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trolley wrote:...and could really turn a phrase.

...and the garden variety pharse...I would add.

... 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...

Tabula Rasta - A Rastafarian experiencing global amnesia.

Hello and blessings Erik,

Could you suggest additional use for this add-on besides the one you posted?

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...

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?

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...

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...

Uh...OK.

"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...

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...

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...

"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.

Oh shit! I extend my sincere apologies Mr. White. Damn you "Eric".

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,...