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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Words from AWAD archives #22385 03/12/2001 4:34 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 142 Wordsmith member Wordsmith member Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 142 This week marks Wordsmith's septennial. Seven years ago, on March 14, 1994, we mailed our first word to a group of friends. Today's AWAD is being emailed to 400,000 linguaphiles in more than 195 countries. Seven years after we set off on our mission to share with others our love for the music and magic of words, we are still captivated by the sound and stories of words. To mark the anniversary, we'll revisit a few words about words that have evoked tremendous response from the world's linguaphiles. You are welcome to share your original examples illustrating these words on the bulletin board here. We'll compile them in a mailing next week. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words from AWAD archives #22386 03/13/2001 3:59 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1 Kitty Testa stranger Kitty Testa stranger Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1 To have fun with musical mondegreens, check out this site: www.kissthisguy.com It contains countless mondegreens from songs, most of them very funny. The site is named for the famous Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze mondegreen, " 'Scuse me while I kiss the sky". Or did he sing, " 'Scuse me while I kiss this guy"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words from AWAD archives #22387 04/03/2001 4:48 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 "To mark the anniversary, we'll revisit a few words about words that have evoked tremendous response from the world's linguaphiles. You are welcome to share your original examples illustrating these words on the bulletin board here. We'll compile them in a mailing next week" I searched diligently for the promised list of words, but was unable to find it. If anyone else found it, how about posting its location. 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 View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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