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![]() ![]() Enlightenment words.40 years of words from the enlightenment. ‘The Britannica guide.’ Late 18th /early 19th century. Industry, industrialist, democracy, class,… Started by Gerald Payne |
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Sep 17, 2015 Reply by Plinius |
![]() Wandering WordsThe adverb "only" may wander more than any other. Only I painted my auto. I only painted my auto. I painted only my auto. I painted my onl… Started by tom sarbeck |
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Dec 7, 2014 Reply by Grinning Cat |
![]() One Letter Words, a DictionaryCompiler Craig Conley says, "In Shakespeare's time, R was called littera canina, 'the dog's letter', because it sounded like a dog's growl.… Started by tom sarbeck |
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![]() ![]() Emotionally loaded vowelsWe speak as we feel, we feel as we speak Assume one cartoon character is always happy and another usually not. Which character is happy, Ko… Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner |
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Aug 1, 2014 Reply by Grinning Cat |
![]() ![]() Automatic captions and fiberglass growth factorBefore spelling was fixed, people read aloud. I feel thrown back to the Middle Ages when reading a YouTube video transcript. This was a st… Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner |
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Feb 23, 2014 Reply by Loren Miller |
![]() Changes to word meanings.I just heard about “The Sharing Economy”: http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21573104-internet-everything-hire-rise-sharing-economy If… Started by Idaho Spud |
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Feb 7, 2014 Reply by Dogly |
![]() Typos and Other Sources of HumorIn my job I occasionally have to respond to call center forms documenting mis-shipments, missing parts, overages, etc. So, often I end up d… Started by Glenn Sogge |
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Nov 26, 2013 Reply by Ruth Anthony-Gardner |
![]() ![]() Will your head literally explode? OED recognizes informal use of "literally"The Oxford English Dictionary now recognizes the long-used informal sense of "literally" as an intensifier meaning "virtually" or "figurati… Started by Grinning Cat |
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Aug 24, 2013 Reply by Idaho Spud |
![]() ![]() Soda? Pop? Coke? and over 100 other dialect variations (survey results and maps)http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/maps.html One of the 122 questions: 105. What is your generic term for a sweetened carbonated b… Started by Grinning Cat |
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Mar 10, 2013 Reply by Grinning Cat |
![]() ![]() Rape culture embedded in languageDiscussion of the underlying cause of India's rape culture, and that of mysogenist violence against women worldwide, underlies the role of… Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner |
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Mar 8, 2013 Reply by Grinning Cat |
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