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sorry Josh, it's not my cup of tea -- too many dead ends and/or duplications of information. for my time-wasting divertissement (along these lines) give me a word list and onelook and google. http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/
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So I went for ten more words, and got two I did not know and could not find in a couple dictionaries.
1. faws couldn't even find it in the Phrontistery.
2. aspergations - couldn't find it in Phrontistery either. But found "asperge" meaning "to sprinkle"
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Another ten words: "iriachs" couldn't find it in Phrontistery either.
Hey tsuwm, forget your tea. I playfully challenge you to find those words not in Phrontistery.
Same to all other AWADtalk participants.
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It would be nice if the site also let you put in your own words so you could see the results from all of those sources very easily.
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bill, I don't know why you would expect to find these in the Phrontistery; faws are a tribe of Scottish gypsies and iriach is a variant spelling of eriach or eric, Irish blood money. http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/
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Dear tsuwm: Thank you. I am aware that the Phrontistery is not the ultimate source, but it is still more words than many dictionaries. If I can't find it there, I know it is a tough one.
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Jazz.,
Good idea! You've always been able to use the text box at the top of the 'table of links' - just type any word and hit refresh and you're off and running. BUT... because that was so inobvious, I added an additional text field (just last night) to go right along with your list on the left.
Hope you like it!
Josh
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Thanks for the warm welcome and the intersting word!
Josh
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Myanmar? "Burma" please, unless you favor the military oppression that claims the former and outlawed the latter.
;-) The interesting thing about kyat (according to my Burmese friend, Kyaw) is that the ky is pronounced as a 'ch' as 'church' with only the slightest 'y' sound.
Keep on browsin' -
Josh
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It's not cheating, it's just being coy. There are lots of alternative spellings to trip you up. Last night I saw "throve" as the past tense of "thrive"!
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