I was recently watching the movie, "The Name of the Rose" , in which Sean Connery is a Franciscan friar, who is called upon to solve a deadly mystery in medieval times. It takes place at a Benedictine abbey, where one monk died, but before you know it, monks are dropping like flies. It's n...

I once took Spanish from a teacher who was a native of a Central American country, whose particular name escapes me. She lectured with passion one day about the difference between spoken 'Terms of Endearment' in the English language, which commonly used words like: honey, sweetie, sugar, etc., (plus...

I was wondering if you had any thoughts: “Language ought to be the joint creation of poets and manual workers.” ஜ۩۞۩ஜ*ஜ۩۞۩ஜ*ஜ۩۞۩ஜ*ஜ۩۞۩ஜ*ஜ۩۞۩ஜ*ஜ۩۞۩ஜ*ஜ۩۞۩ஜ*ஜ۩۞۩ஜ ~Eric Arthur Blair, known by his pen name, George Orwell, English novelist and polemic journalist, (1903-1950)~ Waiting patiently, Sardith :...

Mr. Hudson, Your posting reminds me of another issue I believe holds concern for our culture. Why is it that we assume our society will not be greatly lacking, with the elimination of courses such as, elocution, Latin and handwriting, e.g.? I submit that those decisions have caused a decline in our...

There is a dictum in Internet culture called Godwin's Law (after Mike Godwin, a lawyer who coined the maxim), which posits that the longer an online discussion persists, the more likely it is that someone will compare something to the Nazis or Hitler. According to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia,...

Thank you, gailr. That is more information than I was able to come up with! :) Sardith p.s. Love the March embellishments to your emblem! Thank you as well, Slava. I suspected that there was something to the portcullis notion, but was unable to wrap my brain around it. I hate it when that happens. ...

Oh RATS! :P I was just SURE that this word, cataracts , had its go around in Dr. Goodword's word processor, or perhaps I was just hoping against hope. :cry: I'm doing some reading for a class, and it'd be very helpful if I could understand the metamorphosis of the word, cataracts from the meaning: ...

p.s., I am Wordchicky51.

Sardith

Lassiter 12...it sounds so 007.

I'll try you out someday!

Sardith

Perry, Computerization certainly has opened up the 'Scrabble-type' games to 'putting your toe into the water' more often, since you have an instantaneous rebuttal, hopefully making one a better player...as long as a person can remember the plethora of new words learned. :? Congrats on the 'pung' . ...

Hello Dr. Goodword, Whilst playing Scrabble, I managed to draw the seven tiles that spelled this wannabe word, tushery , and since I was playing on a computer, (finding out that your chosen word is suspect takes no time at all), I took a chance. It truly is a valid word, but has nothing to do with ...

Dear Word folk, I noticed that it was in 2005 that the word, 'lament' came up in the queue, and it was just the word I was looking for, thanks. (Search options are such a blessing.) :D While skimming around for info, I saw a quote by Alistair Cooke that I wanted to share: "The field maneuvers ...

I am familiar with the more common uses of this word, sally , but have recently seen the definition related to: imagination, or the power to create in one's mind . What I am wondering is if this is one of those situations the Doc talks about, where part of a definition has fallen out of usage over ...

Thank you, Slava.

Your point is well taken, Philip, especially concerning the Mariposa. My husband and I lived near Mariposa, California for about ten years and were fortunate indeed.

Sardith