Words & Wordplay - August 2007

"My books have often been read as unapologetic texts for cultural and pyschological 'mongrelization'. it's a word i celebrate."

What is mongrelization??

2007-08-06 04:24:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Doodie and a doobie? I do not speak the native English and i have a friend, his name is Derek, and he uses these words so many times but i cannot understand out their meaning.

2007-08-06 03:34:43 · 4 answers · asked by ieatbacon4breakfast 2

2007-08-06 02:57:34 · 1 answers · asked by teelay 1

2007-08-06 02:35:00 · 5 answers · asked by X. F. L 1

2007-08-06 02:10:19 · 9 answers · asked by beaut627 1

I'm going to go through the alphabet.
Nope. This is not homework...Just some wholesome ,creative FUN on YA.

1) A Matter of Time
2) Amazed and Confused
3) A Living Prayer
4) Annie Get Your Gun
5) Across The Universe
6) And I Love Her

2007-08-06 01:26:42 · 3 answers · asked by I am Sunshine 6

I know you usually do it the other way around. It's usually pretty easy to find the origins of a word, but sometimes I'm curious what other English words come from the same Latin or Greek or other root - like cavalry and chivalry from caballus.
Is there a name for words that come from the same root? There should be.
I'm very, very not a linguistical person (ha ha). But I enjoy digging around in word origins.
By thw way, if you love words, check out "Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends" by David Wilton.
Thanks a lot.

2007-08-06 00:56:22 · 3 answers · asked by ChuckBoutwell 2

2007-08-06 00:46:53 · 7 answers · asked by Sue 1

2007-08-06 00:46:30 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-06 00:21:23 · 8 answers · asked by curious faline 1

2007-08-05 23:46:29 · 24 answers · asked by PaulineB 2

Time to resurrect a thorny old problem which ran for several months in the Times letters columns a few years ago.

2007-08-05 23:21:11 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Solve The Difficult Riddles And Puzzles To Analyze Your I.Q.

2007-08-05 21:51:13 · 6 answers · asked by Gofive S 1

2007-08-05 21:46:07 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

this sentence is correct ?
" I am very thankful from your attention."
please tell me.

2007-08-05 19:39:05 · 8 answers · asked by far 1

write a few sentances with out using the letter I i.

2007-08-05 19:35:40 · 2 answers · asked by jobees 6

1. I'm only trying to turn you into a lady.
2. Pretty much touch anything, and you get your head chopped off.
3. I suppose you think I'm a greedy, unscrupulous sell-out who'll do just about anything for money?
4. It's a clock, it ticks, it tells the time.
5. What's that smell?

2007-08-05 19:14:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've looked up both busses and buses on Google, but it does not correct either, and websites use both in the same context?

2007-08-05 18:22:00 · 12 answers · asked by Frank Gardenar 1

I'm looking for the original pronunciations and definitions of words like Allakhazam and Hocus Pocus. I've already found "abreq ad habra" (abracadabra).

2007-08-05 18:19:32 · 6 answers · asked by Melissa G 3

2007-08-05 17:55:41 · 3 answers · asked by New mem 3

Please help, I can't figure it out.

2007-08-05 17:33:09 · 11 answers · asked by fifitrixiebell999 2

What is the correct adjective to descrive a person who is always complaining, who doesnt take things positively

2007-08-05 15:54:38 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Police?

2007-08-05 14:31:53 · 25 answers · asked by pisces02 4

I know what it means just not what it refers to.

2007-08-05 14:18:17 · 14 answers · asked by seizod 3

2007-08-05 13:22:59 · 8 answers · asked by lennox525 2

2007-08-05 12:55:56 · 13 answers · asked by lod506 1

i need to see if you say 365 like three hundred and sixty-five or three hundred sixty-five

2007-08-05 12:46:27 · 19 answers · asked by sebastianhennessy 2

i've always wondered that but never could figure it out.

2007-08-05 12:11:35 · 6 answers · asked by nadroj 1

in 3 words...

2007-08-05 12:04:13 · 29 answers · asked by 18/M/Scotland 3

2007-08-05 11:25:51 · 4 answers · asked by Roy M 2