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Re: OCTOSYLLABLE yard work
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dalehileman
24 minutes 5 seconds ago
Bran, in fact that's my usual choice where I feel I have a choice
Fal the names of the numbrers between 9 and "10" are A, B, C,.....X, Y, Z
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Re: "Go to lunch" or "Go to "for lunch"
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Faldage
Today at 06:29 PM
I'd say "go to lunch" implied that the whole group was going out to eat lunch. "Go for lunch" would also have the possibility that one person was going to go out and pick up lunch, bringing it back for everyone to eat.
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Re: Happy Birthday SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM!
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Faldage
Today at 06:24 PM
Yeah, I never heard it used that way, so it must be wrong. I suppose if anyone can find it used that way in the wild.
Addendum:
Wikipedia has a list of retronyms. Not one of them fits the disputed definition.
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Re: kalopsia
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Faldage
Today at 06:20 PM
Lookin' Better Every Beer
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Re: Frappe
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Faldage
Today at 06:18 PM
A frappe is what normal folks call a milk shake. It might be obsolete, but a milk shake in Boston used to be flavored milk shaken up; no ice cream. You want ice cream in it you ask for a frappe.
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Re: Synonym for "farmer"
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BranShea
Today at 04:19 PM
Originally Posted By: dalehilemantsu thank you for that link, I've added it to my list of Faves.
Time to get the beans in Dale. Just agronomed my runner beans on the right spots.
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Re: micturate
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AnnaStrophic
Today at 03:46 PM
I'm with tsuwm. M-W and AHD4 take care of most things for me. Occasionally I'll go to one of the more esoteric dictionaries if I'm looking up a word in a, well, esoteric context.
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Re: this question begs asking
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dalehileman
Today at 11:04 AM
tsu, back when I was a prescriptivist I was especially appalled at the "new" mening of "begging a question"
Your question about "begs asking" begs asking, what's the term for a corruption of a corruption
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Re: Anu's on Encarta!!
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BranShea
Today at 10:34 AM
I think the Staten - things come from the Staten-Generaal. (maybe when there was not a particular person to be honored, they just used parliament as a label)
Staten Island:
The first European who saw the island was Giovanni de Verraza
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Re: jeopardous
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The Pook
Today at 09:31 AM
What about a word meaning spotty? Leopardous? Or perhaps describing one who is too prone to wearing dancing hose? Leotardous?
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Re: pantagruelian
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tsuwm
Yesterday at 12:58 PM
you didn't wait for the use by date to expire.
-ron o.
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Re: fool on the hill
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Faldage
05/07/08 07:35 PM
This thread is being brought to you by Chepe and Pepe.
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Wordplay and fun
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Re: Laugh of the day
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Faldage
05/07/08 07:31 AM
It doesn't look much like a photoshopped image; it would have to be done by hand and I can't see it looking that good. On the other hand, I love the name of the blog, speaking of ambiguity. Is that with instrumental or possessive?
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Re: words ending 'ous'
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Faldage
05/07/08 06:14 AM
I don't think either ignious or igneus are anything but misspellings in USn English.
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Re: toil and trouble
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Jackie
05/06/08 10:04 PM
Query, Steffani, and welcome aBoard. Should I think of Steffani being pronounced the same as when it's spelled Stephanie, or as in Gwen? I find myself switching back and forth, and it is unsettling!
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Re: Do you know Jack?
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twosleepy
05/06/08 05:24 PM
Originally Posted By: Terry Nowak Also I found Anu Garg's new book has a fun word game: spelling your name as well as names of other things backwards (stressed vs. desserts).
You will enjoy this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semo
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Re: Happy
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BranShea
05/06/08 09:43 AM
That sounds and looks like a real nice compliment. I wish I had the flappy ears.
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Acrostic for Atticus
by
BranShea
05/04/08 05:28 PM
Tell me where
Has Atticus gone?
Elusive enterpreneur from the South
Maybe
Isopods' trail or phacopida's orde
Leaves him no time for a word.
Ultimately, wherever he went, I
Miss his quirky comment.
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Re: Type-2 words, $10 each
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dalehileman
05/04/08 03:59 PM
[quote=tsuwm] Quote:
type-dord :: non-word, ghost-word
-ron o.
But I like it, you should assign it a meaning
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Re: peeving and delousingness
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BranShea
05/03/08 03:56 PM
Ha, I still always copy you name from the sideline as I can't keep the sequence straight in my head. Just zm , when I'm too lazy to copy.
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Re: Hor-Em-Akhet
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BranShea
05/03/08 11:07 AM
Well, coming back to the she-goat we started from; the she goat has a goattee too. So why bother not to mix it all up and give the female Pharaohs a luxury (temple at Luxor) goattee?
Goatees
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Re: stannically peevish
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zmjezhd
05/02/08 10:40 PM
peeves
For those who object to back-formations, such as orientate and burgle, nota bene that peeve is such a one from peevish.
Regarding the ubi nasus Sphingis est? of a parallel thread, I am reminded of the strange little man w
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