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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Less well-known synonyms of everyday words #17363 01/28/01 06:32 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 141 W Wordsmith OP member OP Wordsmith member W Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 141 We all believe the first to scale Mt. Everest were Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay but the answer may have been different. In 1924, a bold mountain climber, George Herbert Leigh Mallory, along with Andrew Irvine, attempted to reach the top of Mt. Everest. They were last sighted near the summit by the expedition's geologist, 2000 feet below them. In 1999, Mallory's body -- still intact after 75 years -- was discovered by a group of climbers. Were Mallory and Irvine on their way up or coming down? We don't know, and perhaps never will, unless other climbers find Irvine's body and his camera that may yield clues. Mallory's grandson George Mallory II reached the summit in 1995. When asked why climb a mountain, Mallory's famous answer was, "Because it's there". This week's words in AWAD should perhaps be used in the same spirit. Why use these words when other similar words exist? Just because they're there in the dictionary. During the rest of this week we'll see more words that are less well-known synonyms of everyday words. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Wednesday's quote #17364 01/31/01 11:59 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York "Omit needless words. Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts." -William Strunk, Jr., professor and author (1869-1946) ... and music no unnecessary notes . Is everyone familiar with Strunk & White's *Elements of Style? [nod-of-acknowledgement-to-wow emoticon] --- E.B. White of Charlotte's Web Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,316 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 342 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 13 ddrinnan 1 LukeJavan8 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,533 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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