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- Fri Mar 22, 2013 3:45 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: mortified
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9375
mortified
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...
- Fri Mar 22, 2013 3:05 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: BUNNY
- Replies: 13
- Views: 22760
Re: BUNNY
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...
- Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:56 am
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: The concoction that is language?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9797
The concoction that is language?
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 :...
- Sun Mar 17, 2013 1:57 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Words to the wise
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12942
Re: Words to the wise
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...
- Sat Mar 16, 2013 12:18 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Words to the wise
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12942
Re: Words to the wise
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,...
- Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:10 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: cataracts
- Replies: 4
- Views: 14837
Re: cataracts
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. ...
- Mon Mar 04, 2013 7:37 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: cataracts
- Replies: 4
- Views: 14837
cataracts
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: ...
- Sun Feb 24, 2013 4:14 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: tushery
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7759
Re: tushery
p.s., I am Wordchicky51.
Sardith
Sardith
- Sun Feb 24, 2013 4:10 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: tushery
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7759
Re: tushery
Lassiter 12...it sounds so 007.
I'll try you out someday!
Sardith
I'll try you out someday!
Sardith
- Sun Feb 24, 2013 1:40 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: tushery
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7759
Re: tushery
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' . ...
- Sat Feb 23, 2013 7:38 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: tushery
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7759
tushery
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 ...
- Sat Jan 26, 2013 2:36 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: LAMENTABLE
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7069
LAMENTABLE
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 ...
- Mon Jan 07, 2013 3:35 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: sally
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7037
Re: sally
Thank you, Mr. Hudson.
That was quite an exhaustive list and very much appreciated.
Sardith
That was quite an exhaustive list and very much appreciated.
Sardith
- Sat Jan 05, 2013 1:17 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: sally
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7037
sally
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 ...
- Wed Dec 26, 2012 11:53 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: butterfly
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8434
Re: butterfly
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
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