Words & Wordplay - December 2006

2006-12-09 01:38:19 · 11 answers · asked by Robbie F 2

i often hear them on tv but i still don't understand it. im not american, that's why.

2006-12-09 01:35:46 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-09 01:33:06 · 16 answers · asked by Emily M 1

2006-12-09 01:31:11 · 2 answers · asked by michelleann01 1

Most dictionaries give the phonetic transcriptions of words on how to prounounce it, some give indication of where the stress of a syllable is. Does anyone know where i can get a dictionary like this, i need it for studying linguistics particularly phonology.

2006-12-09 00:39:50 · 4 answers · asked by laydeeheartless 5

Can you disguise the smell by lighting a match like the lady did on a plane a few days back?

2006-12-09 00:25:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-09 00:05:32 · 5 answers · asked by ixat02 2

2006-12-09 00:04:04 · 4 answers · asked by sue 1

list all the words you can make out of this word only

2006-12-09 00:00:45 · 8 answers · asked by katia 1

2006-12-08 23:48:27 · 4 answers · asked by cluckcluck 1

2006-12-08 23:47:44 · 2 answers · asked by prashanth a 1

2006-12-08 23:40:24 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can you provide a few examples of "inferences" being made?

2006-12-08 23:38:58 · 10 answers · asked by Thirst For Knowledge 1

2006-12-08 23:37:27 · 9 answers · asked by prideparker 3

...to use 'and' after a comma. I know that 'and' shouldn't be used after a full stop, yet I think that it's use after a comma can also be considered incorrect.

2006-12-08 23:23:21 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

By the time the team was ready to present the plan for MTV World, MTV's annual budget had already been set. But because the organization eschews hard and fast rule about how and when innovation happens, MTV World got the green light anyway.

Does "hard and fast rules" mean "rigit rules"?

2006-12-08 23:14:51 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-08 23:10:13 · 2 answers · asked by Winnie 1

"We have a culture of doing our own thing, rolling our own when it comes to technology," said Buckmaster, who got his first Craigslist gig as programmer by posting his resume on the very site.

2006-12-08 23:02:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-08 22:38:46 · 7 answers · asked by sanjeev k 1

2006-12-08 22:25:17 · 8 answers · asked by jayashree m 2

Kind of funny how you can't say ****** on here but cracker is for some reason ok.

2006-12-08 21:47:04 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-08 21:33:01 · 8 answers · asked by Chris M 2

say a cliche that is well known, or unusual how many can you think of?......i 'll start by giving two i know, but you cannot repeat them, the best one gets the points, think of some different ones if you can?...

"Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder"
"You cannot judge a book by the cover"
Can you think of some other cliches?.......

2006-12-08 21:13:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

You should use all the letters only once and make a 7 letter word

2006-12-08 20:56:46 · 8 answers · asked by raj 1

2006-12-08 20:37:53 · 11 answers · asked by syed m 1

the music industry charges royalties for every song and cd we buy, what if greece starts charging for every word or every letter that all countries use every day every second,but its theirs(greek origin, greek source)?how many millions of billions of billions of pounds we owe them?simple maths tells me infinite!!!e.g Britain has aprox 51800 exact words and another 500000 altered words sourcing from greek language and greek literature!!imagine 50 pence for every time each citizen of all countries use each word??to start paying back dated as well back to the start of their language?do the maths. unimaginable money, who is going to be the super power then? USA?hahahaha Britain? hahhahahahahahah? France? Germany? i cant write anymore cause i cant stop laughing!! the thieves of the worlds became super powers?hahahhahah, OMG give me your opinion or should i say gnome?oops here's 50 pence to pay!!or is it more cause i used some more above?we owe tothe greeks alot

2006-12-08 19:49:19 · 9 answers · asked by alalosuk 1

the pen is diamond shaped with opals making the outline and a diamond at all four corners.

2006-12-08 18:21:07 · 2 answers · asked by ohyea2469 1

2006-12-08 18:18:54 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I get the first part, the "gh", becuase in the word "enough" the "gh" makes the "f" sound...anyone know...tell me!~!~!

2006-12-08 18:11:44 · 5 answers · asked by goapple_goorange 2

2006-12-08 18:02:01 · 3 answers · asked by kushsuneja 1