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RE: The Color of Words
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kalleh's opening disclaimer "not the color of color words" reminds me of a test on psychological int......
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August 10, 2004 10:45
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After an excess of youthful television viewing a list arises spontaneously. Namely, detectives in f......
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August 10, 2004 10:37
Unambiguous Ambiguities
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Sometimes there's is just no arguing that a term is ambiguous. I offer "moped." Does that refer to......
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August 05, 2004 12:27
RE: Varieties of Written Works
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wordcrafter Not unlike the ketchup slogan, I await more varieties. Here of course for written works......
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August 04, 2004 12:32
RE: Group Nouns
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A column of accountants, and, a little closer to home, a table of actuaries....
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July 30, 2004 06:40
RE: Guess the theme
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Pleased to confirm for wordcrafter I've made a "close" inspection of the OED. (Being near sighted, I......
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July 26, 2004 16:38
RE: Terms from Mathematics
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Wordcrafter's new entry "iff" sent me back to "Symbolic Logic" by I. M. Copi (MacMillan, 1967). Mem......
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July 08, 2004 09:08
RE: Terms from Mathematics
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I wonder, is a circular argument as bad as a circular definition? I recall something from Jonson, "......
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July 01, 2004 07:16
RE: Swords
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Despite the initial admonition, I hope wordcrafter will indulge an interesting passage on foil/epee/......
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June 21, 2004 13:33
RE: Swords
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If I may turn the conversation to playing cards, we derive "spade" from the Greek sword... Spade (2......
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June 17, 2004 13:09
Reality-Challenged
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I've never liked the term "virtual reality," on the belief that "reality" ought not take modifiers. ......
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June 15, 2004 10:03
RE: The press reflects on Reagan
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It may be of interest that hegemony is derived from Hegemone, one of the early forms of goddess who ......
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June 12, 2004 07:50
RE: Repetitiously Redundant
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My better half has leapt to my rescue. jheem makes a good point that language must be redundant som......
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May 25, 2004 09:50
RE: Repetitiously Redundant
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CJ Stolin has (carbon) dated me. I do seem to recall a song "When the moon hits your eye..." And t......
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May 25, 2004 09:46
Repetitiously Redundant
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Or....periphrastically pleonastic. Or....circumlocutory prolixity. When my little guy asked "what d......
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May 24, 2004 13:12
RE: "Dutch" phrases
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Nice correlation, markmywords.. I suspect that human nature always makes the next-country-over to s......
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May 22, 2004 11:23
RE: "Dutch" phrases
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Thank you for starting the thread -- The one on Securities Markets was already morphing into this, f......
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May 18, 2004 08:12
RE: From the securities markets
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Next we'll hear that there's no relationship amongst: Dutch uncle, double-dutch, Dutch concert, Dutc......
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May 17, 2004 11:04
RE: From the securities markets
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I suspect 'dead cat' is a tribute to the ability of cats to land on their feet, unlike the stockbrok......
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May 16, 2004 04:32
RE: From the securities markets
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Good connection jheem. Perhaps you'll add "brownian" to the eponym page? Imagine flipping a (fai......
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May 14, 2004 10:32
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