Words & Wordplay - February 2007

How would I use the word doyen in the following sentence:

I am a doyen of fashion.

or

I am a doyenne of fashion.

?

2007-02-17 13:49:43 · 2 answers · asked by DUDE 1

Near miss really means it was a collision. Another example: "I could care less" when they are attempting to say "I couldn't care less".

2007-02-17 13:44:39 · 7 answers · asked by Captain Kirk 2

Meaning and a example please.

2007-02-17 13:19:51 · 3 answers · asked by Chemtrail_Sun 2

2007-02-17 13:18:30 · 1 answers · asked by minha menina 2

i really need to know please.

2007-02-17 13:18:25 · 2 answers · asked by thestyle619 1

2007-02-17 12:56:25 · 8 answers · asked by Bianca 1

I mean... for instance, do you know what F1 means? Or F2, Etc. Explore and find out for yourselves! No malice or compulsory education intended... I am just wondering if you are the same as me! Clueless! Go ahead... explore...

2007-02-17 12:56:23 · 62 answers · asked by Saudi Geoff 5

Since they both deal with things and situations that in some sort cannot happen, how do you decipher the two?

2007-02-17 12:44:14 · 6 answers · asked by kat79705 2

2007-02-17 12:37:35 · 2 answers · asked by BAD GIRL 1

Is it called asain asylum?? Please help!! Thanks

2007-02-17 12:22:50 · 9 answers · asked by I luv me some chris breezy 2

I dont keep my mind i the gutter!

2007-02-17 11:59:53 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

and what do you mean with that?

2007-02-17 11:49:22 · 5 answers · asked by grapes 1

could please someone tell me when to use ain't???? beacuse i think i misused it in my class yesterday and my teacher was not thrilled... =/

2007-02-17 11:45:35 · 14 answers · asked by camu camu 2

what does LILO [loudness]( x )RIP{THUNDER CUN+!}RXSTR
mean to you?

2007-02-17 11:16:05 · 2 answers · asked by Neline 2

what does cun+ mean

2007-02-17 11:07:10 · 10 answers · asked by Neline 2

2007-02-17 11:00:36 · 3 answers · asked by moorenp06 1

2007-02-17 10:52:33 · 3 answers · asked by ♥SunShine♥ 2

2007-02-17 10:32:09 · 7 answers · asked by ubiquiton 1

2007-02-17 10:22:59 · 12 answers · asked by Chelsea 2

2007-02-17 10:14:43 · 6 answers · asked by jazsmo18 3

There seems to be an epidemic lately of people who can't spell their way out of a shoebox. :( I run into it mostly on the internet, of course. Here is one of the worst examples I've seen lately, in a blog...

"oppionings" -- when the person meant "opinions"

(What the heck was that person thinking?? You literally have to WORK at it to misspell a word that incorrectly! It's not even CLOSE!)

So, there's my example. I'm curious what juicy butcherings of the English language you folks have seen. ;-]

2007-02-17 10:12:51 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-17 10:08:11 · 13 answers · asked by concreterabbit 3

The practice was started at 5 and was ended at 11.

The practice was started at 5 and ended at 11.

Which one is correct?

2007-02-17 10:05:52 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070217145943AA41WOe&pa=FYd1D2bwHTHwI7thEek6SSuXM_DAFFSyTb7.KDaKA9dIFNTi3qRgcT3c6ez.1c6LjgTUYtsJeUhv2w--&paid=asked&msgr_status=

2007-02-17 10:01:53 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-17 09:59:43 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-17 09:56:44 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Yahoo provides a spell-checker and an opportunity to review before send, but still so many questions and answers are full of errors.

Is this the type of writing that's acceptable in public schools now?

2007-02-17 08:52:43 · 9 answers · asked by Terry S 3

I writing something and dont want to say handyman.

2007-02-17 08:45:20 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth; 5

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same, 10

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back. 15

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

would someone help me understand what Robert Frost is saying in this peom? thanks!

2007-02-17 08:39:14 · 7 answers · asked by Amy_Lynn 1

its in a song by the used...i was just wondering

2007-02-17 08:25:26 · 1 answers · asked by anne 2