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RE: Burial Sites
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Let us not forget the positive aspect of the stem, related to "carnal desire." The "scent of flesh......
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February 19, 2009 13:58
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Speaking of "-cracy," we've have "mobocracy" above, and we all know "aristocracy," but it's not too ......
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February 12, 2009 09:31
RE: Games and Sports
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I recall earlier terms, "players" and "gentlemen," to distinguish those who played for money....
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February 10, 2009 12:03
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There's a wonderful complement to riposte in "remise..." ......
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February 07, 2009 08:29
RE: Words of Emotion
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From etymonline we read: nymphomania 1775, in Eng. translation of "Nymphomania, or a Dissertation Co......
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January 23, 2009 11:08
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Etymological geography, or, if you prefer, geographical etymology: ......
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January 14, 2009 09:48
RE: Miscellaneous Words
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zmježd: A young nephew stayed over not so long ago; had NO idea how to use the BellLabs rotary phon......
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December 30, 2008 07:38
RE: Miscellaneous Words
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Back in the day, computer paper came in continous folded sheets with holes on the edges. Pages were......
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December 28, 2008 19:22
RE: Unspelled Pronunciations
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Same thought for sough and slough......
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November 22, 2008 19:23
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kalleh: It does seem the difference is English/American, with original Greek having the "k" sound a......
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November 22, 2008 04:59
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Interesting that "schedule" shares an etymology with "schism."...
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November 21, 2008 11:41
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Interesting that we've retained the "k" sound in "schizophrenia." And the Orthodox clergy still ref......
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November 21, 2008 09:02
RE: The Thanksgiving Feast
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Related to "prebend," the income from an estate....
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November 13, 2008 04:56
RE: Name that Nym
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Examples beyond measure: ......
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November 06, 2008 20:05
RE: Parseltongue
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neveu: Any relation between the "division" sense of "parcel," and the "two-pronged fork" of "pasti......
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November 05, 2008 14:27
RE: Parseltongue
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That's the fascinating thing about language. No matter how inventive we are, we are still grounded ......
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November 05, 2008 06:59
Parseltongue
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J K Rowling calls the speech of snakes "Parseltongue." Any thoughts on the etymology? From etymonl......
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November 04, 2008 17:27
RE: Words of US Politics
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Believe "pork barrel" means wasteful spending in general. Perhaps a quarter of federal spending is p......
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October 10, 2008 19:42
RE: The Offal Truth
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Interesting to know how many words are really just direct collisions, like offal, "off-fall" or aton......
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September 30, 2008 09:10
Collective opinion
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This being my best source of word wisdom, I ask the collective opinion. Is it good construction, is......
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