Words & Wordplay - July 2006

Bernard Shaw said that education is the process of wasting one-third of your lifetime to learn how to waste the reamining three-thirds...

2006-07-18 05:11:58 · 23 answers · asked by odysseus 2

2006-07-18 05:00:10 · 3 answers · asked by michaelpandolph 2

2006-07-18 04:56:42 · 19 answers · asked by ? 2

2006-07-18 04:46:53 · 22 answers · asked by Turbot Face 2

I am 40,and embarrassed my 15 yr. old daughter yesterday by saying "look at those cute thongs" next to a display of flip flops at a store. Lol!

2006-07-18 04:35:08 · 12 answers · asked by MaryBeth 7

2006-07-18 04:27:43 · 2 answers · asked by ves.pera 2

eg. for Information Technology IT is enogh. Or we put I.T.

2006-07-18 04:15:58 · 5 answers · asked by hari_raghav2006 1

some people from england says "bloody" all the time and they call an elevator a "lift" and they say "double cool with knobs" when they find something cool.... you guys know any more?

2006-07-18 03:44:06 · 4 answers · asked by Xianpu 4

some people from england says "bloody" all the time and they call an elevator a "lift" and they say "double cool with knobs" when they find something cool.... you guys know any more?

2006-07-18 03:43:09 · 6 answers · asked by Xianpu 4

2006-07-18 03:42:28 · 9 answers · asked by Turbot Face 2

2006-07-18 03:41:28 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

meaning you squeezed something. I have used the word sqouze all my life but I have recently been told its a word I made up! I tend to do daft things like that!! So is it or not??

2006-07-18 02:37:53 · 11 answers · asked by Phoenix 2

2006-07-18 02:36:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

In the bible God is a generic name for deity. Are you equally offended by the words "deity damnit"?

2006-07-18 02:35:28 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm a foreigner and I'm not familiar with English
so even though the question sounds a bit dumb, please leave an answer.

I know what 'lemon' and a 'tree' is.
I'm curious if there's another meaning.
I've heard a song that goes..

'Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree'

The 'lemon tree' in the lyrics, does that have a meaning something else besides the meaning in the dictionary?

2006-07-18 02:29:55 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-18 02:22:26 · 7 answers · asked by Yim 3

2006-07-18 02:18:41 · 12 answers · asked by sunil kumar p 1

Certainly "more clever" seems less cumbersome. Cleverer; gramitacal faux pas or well spoken?

2006-07-18 02:10:32 · 11 answers · asked by Yim 3

in etymology, some dic and encylopedias refers to the origin of this word as [French, from Italian salone, augmentative of sala, hall, of Germanic origin.]
does the word the word (Sala) means (hall) in German? if so is it loan word or original one? i do not understand German but in Arabic we say (Salon) when refer to the (parlor) and (Salah) means (wide place) or (reception room). Any linguist here, What do u think?

2006-07-18 01:57:55 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

did you know the longest word in the world is 3640 letters long, i promise, it was a science word, but don ask me to say it, i have no clue!

2006-07-18 01:53:45 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

antidisestablishmentarianism

[what does it mean?]

2006-07-18 01:51:23 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

would it taste better if i picked my nose with my left and ate the contents.

2006-07-18 01:34:08 · 10 answers · asked by ? 2

when we get a stupid answer on here aimed at us we can laugh at it, but Americans go all defensive

2006-07-18 01:26:04 · 27 answers · asked by ? 2

2006-07-18 01:23:33 · 8 answers · asked by 'E' 2

even against aliens they seem to win.

2006-07-18 00:31:47 · 20 answers · asked by ? 2

2006-07-18 00:31:44 · 4 answers · asked by hualeh 1

coz otherwise he'd be ewar woowar
(love that joke, crap but good!)

2006-07-18 00:27:00 · 7 answers · asked by nikki 2

Hi, selly. I'm John. It's my first time writing a English letter to you. do you remember the time when we first met in 1st grade. you'd always sat in the back of me 'cause you were called by name later than me in class. we were kind of shy at first, but now we're friends. when you reached the top of our school I really envied you. I'm studing hard now, however my test score isn't that good. Wrighting you, I remember dimly the time when I were in 1st grade. As we were in the same class, we used to go to see a movie and a concert together. On account that you took a Chinese class and I took a Japanes class, after all we took a class separately, though. It's lucky to see each other frequently as we live closely. Only for this reason, you shouldn't forget me. I hope we could take a class together when we become 3rd grade. Then, there will be a room for you and I would be the same classmates. Though we won't go to the same school, you should remember me. Keep in touch often using a mail.

2006-07-17 23:55:41 · 10 answers · asked by omazzri 1

^_^

2006-07-17 23:27:54 · 4 answers · asked by kevin! 5

I have just heard on the radio, and also notice that George W Bush used the phrase "I am going to go......"
MY father used to give me a clip round the earhole If I said that. He told me" You are either going or your not" You cannot be going to go.
Was he right>?

2006-07-17 23:11:20 · 2 answers · asked by tiggy 1