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- Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:18 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: SIALOQUENT
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7413
I wish we had known this word around 1950 in high school. We had an English teacher we were sure was nearly 100! She had seen Lindy parade in NY and constantly reiterated the experience to us. You had a choice with this teacher. You could either sit up front and hear her, or you could sit in back an...
- Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:16 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: ANADIPLOSIS
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8771
Anadiplosis is common in the Hebrew Old Testament, preserved in KJV, although some modern translations smooth it out for English. The repetition becomes a sort of intensive adjective or adverb. Wisdom literature in OT and NT (James, e.g.) frequently creates a chain with a word or thought from the pr...
- Sun Jul 13, 2008 2:27 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: new word suggestion
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8238
new word suggestion
"Rasher" - probably a Briticism as I usually find it in English novels, though I have found it on American menus. Always seems to be "a rasher of bacon," meaning2-4 strips. Seems a weird word to apply to bacon. Whence cometh it?
- Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:25 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: As it were...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5574
As it were...
In today's good word, you mentioned the phrase "all be it" as making little sense. That triggered a reminder that I have always puzzled over "as it were..." In some cases adding "if" (as if it were) helps, but not always. Any suggestions to clarify the source and meanin...
- Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:34 pm
- Forum: Suggestions
- Topic: Pronunciation
- Replies: 2
- Views: 28916
Pronunciation
Proper pronunciation can disturb, distress, and discombobulate (good word?) me. I suspect all of us have been surprised by hearing for the first time a word we have read for years, mentally pronouncing it quite differently. I find this especially true in medical terms, which even the pros pronounce ...
- Sat May 17, 2008 1:52 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Prodigal
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10355
- Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:16 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: CAUSERIE
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10119