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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread audio word-a-day #156058 02/23/2006 12:44 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 5 Ottawa Canada podictionary stranger podictionary stranger Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 5 Ottawa Canada For some months now I have been producing an audio word a day. While it's popularity is growing, I find that many people aren't equipped to get each episode by podcast or RSS. That's why I have begun an email notification list. People who don't know or care what podcasting or RSS are, can download and listen to each 2 or 3 minute episode. Today's word is "ciao", brought to English by Ernest Hemmingway from Italian where it originally meant "slave." For more information please visit www.podictionary.com Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: audio word-a-day #156059 02/24/2006 2:53 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Fun - thanks for the heads-up! btw, you could have mentioned an extra element to the quote from the Harry speech - Shakepeare is setting off not only the play on words of 'gentle' but also opposes gentle to vile, or in other words, villain becomes gentleman, rustic becomes refined urbanity. 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

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