Words & Wordplay - January 2007

charles dickens uses a metaphor to describe the waves.
and the low leaden line beyond , was the river, and that the distance savage liar form which the wind was rushing

2007-01-10 04:04:09 · 10 answers · asked by ellie 2

i have just been wondering...Thanks!

2007-01-10 03:56:44 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

i keep on callling my cat blacky but i thinks its too boring. HELP

2007-01-10 03:56:42 · 44 answers · asked by ellie 2

Couldn't you also acknowlege that 'nothing ventured, nothing lost'?

2007-01-10 03:47:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Thanks

2007-01-10 03:44:47 · 6 answers · asked by sandra b 5

2007-01-10 03:43:29 · 10 answers · asked by Karate Kid 1

I dont even know you but you seem _______.
I sure would like to _____ your ______.

2007-01-10 03:40:25 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

One of my friends has a habit of using this phrase:

"Never 'assume'. It makes an *** out of U and ME."

The first time I heard it (20 years ago), it was quite a noivelty and a good play on words. Now, I just find it kind of pretentious and definitely irritating!

Annoying phrase, or not?

2007-01-10 03:29:05 · 23 answers · asked by Wildamberhoney 6

what means to be an educated person, what attitudes and skills characterize an educated person?

2007-01-10 03:26:48 · 6 answers · asked by filsancadar 1

Like, who decided that 2+2=4. Who was the guy who said the value of two is 2. Or like, who decided to call chocolate, chocolate. Sure, some words ORIGNATED from other words, but who made up THOSE words. Who decided how to pronouce sertain letters. I hope you all know what i mean, i'm just curious. It's a good thing to think about.

2007-01-10 03:22:05 · 1 answers · asked by shababe07 2

What does the fictional word 'MITO' make you think of?

2007-01-10 03:15:22 · 9 answers · asked by canajen 2

When you hear the fictional word 'vetrina', what does it make you think of?

2007-01-10 03:13:00 · 9 answers · asked by canajen 2

A ray of light is incident on a boundary between vacuum and material that (at that particular frequency) has dielectric constant ε=-1 and magnetic permeability μ=-1. (Stricly speaking, these quantities must also have imaginary parts. We will assume that they are very small.) The incidence angle is θ. What can you say about the direction of the reflected and the transmitted rays.

2007-01-10 03:06:58 · 3 answers · asked by richardgriffindundee 2

When you hear the fictional word 'vitrina', what does it make you think of?

2007-01-10 03:03:53 · 17 answers · asked by canajen 2

I see this sticker on cars' rear...what does it mean? It actually means something in spanish...it means READ, but what about in english?

2007-01-10 03:03:09 · 4 answers · asked by Dama 3

I found an old family seal with these words on it and I'm having a hard time finding out what it means. I am assuming Latin, but TER is the only word I've been able to find a translation for. It is from 16th century England. Any ideas?

2007-01-10 02:53:06 · 1 answers · asked by Ads 1

In a song, they sing "there isn't no mountain high enough to keep me from getting to you".Shouldn't it be "there is no mountain high enough to keep me from getting to you"?

2007-01-10 02:51:04 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-10 02:28:44 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

What does raise the bar mean?

2007-01-10 02:07:47 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-10 01:54:58 · 8 answers · asked by seacow12222 1

Where and when do we use 'who' and 'whom' in English Language?

2007-01-10 01:49:03 · 8 answers · asked by Chandra Prakash K 1

my history teacher said they did not like each other I want to know why.

2007-01-10 01:33:12 · 2 answers · asked by patronus 2

mine is ken boon-spoon

2007-01-10 01:31:41 · 16 answers · asked by Jade Goody 2

I need this word in order to search on SE and since I am not English i don't know what to put there. I tried with "memorial house" but this is a translation word by word from my language. so if anyone can help me...thank you. ;)

2007-01-10 01:21:21 · 3 answers · asked by Helene A 2

I need to write a rhyme and I'm a bit stuck.

2007-01-10 01:11:39 · 12 answers · asked by True Blue Brit 7

2007-01-10 00:53:17 · 3 answers · asked by JUN C 1

2007-01-10 00:50:58 · 6 answers · asked by JUN C 1

2007-01-10 00:49:10 · 8 answers · asked by JUN C 1

Jobs said he would not enter the cell phone market. There were plenty of huge players that already had that industry wrapped up, he said at that time. Some of those players may soon wish Jobs had kept his promise (to not to enter the cell phone market).

2007-01-10 00:31:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

well the word is bloop... i dont know what it means, it just sounds cool. if you have any other funny sounding words let me know! :p

2007-01-10 00:11:01 · 7 answers · asked by Nay 2