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quixotica: Heads Up ...
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A compendium of modern invented slang. Sniglets for the Facebook generation. Post your word, situation or phrase here. Tuesday, November 10, 2009. N, the undulating folds of extra skin on the back of a person's head, often giving the back of the skull the contoured appearance of rolling hills. Yes, I'm OK. I took a year off from posting new words. I've been storing them up for a while. For the last 18 months, I've continued to publish a word an issue in The South Magazine. Posted by David Gignilliat.
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The TB Blog from Teacher's Discovery: November 2009
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The TB Blog from Teacher's Discovery. A blog for teachers: you never know exactly what you're going to get, but you know you're going to like it. This Day in History. Monday, November 23, 2009. We didn't go see the blockbuster, record-setting movie. Over the weekend because we prefer our vampires to be blood-thirsty monsters as opposed to emo-chic teenagers who can't quite open their eyes all the way. But a few of us around Teacher's Brunch HQ in foggy-morning Auburn Hills, MI are. As the site says:.
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quixotica: 8/11/13 - 8/18/13
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A compendium of modern invented slang. Sniglets for the Facebook generation. Post your word, situation or phrase here. Tuesday, August 13, 2013. A Whole (Foods) New World . In honor of today's grand opening of the first Whole Foods in Savannah, a new phrase . In the type of coverage usually reserved for visiting heads of state, here's just a sampling of today's local coverage of the WFM. Posted by David Gignilliat. Tuesday, August 13, 2013. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Enter your email address:. Dictionar...
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Welcome to John E. WordSlingers’ Nudged Sketches of Flighty Things | Nudged Sketches of Flighty Things
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Nudged Sketches of Flighty Things. Poetry of John E.WordSlinger. An Appreciation to My Readers Two Years of Friendship on O.P. Welcome to John E. WordSlingers’ Nudged Sketches of Flighty Things. Thank you- your Visit and Comment is Appreciated. Photo by: https:/ www.facebook.com/twoangelsdesignprinceton. Is a poet with 4 wheel drive, so lets go for a ride…. WordSlingers’ NUDGED SKETCHES OF FLIGHTY THINGS. READ, RECITE, COMMENT,. And most of all CRITIQUE. Smiles and blessings…. lol…. Absorb what is useful...
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quixotica
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A compendium of modern invented slang. Sniglets for the Facebook generation. Post your word, situation or phrase here. Monday, November 16, 2009. N, a permanent wrinkle or crease, especially in a garment of clothing, viz., pants. Despite his many efforts - the ironing board, the steam cleaner, a hot shower - the pants would not hold a crease. The pants held the frumple, like a badge of disheveled honor. Posted by David Gignilliat. Monday, November 16, 2009. Comparez et achetez a petits prix une paire de.
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BOOKS
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Here I have collected links to books I would recommend to my friends. Many of them are links allowing you to directly purchase the books at Amazon.com. Encounter with Tiber : Buzz Aldrin's book. Click here for Encylopedia Britannica article on CHG. Click here for some more CHG biographical info. Click here for the American Dialect Society, which CHG was involved with. Charles Hall's father, Louis Hall Grandgent? CHG Books at Amazon.com. Many of these are hard-to-find but Amazon usually comes up with them).
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Electric Symbols: Internet Words and Culture
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Electric Symbols: Internet Words and Culture. Beyond Sites and Words. The Promise of Research. Eric Schmidt, CEO, Google, in American Spectator. Words are a mirror of their times. By looking at the areas in which the vocabulary of a language is expanding fastest in a given period, we can form a fairly accurate impression of the chief preoccupations of society at that time and the points at which the boundaries of human endeavour are being advanced. John Ayto, Twentieth Century Words. However, these insig...
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Incorporating Dialects into the English Classroom: February 2011
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Incorporating Dialects into the English Classroom. Friday, February 25, 2011. Words, Words, and more Words! This is a clip from the Ellen Degeneres Show featuring Hugh Laurie, the star off House. They are comparing American words with British words. Maybe I am not American, but has anyone heard of flossing? It must be more apparent in other areas of the United States. The below excerpt is a comment from a person responding to this video. It is intermixed with culture, identity, and communication. Elbedrt...
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