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- Fri Oct 01, 2010 8:51 pm
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: Southern pronunciation of "lever" and "either
- Replies: 5
- Views: 19229
Re: Southern pronunciation of "lever" and "ei
Hi there, I'm new to this forum, a Westerner born and bred, but I've got grandparents from the north (Michigan) and grandparents from the South (Arkansas). I've got a question about whether a Southerner--from Mississippi in particular--would say LEEV-ur or LEV-ur and EETH-ur or EYE-thur? What do yo...
- Sun May 23, 2010 3:09 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: CLOY
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5021
- Sun May 23, 2010 3:02 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: PSEPHOLOGY
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5607
- Sun May 23, 2010 2:59 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: GLITTERATI
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5501
- Sun May 23, 2010 2:55 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: FREELANCE
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6120
- Sat May 22, 2010 1:39 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Saturday
- Replies: 40
- Views: 41907
Saturday
A Madrid bird sanctuary sent several whooping cranes to a facility in Alaska. Upon landing, it was so cold at the airport that most of the birds refused to disembark. Word soon spread that the cranes from Spain stayed mainly on the plane. (By the way, for the humor challenged, this is a joke. It is ...
- Fri May 21, 2010 9:37 am
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: One, Two, Three!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10726
Dear Skinem, I must protest: I never said any such thing. I believe accuracy in matters like this are the sin qua non. Otherwise we are in an Orwellian world where "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength" --"Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please....
- Thu May 20, 2010 9:14 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: PSEPHOLOGY
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5607
- Thu May 20, 2010 8:53 am
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: Yiddish Anyone?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 38658
- Thu May 20, 2010 8:33 am
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: One, Two, Three!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10726
Dear Skinem, According to the Jefferson Encyclopedia at the Unversity of Virginia Library (http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/Government_big_enough_to_supply_you...%28Quotation%29) They have never found anything like "A governement big enough . . . ." in Jefferson's writing. The only so...
- Wed May 19, 2010 9:04 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Perp walk
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6124
Well, One Look is up to 8 citations now. This does seem a particularly nasty little form of humiliation, with little use in justice. Unless I were given major concessions, I'd refuse and fight it, physically if need be. Good luck with that. Then you'd just do your perp walk with messed up hair and ...
- Wed May 19, 2010 8:46 am
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: One, Two, Three!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10726
- Tue May 18, 2010 10:53 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: conundrum
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2490
Thanks for the suggestion...and post more!
Here's the link from when it was posted in the "Good Word Discussion"...
http://www.alphadictionary.com/bb/viewt ... =conundrum
Here's the link from when it was posted in the "Good Word Discussion"...
http://www.alphadictionary.com/bb/viewt ... =conundrum
- Tue May 18, 2010 10:18 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Berm
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3415
- Tue May 18, 2010 10:03 am
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Saturday
- Replies: 40
- Views: 41907
... (Are you experiencing floods where you live????) No. I'd be fine any way, up on a hill, although one of my creeks and a spring got kinda large for a bit. It was like the clouds parted at our county and went around. Flooding all around, but not here. For an example of how much rain it was, my br...