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Wordsaver
Rhaptopetalaceae alegar abaft dikaryon undersaturation cunctipotent unavouched foistiness engulf nipperkin skuddick befumble clockmutch earwort I found a new screensaver (for Mac OS X). It shows random words, lines, or paragraphs from text files. By default,… Continue reading
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Word Beads on Sentence Strings
When I was in Junior High, or thereabouts, a wonderful store opened downtown. It was called The Knothole and it sold jewelry findings – clasps, links, chains, pinbacks, … and beads, hundreds of choices of beads. There were large beads, tiny beads, and every size in between. There were beads made of metal, glass, wood,… Continue reading
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Catch a Phrase
[ Today's meme is courtesy of Past, Present, Future Round 51 ] PAST: Pick a memorable catchprase or classic utterance from your youth. And, of course, share it with the class. PRESENT: What's a catchphrase that you probably use just a bit too often nowadays? FUTURE: Give us a bit of something for the ages.… Continue reading
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Words, Words, Words
Vocabulary. The quality of our thoughts can only be as good as the quality of our language, for words are the very core of thought. Continue reading
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…in other words…. We Have a Player!
As I mentioned back on January 6, I decided to start my own meme about quotes, called …in other words…. It's been added to the Memes List and today I have my first (official) player (she signed the guest book and left her link with a nicely phrased, well thought-out discussion of the quote: There… Continue reading
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A pottle of milk
One of the great unknown words in English (one of our favorites, at least) is pottle. A pottle is a liquid measure equal to 2.0 quarts – that is, half a gallon. So when you buy a half-gallon of milk, you've actually bought a pottle of milk. I like the sound of that. Time to… Continue reading
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