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Discussion Topic  RE: Dry Wit (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Wait, kalleh. Isn't a failed joke sometimes called a "damp squib?"...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dry Wit (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
I assure this august body, that my own ethnic heritage in no way influences my preference for the cl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Umbrella...other such words? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Of course... p-q-b-d are a challenge for many early readers....
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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: Customers, Patrons, Passengers, Patients (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
If we call those who use the television "viewers," is it too much to hope we may call those who use ......
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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: Umbrella...other such words? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
I hope the forum will indulge a memory triggered by this discussion. In college, the rain always re......
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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: 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  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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