved" (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
To demonstrate the power of the word, I offer a list of old products, whose performance in the marke......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ethnic slurs of the Classical Greeks (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
...and now we know why Ricardo Montalban was smiling....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oxonian (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Going back to Seanahan's observation -- Surely Michiganders refers to only half the population. Mig......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Things that aren't poems... (in The Written Word) by Robert Arvanitis
"One wonders what the whistling wind Will bring us on the morrow Such sweet success as ever sinned O......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Things that aren't poems... (in The Written Word) by Robert Arvanitis
Thanks to BobHale for his patience -- I take his point about the current focus being on form "automa......
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