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RE: I'll do that for you!
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There is a sense of the "involuntary" about words like scapegoat, whipping boy, and fall guy. On a ......
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October 16, 2004 12:17
RE: I'll do that for you!
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Doubt that auceps used equus... But in "Jeremiah Johnson," old trapper shows Robert Redford how to......
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October 12, 2004 08:30
What's the angle?
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Ran across an interesting set of "cumber"-related words. I wonder if we must distinguish among them......
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October 07, 2004 10:10
RE: Language development
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I offer a hypothesis on "small words" comment. The speaker misinterpreted the feedback. The diffi......
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October 07, 2004 09:59
RE: Confusing Doublets, redux
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A few of my favorite pairings (errings?): Bathos/pathos Extant/extent Paramount/tantamount (Is the......
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October 05, 2004 04:38
The Music of Language of Music of..
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Has this august body ever discussed the idea of cultural linkages -- that music reflects the languag......
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September 30, 2004 09:24
RE: Spell-check Syndrome
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neveu: Excellent note on Portugese to French to English. A case where reality exceeds fiction, if ......
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September 27, 2004 20:06
Spell-check Syndrome
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Is there enough evidence to indict and convict "spell-check," for murdering the language? The NY Ti......
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September 24, 2004 05:13
RE: Bizarre etymologies
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Excellent research on "dupe." The "d" shifts from "du huppe," to become part of the word. Is there......
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September 14, 2004 04:15
RE: Ethnic slurs of the Classical Greeks
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kalleh mentions "risus sardonicus," -- a facial muscle spasm most often caused tetanus. I had previ......
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September 03, 2004 04:23
RE: Words from Italian
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The earliest reference I find is to the movie by Fellini (1960). As a footnote from IMDB.com: "Ask......
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September 01, 2004 19:58
RE: Is there a word for...
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Re-contextification?...
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September 01, 2004 14:56
RE: Words from Italian
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Permit me to differ, wordcrafter. I take a vaguely negative connotation. There is a long way, in t......
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September 01, 2004 09:28
RE: Ethnic slurs of the Classical Greeks
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It is also not impossible, that the marketing person failed to distinguish Spanish accent from Greek......
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August 31, 2004 14:46
RE: Words from Italian
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I am sure our thread-leader has gathered many wonderful contributions from Italian, the mother tongu......
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August 31, 2004 13:55
"New and Improved"
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To demonstrate the power of the word, I offer a list of old products, whose performance in the marke......
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August 30, 2004 19:43
RE: Ethnic slurs of the Classical Greeks
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...and now we know why Ricardo Montalban was smiling....
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August 30, 2004 12:44
RE: Oxonian
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Going back to Seanahan's observation -- Surely Michiganders refers to only half the population. Mig......
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August 28, 2004 08:23
RE: Things that aren't poems...
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"One wonders what the whistling wind Will bring us on the morrow Such sweet success as ever sinned O......
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August 28, 2004 08:08
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Thanks to BobHale for his patience -- I take his point about the current focus being on form "automa......
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August 27, 2004 12:59
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