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- Sat Jan 14, 2006 7:50 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: FLUCTUATE
- Replies: 7
- Views: 21050
- Sat Jan 14, 2006 7:27 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Der Untergang des Abendlandes
- Replies: 30
- Views: 75387
... I'm the product of Catholic parochial elementary, private Catholic high school, and private Catholic college education; my wife is the product of public schools and university. Both of my daughters went to public schools in a country that borders Baltimore City. One received a full tuition scho...
- Sat Jan 14, 2006 7:01 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: PREPOSSESS
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7157
Speaking of upstaging, it is interesting to note that the derivative «prepossessing» seems to be used rather more often than the verb itself, an impression which is confirmed by a Google search, which turns up five times as many websites for the former than for the latter (a similar search results i...
- Sat Jan 14, 2006 6:46 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: OSTENSIBLE
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5542
- Sat Jan 14, 2006 6:29 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Another new phpBB Version
- Replies: 7
- Views: 17438
Sunny , I fear that princesses (not to speak of princes, who, unlike princesses have a gland in the way which just grows and grows and grows !) with homophonic pea problems are legion ! If you hadn't reminded me of the English homophone, I'd never have thought of that - it doesn't work you see, in ...
- Sat Jan 14, 2006 6:12 pm
- Forum: Grammar
- Topic: “and/or” there has got to be a better way?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 90462
Re: So your saying you don't know?!
... Why can’t I have a word that means “and/or”? Happy New Year! You bunch of topic drifters :D Whose says you can't ?!! Just come up with one and see if you can get others to adopt it ! We smart-arse Swedes and benighted topic drifters will be rooting for you !... God fortsättning ! Henri
- Sat Jan 14, 2006 6:04 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: EIDETIC
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9642
- Sat Jan 14, 2006 5:40 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Torturing the English language
- Replies: 62
- Views: 130065
... One wonders why the Times did not crucify reporters Weiner and Myers as they did Miller. From the Times articles listed above one could easily conclude that Miller was doing just what her bosses wanted. ... But William , that is precisely my point ! That «liberal» organ the Times is full of peo...
- Sat Jan 14, 2006 2:49 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Torturing the English language
- Replies: 62
- Views: 130065
... There is no ground for agreement here! And I do not appreciate a pretended concern or sincerity. ... No, you seem to be right here - little ground for agreement exists. There are people who approve of torture (while often, at least in public, choosing to call it other names for tactical reasons...
- Sat Jan 14, 2006 1:00 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Profanity, speech origins, and brain wiring
- Replies: 25
- Views: 52783
Despite a pronounced lack of activity on this particular thread, which malevolent spirits might wish to interpret as evidence to the contrary, I, stubborn as I am, still want to believe that some fellow Agorists share my interest in the question of language origins, and are willing to entertain spec...
- Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:57 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Another new phpBB Version
- Replies: 7
- Views: 17438
- Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:21 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Torturing the English language
- Replies: 62
- Views: 130065
- Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:43 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: resolution
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4871
- Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:38 pm
- Forum: Idioms
- Topic: TH substitution: S or T?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 154346
... In English, particularly North American English, many words with 'intervocalic t' are pronounced with 'd' in place of 't', so we're already programmed to receive it that way. ... Not to mention the substitution in certain dialects, not only in the US, of a glottal stop for the double «t» in wor...
- Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:34 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Another new phpBB Version
- Replies: 7
- Views: 17438