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As we approach Thanksgiving, let us remember the Amerinds who shared with the Pilgrims. Let us remember the Amerinds now among and repent the bloody path we carved out of their domain. Yes, invaders have frequently tried to terminate the lives of the invaded. Did you play cowboys and Indians when yo...

One of my dear uncles opined that nasty was the nastiest word he had ever heard.

Pontius Pilate asked, "What is truth?". The U of Texas misapplies "The Truth shall make you free" on an inscription on the Main building. That is not what it means in the Bible. Jesus is the Truth in the Bible. Of course, non-believers do not have to assert that. But the Christia...

Thanks for quoting my old friend, Samuel Johnson. Old Sam, after many years a widower, was not kind to the feminists of his day. He had a few other prejudices. He said he wasn't afraid to be dead, but he dreaded the passage required. He refuted this on his death bed and said death was not such a bad...

As in River City, mothers in my hometown warned their children of the dangers of the pool hall. Since I never play any games, either athletic or otherwise, I was not tempted.

The Good Doctors story about Shakespearean speech being used in high school is similar to mine. When I found out that zounds was a contraction of "God's wounds" I expurgated from my speaking vocabulary. As for spell check. I use it constantly. I am aware of its problems, so I trust it advi...

Since I shamelessly admit to being an old one, I must applaud the choice of this Good Word.

At first, I thought I would spoof this Good Word and posit it as being the people who believe Pluto is still a planet. Then, seeing it is a vital thing to understand for the voters of the USA and perhaps others sovereign nations, I speak firmly for saving the USA from becoming a Plutocracy.

David: My cousin who spent several years in Australia explored the slang used in the Land Down Under. So I was prepared for dinky-di. I see no need for the word Legit. No one says legit here in the hinterlands. We all would look askance on it.

I read "The Lottery" when I was about eight years old. I was shocked as much as if I had been lapidated.

Who would uv thunk it!

This good word discussion, both from the Good Doctor and the various members, have greatly enlarged my understanding. Thank y'all for contributing.

Here in the hinterlands, we say "High-muckety-muck", which I find as an alternate rendering of high-muck-a=much. Thank you for describing pidgin and creole. Where does a patois fit into these distinctions? One of my cousins lived in Haiti for many years and translated the Bible into Haitia...

I might say that's Greek to me. But then I think it is Latin.