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#5933 - 08/31/00 11:22 AM favorite things
johliger stranger Registered: 08/30/00 Posts: 1 Loc: Madison, WI, USA	This is my first post. I just found the book at a public library: The Logophile's Orgy: Favorite Words of Famous People by Lewis Burke Frumkes (Delacorte Press, 1995). 220 "writers, scientists, educators, humorists, and celebrities" contributed. It's out of print and has no index. I just created an eleven page index, much too long to post here, I assume, but I think I could email it, especially if you would be interested in commenting on it and have access to the book. johliger@facstaff.wisc.edu
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#5934 - 08/31/00 10:14 PM Re: favorite things
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11613 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	Welcome, johliger. Sounds cool, but think I'll pass on the index until I find out whether I can get the book.
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#5935 - 09/01/00 11:17 AM Re: favorite things
RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/23/00 Posts: 2204	Just what _is_ a "logophile"? Someone who likes brand symbols? A collector of tree sections? Someone whose prefered mode of progress is by crawling along? (Low Go) It is a word completely new to me, and I seek elucidation so that I may include it in my repertoire.
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#5936 - 09/06/00 08:52 PM Re: favorite things
Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/06/00 Posts: 2788 Loc: Seattle, Washington, USA	I just shopped this title on the Net. Barnes and Noble wanted a mere $18.90 for a used copy from one of their secondary sources. Bookfinder offered me three different copies at 8.95, 9.00 and 12.00. I ordered the 12.00 model from a company called Alibris, which I have not used before. Thanks for alerting me to the existence of this text; it sounds like a fun read and a useful reference ... for those who suffer from logophylia, anyway.
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#5937 - 09/06/00 11:37 PM Re: favorite things
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10538 Loc: this too shall pass	Just what _is_ a "logophile"? from philo- (lover) + logos (word) we got philology, which is now much overloaded; so someone coined logophile to mean specifically 'word lover'. here are some other interesting logo-words: logodaedaly - playing with words; capricious coining of words logolept - a word maniac logology - the science of words logomachy - contention about words; a war of words logomisia - disgust with certain words logorrhea - excessive and incoherent talking; diarrhea of the mouth
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#5938 - 09/08/00 02:00 AM Re: favorite things
Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/06/00 Posts: 2788 Loc: Seattle, Washington, USA	The other day I went to the bookstore to buy a dictionary. The clerk showed me a really cheap one. I couldn't find the words to thank him. ... I did, however, buy a thesaurus. I thought that was very nice, pleasurable, agreeable, copasetic, decent thing to do...
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#5939 - 09/08/00 06:02 AM Re: favorite things
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11613 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	The other day I went to the bookstore to buy a dictionary. The clerk showed me a really cheap one. I couldn't find the words to thank him. I am speechless with delight at this!
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