Words & Wordplay - October 2006

supercalifragilistic
expialidocious
I had to separate it to two lines, so it would all print.
I used to be able to spell this the whole way through without stopping, but can't anymore.

2006-10-18 03:17:02 · 15 answers · asked by Mauntie 3

Hi,
I am confused about the spelling of these two words - is it possible to use confidencial in English?
Thanks in advance

2006-10-18 03:04:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-18 02:55:06 · 4 answers · asked by vivien r 1

Why is it so difficult for some people - even apparently educated people - to work out when to use "less" and when "fewer", when they still seem to able to decide whether to ask "how much?" or "how many?", and the two are analogous?

Why would a respected company like Apple announce that it has had "less than 25 reports" of a virus on iPods?

Why would the BBC, which should be a custodian of our language, refer to there being "less birds" at a Kenyan flamingo lake, or (ironically in an article about writing standards) refer to "less than half of schools"?

Why did the HR director of Norwich Union say they needed "less people to take calls"?

Why do I have to shout "FEWER!!" at the radio almost every day?

2006-10-18 02:22:32 · 15 answers · asked by gvih2g2 5

2006-10-18 02:20:32 · 11 answers · asked by rhys 3

I was surprised to find that intonation, pitch, volume, pronunciation etc are considered to be non-verbal communication.

What , therefore, constitues 'verbal communication'?

2006-10-18 02:17:48 · 5 answers · asked by Anne 2

2006-10-18 02:03:38 · 2 answers · asked by yellowsatin58 1

I am not totally familiar with all English language expressions, and I came across a document to translate and makes reference to doing a 'quiz night'... Unfortunately I do not have any native English speakers around me at this moment to find out.

Can someone give me an idea/description of what a 'quiz night' is?

2006-10-18 01:53:46 · 3 answers · asked by FERNANDO H 1

halloween way? All I got is "Fang" k you. Any other ideas?

2006-10-18 01:37:49 · 8 answers · asked by moi 2

Any views and opinions on language change
For and aganist arguments for language change
Your opinion on the two meaings for crumpet...derogatory term for women or toast

Thank you

2006-10-18 01:27:52 · 13 answers · asked by jessica_elizabeth_brown 1

I'm writing a paper on A Raisn in the Sun, Death of a Salesman, and Rebel without a Cause (two stage plays and one film) and need to refer to all three multiple times. Is there any word that encompasses both film and movies? For example, so I could say "These three ??? each serve as a unique lens on 1950s society."

2006-10-18 00:34:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Please give me a good kind of word games/puzzles

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Please... like those that you can see in variety puzzle books/magazines!
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2006-10-18 00:14:51 · 3 answers · asked by kevin! 5

2006-10-18 00:10:06 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out
what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think nothing was
wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though.
Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But
if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any
coaching!

2006-10-17 23:49:52 · 10 answers · asked by askaway 6

A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5
minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out
together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

2006-10-17 23:48:33 · 17 answers · asked by askaway 6

What is the saying for..................

"as sharp as........................"?

2006-10-17 23:18:54 · 33 answers · asked by h3nn18 1

Coin a word and then give us the definition for it and use it in a sentence to show how effective it would be and help the english language become more useful.

2006-10-17 22:54:29 · 11 answers · asked by Mr. PDQ 4

2006-10-17 22:52:12 · 2 answers · asked by summer 1

i met this word in a joke: your momma is so dumb that she tripped over a cordless..

2006-10-17 22:50:22 · 5 answers · asked by bilezlatko 3

2006-10-17 22:30:17 · 11 answers · asked by chillgalsnboys 2

2006-10-17 21:52:10 · 8 answers · asked by FaMagUSTA 1

Here on earth it is almost always true that tomorrow will follow yesterday but where is that place where yesterday always follow today?

2006-10-17 21:51:31 · 23 answers · asked by zanzabarr 2

There is a word in English Language in which the first two letters signify a male, the first 3 letters signify a female, the first 4 letters signify a great man, and the complete world a great woman, What is the word?

2006-10-17 21:50:48 · 8 answers · asked by zanzabarr 2

There is a town in Texas where 5% of all the people living have unlisted phone numbers. If you select 100 names at random from the town's phone book, on average how many of these people would have unlisted phone numbers?

2006-10-17 21:50:19 · 22 answers · asked by zanzabarr 2

2006-10-17 21:49:42 · 7 answers · asked by zanzabarr 2

How would you rearrange the letters in the words "New Door" to make one word? (Note: There is only one currect answer)?

2006-10-17 21:49:11 · 6 answers · asked by zanzabarr 2

When asked how old she was, Suzie replied, "In two years I will be twice as old as I was five years ago." How old is she now?

2006-10-17 21:48:34 · 12 answers · asked by zanzabarr 2

2006-10-17 21:47:13 · 6 answers · asked by zanzabarr 2

I am making my boss a bottle of wine with a picture of his face on it, and i want to put a french line underneath the photo. The make of wine is the same as his surname so i thought that would be really catchy. The line would be something like: "where pleasure start", or "the essence of a good time" or something like that. Or something humorous! And if it is possible that it could be posted in French as well please.

Feel free to post you're ideas in english as well. All welcome.

2006-10-17 21:34:53 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Back in the early 80's he had songs with titles like 'I Would Die 4 U'. Was he the first person to use 'U' instead of 'you' and '4' instead of 'for'?

2006-10-17 21:18:02 · 3 answers · asked by Graham G 1