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It's said that a picture is worth a thousand words. What if a word itself
is a picture? That's the idea behind what I call WordPix--words presented
so that they do their own show-and-tell. With each word this week, I'll
give you the URL of an image that shows its WordPix. Without further ado,
let's see some words and let them talk about themselves. Instead of giving
citations from newspapers, magazines, and books, this week I'll write usage
examples myself.
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this week I'll write usage
examples myself.Oh, goody!  Oh, cool, you-all---I actually fixed something! I first edited this post, to try and make a wordpic, and of course couldn't do it, so I erased it. But to my horror, when I put the post back, there was about twelve inches of
blank space! So I officially deleted the post, which left that as the subject title (post deleted by Jackie). I hate seeing that, so I hit Edit again, put my original post back in, then changed "post deleted..." back to the above, and...voilą! A nice, small box again!
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Yeah! I'm enjoying it tremendously! 
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>A nice, small box again! oh g dy!
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>A nice, small box again!
oh gdy!Especially for you, m'dear--you have taught me a lot about being economical.
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If this term is restricted to the study of bird eggs, what is the term for the study of eggs in general? Or of, say, lizard eggs?
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a more complete definition is: the study of eggs, especially birds' eggs. say, ASp... which of these bifurcated egg threads do you suppose will generate more traffic?
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Tsuwm-- there are perfectly valid reasons for seperating eggs!
Let's not make this board a tough roe to hoe!
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Thanks for the better definition, tsuwm. Knew I could count on you. As to which will generate more traffic: I know it's a losing battle, but I gotta do it. Call me Dr. Rieux 
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mav, were you consulted on Anu's fey little K? And which definition do *you fit?
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Nah. and both. Mind you, he didn't mention the other feature of a maverick - the tendency to appropriate any unbranded cattle - so I guess I'll claim authorship after all!
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It's said that a picture is worth a thousand words.
I would like to quote this correctly, since it is useful to express the reason for which I make mathematical models for my students.
So the question is: is this a proverb? Of which country? Or it is a sentence said by someone?
Thanks
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"It's said that a picture is worth a thousand words."
This apothegm was first uttered by the Egyptian who invented hieroglyphics. All hierophants exaggerate.
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When I was a first-year Latin student (15 yrs. old), one of my classmates, of Greek-American family, had a girlfriend named Vaselia Pecunas. I'm sorry to say we all referred to her as 'Greasy Money'.
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Pardon me, Anu and others, but what about "pecuniary" conjures up a picture? Oology, yes.....by all means.
But pecuniary? Am I the only one who doesn't perceive the connection to money (visually)?
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what about "pecuniary" conjures up a picture?Teresa, did you follow the url link in the word-of-the-day email to the picture? http://wordsmith.org/words/yester.html will get to it for today only! And welcome aboard! Rod
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Ahhh.....now I get it. Thanks, rodward!
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a picture is worth a thousand words.
We who are/were in the print media take/took umbrage at that !
And replied with:
"Show me a picture of The Gettysburg Address!"
It's all in the point of view ... or the place from which you receive your stipend!
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