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#30125 - 05/23/01 10:41 AM almost famous
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i received an email from random house letting me know that i am this week's winner of the Power Vocabulary Quiz, which means they're going to send me a free copy of "Verbal Advantage" (whatever that is). 'course, since word books and others falling squarely into the 'geek' classification are the highest order of contraband in my house, i'll have to hide it under the cleaning supplies so as to be assured that it shall remain undiscovered.
anywho, if anyone wants to check out the quiz, you can find it at http://www.randomhouse.com/quizzes/index.cgi?wordapril
it's not particularly difficult, but it's a nice mental exercise.
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#30126 - 05/23/01 11:10 AM Re: almost famous
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Registered: 02/13/01
Posts: 609
Loc: Portsmouth, United Kingdom
well congratulations anyway, B96. It is always a good feeling to win something, even if the second prize is two of them. I am not sure which of the pronunciations are "correct" on the US side of the pond so I don't know what my score would be.
Can we think of more sensible uses for the prize than just hiding it?
This is always assuming that someone else wouldn't find it useful for its original purpose, and feel proud that you thought of them?
I suggest you use it as a water saver in a toilet cistern.
Rod
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#30127 - 05/23/01 11:12 AM
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#30128 - 05/23/01 11:29 AM
Pooh-Bah
Registered: 08/23/00
Posts: 2204
Thanks for the link, b96 - a nice relaxation toward the end of a busy day! It reminds me a bit of the "It pays to increase your word power" quiz in RD!
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#30129 - 05/23/01 03:03 PM
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 08/12/00
Posts: 3409For dilettanti such as I, it is reassuring to see the true ayleurs displaying their awesome prowess. I hope that you get a lot of satisfaction from your prize, even while the rest of your family wonder why Mom is suddenly spending so much time in the closet.
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#30130 - 05/23/01 03:21 PM
Pooh-Bah
Registered: 01/05/01
Posts: 1773
Yeah, careful there, B96, or the family will start thinking you're snorting the Spin 'n Span.
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#30131 - 05/23/01 03:28 PM
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 04/03/00
Posts: 10464
Loc: this too shall pass
this could be a good book; Charles Elster is one of my favorite word guys -- author of "There's a Word for It!"
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#30132 - 05/23/01 08:44 PM
enthusiast
Registered: 01/26/01
Posts: 275
chronist
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#30133 - 05/24/01 04:02 AM
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 11/13/00
Posts: 3146
Loc: Northamptonshire, England
Okay, Sparteye, tell all. What is in Spin'n'Span that makes it good for snorting. Should I give away the crack, then?
Congratulations on winning your prize, B52. Even if the prize turns out to be a bomb (sic) it's the winning that counts.
In our house there're usually reference books of all kinds strewn around. Some people who came to visit with friends once asked the friends afterwards if we were "strange" because there was a Websters and an economics textbook on the coffee table in the lounge! Which had been left exactly where they were last used, of course.
I think the reply was that yes, we were strange, but no, it had nothing to do with our reading material!_________________________
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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#30134 - 05/24/01 07:42 AM Saddest thing in my life!
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Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 163
Loc: Malaga, Spain.
Maybe vocabulary and grammar isn't your thing. How about baseball?
Well, I knew that I couldn’t win but this answer has left me totally depressed.
John Six-pack.
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