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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 Re: Memory of words #2555 06/14/00 02:18 AM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 28 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia L Lucy newbie Lucy newbie L Joined: May 2000 Posts: 28 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Speaking of classes at university - in my first year European history class we had a lecturer with a HEAVY middle European accent. She was lecturing us about various medieval papal bulls and at the same time was emphasising the uncertainty and lack of order characteristic of the period. To my shame, I wrote in my notes at one stage a totally incoherent sentence about the 'cows' and the 'bulls' - the 'bulls' bit I'd got right. The 'cows' bit OUGHT to had read 'chaos'! Feeble defence, I know, but she really did have a very thick accent. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: m and n #2556 06/27/00 09:39 AM Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 444 Sydney Australia B Bridget addict Bridget addict B Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 444 Sydney Australia You are not alone!! How often do I still hear people say renumeration when they mean remuneration? I know which I'd rather have... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Memory of words #2557 09/08/00 07:14 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 6 Memphis (Shelby Co) Tenn C cowboy stranger cowboy stranger C Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 6 Memphis (Shelby Co) Tenn I remember a mnemonic for two words: We should not consider the sins of venal individuals as venial. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 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 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,810 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 575 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,852 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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