Words & Wordplay - July 2007

Husband, Uncle, Brother, GrandPa (are male terms)
Wife, Aunty, Sister, Grandma (are felmale terms)
Cousin is what??

2007-07-05 23:28:54 · 5 answers · asked by MariaAntonietta 4

Who will explain these things ? Difference between centre and center,meter and metre.Are these only spelling differences or their meanings are really different ?

2007-07-05 22:02:01 · 13 answers · asked by Rajchem 2

2007-07-05 21:55:33 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Please include sources -- thanks!

2007-07-05 20:53:33 · 9 answers · asked by Ask Mike 4

2007-07-05 20:22:42 · 9 answers · asked by diorwhore 1

Is this just another way of saying first cousin or second cousin? I don't quite understand what "removed" means.

2007-07-05 19:57:08 · 3 answers · asked by foster 3

is pimptress a word?

2007-07-05 19:17:44 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Lady Minerva was in love!! The object of her desire, unfortunatately, was the cook, Raoul!!! Many had warned her and she KNEW it was absurd but GOOD LORD, Raoul was HOT!!!! She had just left Raoul's chambers, thinking "Oh My God, how did I EVER LIVE before I met him"!!!
Raoul's girlfriend Lola had seen it all!!
That ***** she yelled!! She devised a plan to.....

2007-07-05 17:28:41 · 3 answers · asked by Silva 6

I always found it odd because I know there are 1st and 3rd but ive never heard of 2nd please answer

2007-07-05 16:26:54 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

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It is with regret that I have to inform you that the fee for my localization services have increased from USD 300/project to USD 450/project.

I have informed your staff about the new tariff when she asked for quotation and she has agreed with it. However, I will still charge the previous services that I have delivered to you at old price. Thanks a lot for your understanding.

2007-07-05 16:13:39 · 9 answers · asked by inquisitive thinker 1

2007-07-05 15:55:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-05 14:27:48 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-05 14:13:03 · 5 answers · asked by Devin C 1

2007-07-05 13:48:03 · 5 answers · asked by Danielle S 2

However don't you think they indicate something about the intelligence of the questioner? If one cannot spend a moment or two ensuring the question is properly spelled how can one expect any serious replies?

2007-07-05 12:59:47 · 5 answers · asked by zp055att 6

I got the above symbol at the end of a text message but I don't know what it means. Can you help?

2007-07-05 12:35:44 · 5 answers · asked by Will W 1

to make final decision

2007-07-05 12:22:19 · 14 answers · asked by fbithejames 2

2007-07-05 12:14:38 · 15 answers · asked by riyuka 1

the English language and advise on it's writing style correction? Feel free to change it or even add some more professional sounding words

Thanks for that

This is what I wrote:
Today’s society is living under constantly fear about almost every aspect of our existence. Everyone has to rely on high technology measures to protect the security of their residences, financial dealings, even up to their vehicles.

People tend to take care of their personal assets and now more than ever their personal data. As personal information such as bank account and pin numbers has also became part of one’s personal valuable.


There is the danger of once personal record falling into the wrong hands these days. Should this happened, one can find herself/himself into a lot of problems.

2007-07-05 11:39:47 · 9 answers · asked by Curiousman 1

especially when i see ads for cars, gadgets, etc, they sometimes use the word "sleek" and sometimes "slick" to describe how nice their product looks.

i think i've seen more uses of "sleeks" than "slicks" but anyway what's the difference between the two? i would like to hear your own words rather than the "dictionary" definitions.

2007-07-05 10:51:33 · 9 answers · asked by ? 1

2007-07-05 10:44:42 · 6 answers · asked by rhylman2000 1

2007-07-05 10:30:12 · 15 answers · asked by Wide Awake 7

1. Are you telling me FACTS or fiction?
2. My poor heart is thumpin'.
3. Yeah,uh huh,whatever.
4. It's all rock and roll to me, dude.
5. In the event you didn't hear me........HELP!!!
6. Welcome to my nightmare. Yes, do come in.

2007-07-05 10:16:23 · 4 answers · asked by I am Sunshine 6

Out of these letters...

P-E-A-T-W-R-I

Please Help.

Thanks!

2007-07-05 10:10:40 · 9 answers · asked by Bridget 4

Lets face it, half the posts that go up here have terrible English,

Do people just not bother or are we actually losing the ability to use proper grammar and spelling because of texting and such?

2007-07-05 09:54:44 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't know why this bugs me, but there are three letters that produce the same sound, C, K, and Q. Now I can understand why C and K co-exist, K came from the Greeks, C came from the Etruscans and was similarly adopted by the Romans who conquered the Greeks and preferred their letter C because it was probably more eye pleasing. But since a certain rule involving the letters E and I made it necessary pronounce C as an S, it appeared that the Northern Europeans adopted the Greek letter Kappa as "Kay" to allow "ka" sounds to be used before E and I, unless that happened to be the original reason for the letter Q's existence. But of course, Q is most always reserved for the instances when it's paired with U for the "kwa" sound that it can't make by itself, or then again, in Spanish it seems to replace instances where a K would be in loan words but even then it's followed by a U (and another vowel after). So what I want to know is, is Q in the alphabet for a good reason?

2007-07-05 09:53:12 · 4 answers · asked by Alex R 3

ok my mom received some offer by phone and she was not interested in the offer and she said " i am not interesting in..." and i told her and the correct way to say that you are not interesting is that " i am not interested"
so plz tell me which is the better way to say that you are not interested in the offer?>?>>>????

thank you

2007-07-05 09:39:44 · 17 answers · asked by whatever 1

2007-07-05 07:10:44 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I go to college and I was talking to one of my instructors about something that was missing in my file and at the end of the conversation she said something to the effect of: "You're a prize, Sarah." I can't remeber exactly how she said it. It was either that or: "You're a little prize."
Either way, what does that mean?
Is that supposed to be praise or what?

2007-07-05 06:59:31 · 5 answers · asked by Sarah 3

In human nature does that mean to become pro at something and correct your mistakes after doing it once and practice makes you a better and smarter person.Please give me a wise answer.

2007-07-05 06:41:43 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous