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Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Topic Options #187685 - 11/07/09 02:17 PM Re: bilateral symmetrical anomia [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu] Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 12381 I checked it out. Onelook treats the hyphen as just another character. A search for -ology gave me hits for -ology. Top #187687 - 11/07/09 03:55 PM Re: bilateral symmetrical anomia [Re: Faldage] Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 6596 Loc: Vermont interesting. thanks for the speedy leg work, dash. Top #187696 - 11/08/09 09:29 PM Re: bilateral symmetrical anomia [Re: DavidHill] doc_comfort addict Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 583 Loc: Australia Left-right agnosia Top #187699 - 11/09/09 06:32 AM Re: bilateral symmetrical anomia [Re: doc_comfort] Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 12381 Aww, c'mon, doc. Doncha have some faincy Greek way of saying the 'left-right' part? I mean, if you don't like mixing Greek and Latin roots you could call it levo-dextro agnosia but that's sure to raise the hackles of some of those famous grammar zombies. Top #187700 - 11/09/09 06:50 AM Re: bilateral symmetrical anomia [Re: doc_comfort] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 3387 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague Originally Posted By: doc_comfort Left-right agnosia Somehow this evoques an image of an army marching out of tune. Top Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 7151 Members 16 Forums 12706 Topics 187593 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 0 registered (), 15 Guests and 28 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Newest Members Crejella, larsrc, KIDDETROIT, marksonamor, poetree 7151 Registered Users Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 12381 Jackie 10232 tsuwm 9400 Buffalo Shrdlu 6596 AnnaStrophic 6481 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400 maverick 4683 WhitmanO'Neill 4186 November Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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