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I work a number of times a week with an LADAC (Licensed
Alcohol,Drug Abuse Counselor)and we discuss the concept
that many have "multiple addictions" as evidenced by the
numbers of the clients who rush outside for a smoke
during 'break' times. I know there is a new self
help program which started up recently OLGA online
gamers anonymous, and it follows the 12 Step method begun
by Bill W. and Bob S. in 1935. This TAD could be really
serious.
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A 'tad' serious.
(sorry Luke, couldn't resist that one).
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no problems whatsoever, good one, in fact.
-nice little word with more than one meaning.
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nice little word with more than one meaning
Of late, I have been pondering how the vocabulary of English, and by extension other languages, consists of two kinds of words: those with more than one meaning (the majority of the lexicon) and those with a single meaning (definitely the minority). It is the latter class of words that gets all the attention. My favorite words have always been adpositions, those little semantic shock troops are always storming some sentence or other and altering the meaning(s) thereto.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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do you mean....like... innuendo....Z?
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nice little word with more than one meaning
Of late, I have been pondering how the vocabulary of English, and by extension other languages, consists of two kinds of words: those with more than one meaning (the majority of the lexicon) and those with a single meaning (definitely the minority). It is the latter class of words that gets all the attention. My favorite words have always been adpositions, those little semantic shock troops are always storming some sentence or other and altering the meaning(s) thereto. I've often wondered too how one word can mean so many things, and why? Is the formation of a language so devoid of syllable combinations that a word must mean more than one thing?
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Aren't those dictionaries already thick enough? I think it's good economics. Like I use my pencil for drawing and stirring my coffee and scratching my back.
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do you mean....like... innuendo....Z?
The Vatican suppository?
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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