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Word of the day besides "murmur".
13 March 2007, 08:18 AM
Doug SpauldingWord of the day besides "murmur".
Largish
"Live Forever!"
14 March 2007, 07:23 AM
Braling II lagniappe14 March 2007, 10:39 PM
Chapter 31Wrapped?
14 March 2007, 10:53 PM
embroidererembrodieristic (having traits of an embroiderer)
embroideryous (boisterous, while an embroiderer)
embroideria (place for buying embroidery)
Embroideryville (that there city/town)
Embroideryski (Polish family name with long heritage in- you guessed it!)
Embryodery (developing embroidery)
15 March 2007, 07:16 AM
Braling IIChap, a lagniappe ("LAN-yap") is a sort of "kick-back", i.e. a gift from a vendor to a customer.
Broid, love your last entry!
Here's a new one:
embrocate15 March 2007, 11:33 PM
Chapter 31Because I’m involved with so many kickbacks, “lagniappe” wasn’t so hard and a naked kickback is problematic so “wrapped” is usually preferred. “Embrocate” on the other hand was dicier and I had to look it up and I’ll be sure to embrocate the next time I go to the beach.
16 March 2007, 07:28 AM
Braling III first encountered the word
defenestration in a Bradbury story, but don't recall which one...
16 March 2007, 01:08 PM
biplane1How on earth did you remember that word?
16 March 2007, 01:37 PM
Braling IIHe seemed to really like it, I looked it up and liked it, and I've encountered it since...
16 March 2007, 10:05 PM
Chapter 31A
tactinic reaction will never come knocking on my door.
17 March 2007, 07:20 PM
rocket saturnine
She stood silently looking out into the great sallow distances of sea bottom, as if recalling something, her yellow eyes soft and moist...
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21 March 2007, 10:13 AM
rocket crucible
She stood silently looking out into the great sallow distances of sea bottom, as if recalling something, her yellow eyes soft and moist...
rocketsummer@insightbb.com
21 March 2007, 10:19 AM
Braling II homophone21 March 2007, 12:17 PM
fjp451Right! Now correctly write "their," "there," and "they're." No doubt, you know the differences. Each word has its own meaning. It's really worth more than a few cents to have a good sense of the language. Now, this brings me to my new word of the day, "Gnu!"
21 March 2007, 02:06 PM
Braling IIGood observation, Butch.
Too many folks nowadays confuse "your" and "you're", for example. (Take note good friend Rocket!)
Here are some good homophones:
right, rite, write, and wright (though you don't see the latter much anymore).
One that keeps tripping up singers, for some reason is "lead" and "led", though the former is only the metal...