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Discussion Topic  RE: Bluffing Game: BOUSTROPHEDONIC (in Wordplay) by Robert Arvanitis
I recuse myself from answering the true meaning, being Greek. However, I note that an alternative p......
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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  RE: What's the angle? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Great additions, shufitz! Of course, "incumbent" reminds me of entrenched representatives in Congre......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spelling Bee Words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Thanks, shufitz, for the note to free sound plays. I actually had in mind the original link to the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spelling Bee Words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Doggerel is as doggerel does. But follow the link to pronunciation at the following site: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What's the angle? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Use the imagination, neveu. Succumbent - Submissive; yielding. More likely, "dirty if done right."...
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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: The Music of Language of Music of.. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Even more suggestive -- babies are born with perfect pitch, but lose it absent a tonal language OR m......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Music of Language of Music of.. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Two interesting sites: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Music of Language of Music of.. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Don't stop CW! It's great stuff about wiring and re-wiring the brain. I've found some ideas ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Join/conjoined (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Sure. Federals wore blue, Confederates wore grey....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spelling Bee Words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
From divination to dining: "auspex" is related to the classic trio -- ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Music of Language of Music of.. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Bet the two ideas are related. A large part of speech, and interpretation of what we hear, is hard-......
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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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