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#62261 03/26/02 02:59 PM
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The word 'asparagus' came from "asperges" because of that vegetable's resemblance to the implement.
Wow, Byb, thank you--I was wondering about that, and was going to kid Dr. Bill by asking hadn't he ever had aspergations for supper!
I admire you a very great deal, you know that?


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Dear BobY: I can cast no fault-finding aspersions on your scholarship. Nor would I wish to.Thank you.


#62263 03/31/02 03:59 AM
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I really appreciate all the feedback I've gotten from the folks here, this is a great forum. If you're still interested, here's another update to the Word Browser...

There was the suggestion that it might be nice if the word list were "scannable". Thus was born the "Alphabetical Word Browser". If you'd like to check it out, the home page has a link to it:

http://www.storylines.com/wb

Basically it is the entire word list divided up into 526 "pages" of 500 words each. There are options at the top for browsing the words at a select few reference and other sites; I'll be adding more over time. Other features such as saving to your own word list are not there yet, but coming soon. (In the meantime the "random" interface is still there). As always, feedback (both positive and negative) is encouraged; I'm curious to know if people find one interface friendlier than the other.

Thanks again,
Josh


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Dear Josh: I like the random ten words best. It is a big enough bite, and interesting words are included sufficiently often. However, I have to look at many, many groups before I find a word suitable for making a post.Helen of Troy has suggested that we all should be on the lookout for interesting words in the books and magazines we read, and post the text in which we find them
If we all did that, the Board would be a much more enjoyable place.


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Oh, Dr Bill, you are too kind! i am not Helen of Troy i am Helen/of Troy- each is an alternate name. you only have to go to Max's gallery, and you'll see-- i will claim a winning personality, and good sense of humor, and lots of other admirable traits.. but not not evan a milli helen of beauty--(if Helen of Troy's beauty could launch a 1000 ships, a milli helen could launch one ship, 2 milli helen's 2, and so on.


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Old Yankee saying: Handsome is as handsome does.


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Old Yankee saying: Handsome is as handsome does.

Now that's interesting. In the south we say "Beauty is as beauty does."


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In the south we say "Beauty is as beauty does."

Forrest Gump says "stupid is as stupid does."

Guess that's just general wisdom that actions speak louder than words.


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apropos of nothing, gump comes from a Scandinavian word for buttocks or rump and is low cant for a complete nitwit.

errare est humanum

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Apropos of still less, Andy Gump was longtime comic strip character, with very small lower jaw.

Also, "gumption"
2 courage and initiative; enterprise and boldness: the current sense



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