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- Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:53 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Concord
- Replies: 6
- Views: 184
Re: Concord
David, is this a chicken and/orn the egg problem? Is accord easier, more familiar, because more used, and concord less so because less used, or has their level of usage not changed over time? Concord and concordance seem to me just as used and useful as accord and accordance. I'm willing to admit to...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 6:33 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Concord
- Replies: 6
- Views: 184
Re: Concord
I'm originally from Concord, MA. The name was of course, given by the English who settled there in what was to be the first inland town in the area, after peaceful dialog and an agreement with the local indigenous people. There *was* apparent agreement, but that was because there was no concordance ...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 5:52 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Aposiopesis
- Replies: 1
- Views: 127
Re: Aposiopesis
Any chance this could be used for "senior moments" when half way through a sentence, the train of thought leaves the station?
It might, sounding rather posh, afford a bit of face saving grace-- assuming one can manage to remember the whole word.
It might, sounding rather posh, afford a bit of face saving grace-- assuming one can manage to remember the whole word.
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 2:33 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Coterie
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3045
Re: Coterie
Slava,
Sounds to me like?that? you have the two ends and the middle.
Was that your take on it as well?
Sounds to me like?that? you have the two ends and the middle.
Was that your take on it as well?
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:19 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Verge
- Replies: 5
- Views: 341
Re: Verge
"Artificial intelligence puts mankind on the verge of incredible new power at a time when we are also on the verge of destroying the planet we live on." I would say that AI is an horrific new power that will hasten the destruction of the planet we live on. Another case of profit over peopl...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 12:03 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Beck
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2649
Re: Beck
"The stars becked her spirit with their infinite infinitesimal dances."
Could someone please tell me who wrote this?
Was it you, Good Doctor? or was it a quote from elsewhere...
Either way --- marvelous!
Debby M
Could someone please tell me who wrote this?
Was it you, Good Doctor? or was it a quote from elsewhere...
Either way --- marvelous!
Debby M
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 11:39 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Obfuscate
- Replies: 4
- Views: 424
Re: Obfuscate
Barbara, Found this... "Greetings one & all. My 1st time post. In the 70's there was a Boston show, WCRB Saturday Night. Richard L Kaye was the host. He would play comedy; PDQ Bach, Albert Brooks, Joyce Grenfell, The Goons, to name a few. He played a bit with a Russian man reading Little Re...
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 6:04 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Commemoration
- Replies: 5
- Views: 79138
Re: Commemoration
Thank you everso, Slava!! Couldn't find that, but I'm not as astute as you in searching the site!!!!
Debby
Debby
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:53 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Commemoration
- Replies: 5
- Views: 79138
Re: Commemoration
And if I may make so bold, it is never remiss to show our gratitude by sending along-- by way of commemoration-- a bit of the folding green, in any amount, for any excuse, on any date?
Just a thought...
Debby M
Just a thought...
Debby M
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:10 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Compeer
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3183
Re: Compeer
In Hockett's retort, was the salient word pronounced as one syllable or two?
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:02 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Apricity
- Replies: 2
- Views: 284
Re: Apricity
Apricot, anyone?
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 2:28 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Vacuity
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7042
Re: Vacuity
A day early, Slava? Afraid of a potential vacuity?
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:30 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Anile
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3291
Re: Anile
Thank you
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:51 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Anile
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3291
Re: Anile
Slava, for those who have no Greek, could you please give both spellings?
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:46 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Marathon
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2742
Re: Marathon
Slava, I fear the majority of registered voters in the U.S. fail to finish the race...
giving up perhaps even before taking the first step-- finding out about the candidates.
giving up perhaps even before taking the first step-- finding out about the candidates.