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- Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:31 am
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: Inaugurate / Augur / August and Fortunetellers
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9879
Re: Inaugurate / Augur / August and Fortunetellers
- Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:25 am
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: Inaugurate / Augur / August and Fortunetellers
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9879
Re: Inaugurate / Augur / August and Fortunetellers
... if we truly wanted a religion neutral ceremony, then we should also eliminate "augur" because divination has even less to do with installing a president unless, of course, if it involves trying to discern if the official will live up to campaign promises. I would augur (of course) that the word...
- Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:05 am
- Forum: Word Games and Challenges
- Topic: Twisted definitions
- Replies: 88
- Views: 121841
Re: Twisted definitions
Tabula Rasta - A Rastafarian experiencing global amnesia.
- Tue Mar 17, 2009 7:49 am
- Forum: Addicts' Corner
- Topic: Not getting enough Wordwizard?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4080
Re: Not getting enough Wordwizard?
Hello and blessings Erik,
Could you suggest additional use for this add-on besides the one you posted?
Could you suggest additional use for this add-on besides the one you posted?
- Tue Mar 17, 2009 7:39 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: She walks on water
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4078
Re: She walks on water
A: What’s the matter? B: I’m trying to jot down some ideas for the meeting tonight, but I’m drawing a blank. A: When I’ve got a block, I often step away from it for a while and come back to it later. Then I can look at it with a fresh perspective. B: I don’t have time to take a break. I need to com...
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:04 am
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: put lipstick on a pig
- Replies: 20
- Views: 27357
Re: put lipstick on a pig
I'd like to know; what are the pros and cons of spaying a hockey mom and a pit bull? Moreover; does the application of lipstick or the presence of an anesthesiologist or cosmetologist simplify the procedure?
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:38 am
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: Truth Embedded Rhetoric...Rhetoric Embedded Truth
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5005
Re: Truth Embedded Rhetoric...Rhetoric Embedded Truth
I'm seeking clarity, possible discussion, and learned wisdom, as to the origin, meaning, earliest and present usage, in a political context, of the word, "rhetoric". For the origin, meaning and earliest usage you can look here . Its earliest use in English was 1300s, imported from French, and was p...
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 6:50 am
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: Truth Embedded Rhetoric...Rhetoric Embedded Truth
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5005
Re: Truth Embedded Rhetoric...Rhetoric Embedded Truth
I thank you PhilHunt, for the link. I high rank you Erik, for the think. I now seek to know the cosmetic preferences of a pig, named Napoleon. Though I suspect, to some, my comments, seemly could just as well be Greek (as in pithanon ), I would argue that an English-speaking, lip-stick wearing pit b...
- Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:19 pm
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: Truth Embedded Rhetoric...Rhetoric Embedded Truth
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5005
- Sun Sep 07, 2008 4:05 am
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: Truth Embedded Rhetoric...Rhetoric Embedded Truth
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5005
Truth Embedded Rhetoric...Rhetoric Embedded Truth
"Change we can believe in." --- Obama "America first!" --- McCain The most effective and persuasive rhetoric, (according to the Aristotelian definitions) is that which conveys truth and reveals reason. Choose wisely. “When they had once got it by heart, the sheep developed a great liking for this ma...
- Thu Aug 21, 2008 6:21 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: fauxtography
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7182
Re: fauxtography
Che, I believe that your last statement , to the effect that nowadays “individual experience is manifested and interpreted by […] reality generated by personal beliefs and media generated reality”, is broadly but not exclusively correct – not exclusively, because our experience also encompasses, an...
- Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:23 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: fauxtography
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7182
Re: fauxtography
During a recent social gathering, my wife and I attended, I had a discussion with a so-called, card-carrying-liberal linguist (no, it was not Noam Chomsky). At one point, in the course of our conversation, I was told that the correct spelling of the word, fauxtography , should be the capitalized pro...
- Sat Aug 16, 2008 2:13 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Progression or degeneration?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4275
Re: Progression or degeneration?
"In language as in virtually every other aspect of society, the pace of change is accelerating." ---- Phil White
DSTR8!
Present linguistic progression is language regeneration...
Thanks Erik. Great book and links.
DSTR8!
Present linguistic progression is language regeneration...
Thanks Erik. Great book and links.
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:56 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Olympics [winningest]
- Replies: 22
- Views: 15500
Re: Olympics [winningest]
Oh shit! I extend my sincere apologies Mr. White. Damn you "Eric".
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:19 am
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: on the down-low
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8320
Re: on the down-low
Ken, That is possible, though it is perceptually relative. Any further discussion might well be reflective of the relative direction, DOWNHILL (an etymological re dun dancy), depending upon ones opinion and perspective. Yet, as earthly beings sharing a subjective coordinate system that is spherical,...