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RE: Less-known Counterparts
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And of course, duplicate, and explicate....
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May 07, 2009 20:15
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"Cushion stuffing" sounds closer to "bombastic" than hirsute or hypertrichosistic......
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April 15, 2009 09:44
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Spoor were important to the Elizabethans and the Tudors, for the hunt. In addition to those cited, ......
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April 13, 2009 06:24
RE: There's a name for THAT?!
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Is "to ravel" the same as "to unravel?" Shades of (in)flammable....
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March 10, 2009 08:10
RE: There's a name for THAT?!
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For me, one of the great pleasures of words is finding long-lost relatives, stems that have wandered......
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March 08, 2009 10:44
RE: There's a name for THAT?!
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Not to be confused with Bernie Bot's dots (jelly beans of course)... ......
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March 07, 2009 14:43
RE: There's a name for THAT?!
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Oh, and the furry snout of the Schnauzer....
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March 06, 2009 10:54
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A footnote or two: Snorkel and snore share an etymology. Nostril shares its origin with thrill and......
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March 06, 2009 10:51
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
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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: 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: Pirates of Penzance: the Major General
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Surely the Major General means hum the theme of the tune, and not the multiple voices with counterpo......
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October 25, 2008 09:33
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
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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: Oxymorons
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I tried but could not resist the temptation to note how "preposterous" calls to mind the inversion o......
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August 05, 2008 08:08
RE: Oxymorons
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The absolute most amusing/dangerous version of which is the Thai "tuk-tuk." ......
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