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RE: Eponyms Redux
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The visual is fascinating: ......
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July 15, 2009 13:17
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Interesting piece in the Wall Street Journal, on the origins of floral terms. ......
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July 04, 2009 08:07
Inseparable words versus separts
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There are a number of words where the "separated" form is unable to stand alone. For example, while......
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May 27, 2009 18:30
RE: There's a name that body-thing?!
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...which is why we refer to the epicanthic fold....
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March 19, 2009 15:24
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Etymological geography, or, if you prefer, geographical etymology: ......
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January 14, 2009 09:48
RE: Unspelled Pronunciations
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Same thought for sough and slough......
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November 22, 2008 19:23
RE: Unspelled Pronunciations
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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
RE: Unspelled Pronunciations
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Interesting that "schedule" shares an etymology with "schism."...
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November 21, 2008 11:41
RE: Unspelled Pronunciations
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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: 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
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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September 12, 2008 07:46
RE: Movie Numbers
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Is Wordcraft covered, in case a thread like this induces a certain...mania in members? I'm beginnin......
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September 08, 2008 18:32
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September 07, 2008 04:57
RE: Movie Numbers
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Alas, the numbers continue to demand attention, just as in the Jim Carey flick "23." Then there's t......
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September 06, 2008 19:27
RE: Movie Numbers
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Valentine's fraction reminds me to include 9 1/2 Weeks. Does this mean we've leapt from integers ......
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September 04, 2008 12:05
Movie Numbers
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Over at Vocabulary the "Terms with Numbers" thread inspired a thought about movie numbers (that is "......
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September 04, 2008 04:40
RE: Gulliver's Travels
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Surely not the end of Swift's invention! One last term - "Struldbrug," for a race where no one ever......
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September 02, 2008 05:00
RE: Gulliver's Travels
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Seeing "senectitude," "senile" and "senior" reminds me that there is a female equivalent -- anile. ......
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