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RE: Bluffing Game: BOUSTROPHEDONIC
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I recuse myself from answering the true meaning, being Greek. However, I note that an alternative p......
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October 25, 2004 14:53
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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
RE: What's the angle?
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Great additions, shufitz! Of course, "incumbent" reminds me of entrenched representatives in Congre......
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October 11, 2004 19:36
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Thanks, shufitz, for the note to free sound plays. I actually had in mind the original link to the ......
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October 09, 2004 09:18
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Doggerel is as doggerel does. But follow the link to pronunciation at the following site: ......
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October 08, 2004 03:52
RE: What's the angle?
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Use the imagination, neveu. Succumbent - Submissive; yielding. More likely, "dirty if done right."...
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October 07, 2004 15:17
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: The Music of Language of Music of..
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Even more suggestive -- babies are born with perfect pitch, but lose it absent a tonal language OR m......
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October 05, 2004 05:52
RE: The Music of Language of Music of..
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Two interesting sites: ......
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October 05, 2004 05:48
RE: The Music of Language of Music of..
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Don't stop CW! It's great stuff about wiring and re-wiring the brain. I've found some ideas ......
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October 05, 2004 04:45
RE: Join/conjoined
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Sure. Federals wore blue, Confederates wore grey....
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October 05, 2004 04:32
RE: Spelling Bee Words
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From divination to dining: "auspex" is related to the classic trio -- ......
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October 05, 2004 04:13
RE: The Music of Language of Music of..
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Bet the two ideas are related. A large part of speech, and interpretation of what we hear, is hard-......
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October 01, 2004 14:24
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
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