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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Reading the Dictionary Faldage #188855 01/21/10 02:33 PM Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 7 A Altadena Annie stranger Altadena Annie stranger A Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 7 With today's word (as with many here) my mind flew to the first time I learned it, while reading Poe's The Raven: "Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow, sorrow for the lost Lenore". Appropriate timing, as we've just passed Poe's 201st birthday on January 19. Thank you for your wonderful world of words, and all they convey. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Reading the Dictionary Faldage 01/18/10 11:38 AM Re: Reading the Dictionary Buffalo Shrdlu 01/18/10 12:24 PM Re: Reading the Dictionary zmjezhd 01/18/10 01:43 PM Re: Reading the Dictionary tsuwm 01/18/10 04:30 PM Re: Reading the Dictionary doc_comfort 01/19/10 01:59 AM Re: Reading the Dictionary Jackie 01/19/10 03:19 AM Re: Reading the Dictionary Faldage 01/19/10 11:58 AM Re: Reading the Dictionary kah454 01/19/10 04:49 PM Re: Reading the Dictionary Faldage 01/20/10 11:50 AM Re: Reading the Dictionary kah454 01/20/10 04:46 PM Re: Reading the Dictionary Faldage 01/21/10 02:50 AM Re: Reading the Dictionary latishya 01/21/10 05:32 AM Re: Reading the Dictionary tsuwm 01/19/10 08:20 PM Re: Reading the Dictionary Jackie 01/20/10 02:14 AM Re: Reading the Dictionary Altadena Annie 01/21/10 02:33 PM Re: Reading the Dictionary BranShea 01/21/10 08:10 PM Re: Reading the Dictionary kah454 01/22/10 04:06 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,371 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 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 787 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 24 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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