Words & Wordplay - January 2007

2007-01-03 22:43:39 · 5 answers · asked by Cat C 1

Has blue always been a colour or was it invented. When did we start to use the word blue when talking colour.

2007-01-03 22:32:13 · 13 answers · asked by Jez G 2

help..thanks

2007-01-03 22:27:02 · 12 answers · asked by fulaien 2

Is this phrase grammatically correct?

"We have released a pen drive with a size capacity of 250 GB"

If it is grammatically incorrect, please correct it.

Thanks!!

Ricardo Ramírez

2007-01-03 22:25:21 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Examples: Gay used to mean carefee and happy, not homosexual. Technology used to mean a variety of things relating to science and engineering, not only microprocessing and computer programming.

2007-01-03 22:20:16 · 4 answers · asked by Dr Sid 1

2007-01-03 22:14:24 · 7 answers · asked by Bliss 6

Batao TO Janu, You Are Greart.

2007-01-03 22:13:52 · 18 answers · asked by Nagendra M 1

2007-01-03 22:08:17 · 7 answers · asked by couldn't care less 1

The question was asked by JNU, India for BA enterance test in 2005.

2007-01-03 21:49:40 · 19 answers · asked by mounti 1

2007-01-03 21:45:17 · 9 answers · asked by Zindabaaad...... 1

Fill in each blank with an appropriate word beginning with the letter given below.

In recent years, euthanasia has again sparked a worldwide debate over the moral and legal implications of the act. On the one hand, euthanasia frees fatal patients from u_____ physical pains and the families of fatal patients from heavy financial burdens. On the other hand, the doctors who p_____ euthanasia on patients with fatal illnesses with no hope of recovery are o________ condemned by many people and a________ of the so-called "assistant murder".

2007-01-03 21:45:12 · 4 answers · asked by ohlala 1

2007-01-03 21:17:09 · 15 answers · asked by werky 3

Jalousie is a blind or shutter having adjustable horizontal slats for regulating the passage of air and light. 'Jalousie' is French for 'jealousy', which is where the word comes from. But why is it called this?

http://www.answers.com/topic/jalousie-5

2007-01-03 20:56:38 · 3 answers · asked by John 1

2007-01-03 20:10:08 · 3 answers · asked by elephant_in_the_delta_waves 2

2007-01-03 20:02:04 · 13 answers · asked by sybscIT s 1

The name is of French origin

2007-01-03 19:44:14 · 4 answers · asked by smalls 1

I mean a free download......the one which has pronunciation.....plz help!!!

2007-01-03 19:30:02 · 2 answers · asked by Slyer 1

I am seeing "no" for "know" and tons of other egregious, ignorant spellings. Is this pure laziness or horrifying ignorance?

2007-01-03 19:25:28 · 23 answers · asked by mrs. johnson 1

What is a synonym for "always suspicious" that starts with 'p'? If no one can think of any, then are there any other words for it? Thanks.

(Don't tell me to google it or search. I tried and I couldn't.)

2007-01-03 19:17:25 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I really need to know.. I would prefer to get answeres with sources from dictionaries. Thank You =).

2007-01-03 18:57:57 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why in religions except hinduism the feminine force isn't considered as a form of god?

2007-01-03 18:50:42 · 4 answers · asked by rajesh bhowmick 2

Someone gave my son a hand-me-down shirt that has a picture of a bunch of cute little golden retriever puppies on it and under them it says "Magnum Loaded". What does "magnum loaded " mean?

2007-01-03 18:44:55 · 6 answers · asked by boysmom 5

2007-01-03 18:44:48 · 6 answers · asked by dhirendra singh rathod vill nich 1

My company is heavily promoting the hiring of younger employees in their 20s and 30s, yet the human resources dept. is all in their 50s. Why don't they (human resources) worry about their own demise?

2007-01-03 18:27:27 · 6 answers · asked by Maddie 3

2007-01-03 18:12:22 · 5 answers · asked by benu m 1

I feel I've over-used it:

..If society never had a chance, then everything would be calm and easy to control and predict, cutting down on problems. However, this exerpt is not sensitive towards the thoughts or lives of the peoples.
Unlink Document 2, the exerpt from Document 6 shows lots of _________ ((i want to say "sensitivity towards its inhabitants" but then i'd just be re-using words))

Sorry... I'm too sleepy to think.

<3
stranger.

2007-01-03 18:11:48 · 11 answers · asked by Stranger 3

2007-01-03 18:11:47 · 5 answers · asked by sandyarat 2

2007-01-03 18:05:16 · 12 answers · asked by rajesh bhowmick 2

Just signed up and saw that I have these points.

2007-01-03 18:00:02 · 4 answers · asked by Just Me 2

2007-01-03 17:09:46 · 2 answers · asked by Leslie F 1