Slava, you have the most amazing memory for movie and tv show scenes!
I wish I could remember what I was doing 5 minutes ago so that I could complete the task.
Debby
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- Mon Dec 11, 2023 11:53 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Bate
- Replies: 6
- Views: 21777
- Mon Dec 11, 2023 11:47 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Hanukkah
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8749
Re: Hanukkah
I don't know the right word. I'm sure you all know that the CH or H at the beginning of this Good Word is pronounced as if one were trying to loosen phlegm in the throat. I was amused by the mug one of my sisters gave to our mother that said Chappy Chanukah mostly because of the confusion it caused ...
- Mon Oct 04, 2021 2:00 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Dandelion
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9441
Re: Dandelion
I believe "Pennsylvania Dutch" refers directly to German immigrants. The locals misunderstood the German word "Deutsch" and thought they REALLY meant "Dutch".
Sigh.
Sigh.
- Sun Oct 03, 2021 10:53 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Sinistral
- Replies: 23
- Views: 20221
Re: Sinistral
David, surely that was Tom not Huck that was the con man, no?
- Sat Oct 02, 2021 10:46 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Ostensible
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4312
Re: Ostensible
Related to ostentatious in some way?
- Fri Oct 01, 2021 1:21 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Reshore
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5962
Re: Reshore
Audiendus,
Amen!
It sounds like someone lisping... or perhaps a bit "under the weather", to me.
Amen!
It sounds like someone lisping... or perhaps a bit "under the weather", to me.
- Tue Sep 21, 2021 7:40 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Sinistral
- Replies: 23
- Views: 20221
Re: Sinistral
George, thank you for that! I shall endeavor to remember it...
at least until this evening.
No short term memory, dontcha know.
at least until this evening.
No short term memory, dontcha know.
- Sat Sep 18, 2021 3:17 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Sinistral
- Replies: 23
- Views: 20221
Re: Sinistral
The story I was told was that the reason people shook hands, right hands, was to prove they did not have a weapon in their hand, specifically, some kind of knife. The people who were left handed could shake with the right hand, and at that moment of removing any chance of the other party attacking o...
- Sat Sep 18, 2021 2:52 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Galaxy
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9164
Re: Galaxy
Gene, thank you very much.
I thought the "rice milk" was what is sold in stores now for those avoiding REAL milk. It didn't occur to me that was rice AND milk.
Oh well.
We all know the danger inherent in assuming.
I thought the "rice milk" was what is sold in stores now for those avoiding REAL milk. It didn't occur to me that was rice AND milk.
Oh well.
We all know the danger inherent in assuming.
- Sat Sep 18, 2021 2:02 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Rivet
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9241
Re: Rivet
Not if you forget and try to stand up...
- Sat Sep 18, 2021 1:33 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Galaxy
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9164
Re: Galaxy
Gene, is it a liquid? if solid, do you know what else is in it to make it so? Is it frozen?
- Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:06 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Yclept
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4791
Re: Yclept
Does this mean that "y" as a prefix is a descendant, or relative, of "ge"?
And both are related to "com" (col, con etc etc etc)?
And both are related to "com" (col, con etc etc etc)?
- Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:41 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Penultimate
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5894
Re: Penultimate
Philip, might that teach you not to be the ultimate one of the group to rise and read?
- Fri Sep 03, 2021 7:48 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Hock
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13083
Re: Hock
AHA!!!
LOL!!!!
I sent a little story as the "hock" request. The hero of said tale was
Hawke P. Toohey
LOL!!!!
I sent a little story as the "hock" request. The hero of said tale was
Hawke P. Toohey
- Fri Sep 03, 2021 4:29 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Hock
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13083
Re: Hock
THANK YOU, SLAVA! that was the fourth use of the word I was wondering about! The throat clearing, which I assume (despite knowing the dangers of doing so) that it was onomatopoetic. I guess I still don't know if that is the case, but it's nice to know where it came from. And, Barbara, thanks for the...