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I've started to read "Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players" by Stefan Fatsis, the book that had us going on the non-word 'abceghilnoprtuy' a while back. I'm only 60 pages in, but already this holds promise as a source for generating some interesting word discussions, or if nothing else, providing opportunities for crossthreads.  one of the first things that came up was Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics, founded by Dmitri Borgmann (author of "Beyond Language: Adventures in Word and Thought") which led me to this link: http://www.wordways.com/articles.htm
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seen on a Scrabble player's T-shirt: DOES ANAL RETENTIVE HAVE A HYPHEN?
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"Luck is considered responsible for 15 to 30 percent of the game. 'You can't control the tiles,' Joe Edley tells me. This given doesn't stop pros from whinging, but...."
-Stefan Fastis, sports reporter for the Wall Street Journal
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the page in front of the first chapter has three terrific quotes. is there a word for this practice? a publishing term perhaps?
"Virtually everyone suffers from the deeply ingrained habit of considering language as a medium of communication."
- Dmitri Borgmann
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three terrific quotes So tsuwm,
-what are they? and
-are you going to put them in three terrific posts?
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the page in front of the first chapter has three terrific quotes. is there a word for this practice? Uh, I think it's called listing quotes... tsuwm, your brain has a lot of dord. 
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"Virtually everyone suffers from the deeply ingrained habit of considering language as a medium of communication."- Dmitri Borgmann
Hmmm, this would go well paired with the Meaningless Maxim thread. We could call it a Meaningless Quotes... like... "The road to hell is paved with unbought stuffed dogs" - Ernest Hemingway (I think).
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Borgmann's books seem to be concerned with word games and puzzles, so perhaps he said this with tongue firmly planted in cheekiness.
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But is it a good read Tsuwm? Apart from a AWAD inspiration would you recommend it?
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