Words & Wordplay - June 2006

2006-06-23 01:40:39 · 24 answers · asked by Uri 3

2006-06-23 01:35:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-06-23 01:07:43 · 3 answers · asked by isabelle v 1

I checked my dictionary(Oxford advanced),it doesn't make any sense?

2006-06-23 01:01:20 · 12 answers · asked by Jackson 3

2006-06-23 00:40:30 · 9 answers · asked by Steve'o 1

2006-06-23 00:39:16 · 13 answers · asked by Carolo 1

"nah" in Persian means "No" but in informal English "nah" comes instead of "no" , where it really comes from ?

2006-06-23 00:32:38 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Quoting from "Eats, Shoots and Leaves" by Lynne Truss: "Assuming a sentence rises into the air with the initial capital letter and lands with a soft-ish bump at the full stop, the humble comma can keep the sentence aloft all right, like this, UP, for hours if necessary, UP, like this, UP, sort-of bouncing, and then falling down, and then UP it goes again, assuming you have enough additional things to say, although in the end you may run out of ideas and then you have to roll along the ground with no commas at all until some sort of surface resistance takes over and you run out of steam anyway and then eventually with the help of three dots ... you stop."

2006-06-23 00:31:13 · 4 answers · asked by auntb93again 7

2006-06-23 00:29:57 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-06-23 00:28:48 · 5 answers · asked by swapna c 1

2006-06-22 23:13:49 · 17 answers · asked by vicky 1

I'm looking for something like the program used by www.thefreedictionary.com. When you click on a word a window pops up, you get a definition and the pronounciation that you can hear in english but I want to hear Polish words.

2006-06-22 22:56:20 · 2 answers · asked by Zanzinzazon 1

I am looking for the precise english word for "praenumerando"?
It means " at the start of the year". I need one single word for this, if it exists?

2006-06-22 22:33:47 · 1 answers · asked by SS 1

I get really annoyed by misplaced apostrophes, poor grammar and spelling and badly worded questions. There are so many grammatical errors on this site! For some of the people it is evident that English is their second language and so they may be forgiven. However, what's happening to the standard of English? Am I just a boring old pedant? Does anyone agree with me? Can you restore my faith with beautifully constructed replies, please?

2006-06-22 22:15:31 · 8 answers · asked by Shona L 5

2006-06-22 21:36:01 · 5 answers · asked by kigrawi 3

can it be?

2006-06-22 21:16:06 · 6 answers · asked by Push 1

It is webster?

2006-06-22 20:32:07 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-06-22 20:16:59 · 21 answers · asked by hello kitty 2

Problem is, I have several questions and not enough answers to choose a best answer. I love choosing best answers.

Can you PLEASE, Pretty, pretty, pretty PLease , view my questions open.

Thanks a bunch,

you guys are great.

2006-06-22 19:26:32 · 16 answers · asked by Me 4

(a)she was thought to have carried Ra up into the heavens on her back, after he retired from his rule on the Earth.

(b)She was thought to be the mother of five children on the five extra days of the Egyptian calendar

2006-06-22 19:16:04 · 3 answers · asked by omazzri 1

2006-06-22 18:56:48 · 2 answers · asked by Diana 1

2006-06-22 18:54:08 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-06-22 18:33:56 · 11 answers · asked by Malcolm uses Xbox 360 Avatar 7

2006-06-22 17:56:52 · 16 answers · asked by Aussie Chick 5

I am filling out a form and need to know a 4 letter abbreviation for Caucasian.

2006-06-22 17:22:32 · 5 answers · asked by lump532 2

2006-06-22 17:10:56 · 6 answers · asked by blondie 2

wich came first egg or chicken

2006-06-22 16:40:04 · 11 answers · asked by imright 2

I am having a senior moment here and I won't rest until someone tells me what word I am looking for! When someone is taking all of someone elses time, having to do what they want only....what in heavens name is the word for that?! help please..........

2006-06-22 16:11:47 · 27 answers · asked by Why? 3

2006-06-22 16:10:19 · 22 answers · asked by iamlsu 3

2006-06-22 16:01:27 · 9 answers · asked by oupp30 1