Words & Wordplay - December 2007

I notice that, even among the well spoken..some do..some do not.

2007-12-19 04:40:39 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you like words, and their meanings, and often strive to improve your vocabulary, please tell me ONE or TWO of your favorite words, words that are not commonly used in everyday talk between friends, such as 'egregious', or 'pedantic'. GOTCHA there, didn't I? (Unless you happened to see some of my other questions).

2007-12-19 04:31:17 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

i need it for my exam in january - i don't mean the dictionary definition of pragmatic, but the actual term describing it - that is used in english language AS.

2007-12-19 04:30:41 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

What does 'pedantic' mean? Give me the meaning, and then use it in at least two sentences to show you understand it! Best answer gets that coveted ten points !

2007-12-19 04:28:08 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Could anyone help to clarify this energizer. I cannot understand the final sentence "send additional rounds of handclaps around the circle, chasing the first" why? and what fun
Pass the beat:
Have all participants form a circle. To introduce the exercise, say: ‘I am going to face and make eye contact with the person on my left, and we will try to clap our hands (or make another noise) at the same moment [demonstrate]. Then, she or he will turn to the left and clap hands at the same time with the person next to her or him. We will “pass the beat” around the circle. Let’s try it now and remember to make eye contact and try to clap (or make the other sound) at the same time.’ The rhythm builds up and the facilitator can call out ‘faster’ or ‘slower’ to increase the speed. Once the handclaps have passed around the circle, say: ‘Now we will try to make the rhythm go faster and faster. Always be ready, because we might send additional rounds of handclaps around the circle, chasing the first.

2007-12-19 02:57:20 · 2 answers · asked by ? 1

This was used by one or both characters and held some sort of meaning. The "sound" was something like "Eee-Yaw-Kee". I'm also interested in any other meanings of this expression. Did the call go on with the series after Tommy Rettig left.

2007-12-19 01:34:06 · 2 answers · asked by DavyJ46 1

2007-12-19 00:58:03 · 16 answers · asked by neha 2

to used this way:
Her babyish ways have been shedding away with ________ these last few months. So much so, that I can hardly recognize her now.

2007-12-19 00:37:50 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you know anyone by that name??

2007-12-19 00:00:27 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

"They get paid more money than their job is worth. These people make a bundle. They really rake in the cash."

this sentence confuses me.

2007-12-18 22:04:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-18 18:33:43 · 4 answers · asked by Traveller 1

Makes you wanna go "Hmmmm........"

2007-12-18 18:23:47 · 8 answers · asked by LadyLynn 7

can anyone tell me wat is de meaning of groin in simple, laymen's terms. I checked wikipedia.com and it gave me a complicated meaning. Thank you for answering.

2007-12-18 17:54:24 · 4 answers · asked by Koh J 2

2007-12-18 17:08:55 · 7 answers · asked by primalclaws1974 6

"she must now choose who she wants to spend the rest of her life with."

should it be 'who' or 'whom'?

2007-12-18 16:13:22 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-18 16:07:56 · 3 answers · asked by Namevac 2

2007-12-18 15:29:27 · 3 answers · asked by SwAkA! 2

I'm not sure how you would revise this sentence without making it to another sentece. The directions says to only to replace a phrase with a word, replace a clause with a phrase, or take out unnecessay worss. Help?

Since then, Perlman has appeared with every major orchestra, recorded most of the standard violin works, played on film soundtracks, and made jazz , ragtime, and comtemporary recordings of music that he has played.

[[I'm not 100% sure if this is acutally a run-on sentence, but I believe it is, since it is quite lengthy. I appreciate any help. :)]]

2007-12-18 15:17:35 · 20 answers · asked by L 3

2007-12-18 14:41:39 · 5 answers · asked by r.l. c 1

just another stupid question of mine
but seriously :D

2007-12-18 14:41:17 · 6 answers · asked by nickname 4

Do you have any other ways of learning the words?
I am attempting to learn all of the words by grouping similar words together in rooms. I am actually using a vocabulary builder book that has related words grouped together.

The problem is that there are going to be many rooms and I'm not sure if I can keep reusing the same room or rooms. Some words are going to need to be repeated in different rooms because they are synonyms.

I am not sure if I should create a new room for each word or just for categories of words. I can't create thousands of rooms. I might be able to create multiple versions of the same room but then I'll have to keep track of how many versions of that room I have created.

If I store words in different rooms, then I'll have to keep track of which words I put where. I only have space for ten objects in each room so I might have to stretch a list from one room to another to another. This is a daunting task.

2007-12-18 14:00:57 · 5 answers · asked by Yahoo Answers 1

Are you familiar with the laws RELATED TO trespass?
Are you familiar with the laws RELATED TO trespass?

2007-12-18 13:41:47 · 3 answers · asked by Chinarose 1

2007-12-18 13:39:28 · 3 answers · asked by raji r 1

It's for my English homework. My teacher never gave us back our vocab. list with the definitions on it (because we just finished 'A Day No Pigs Would Die') and now she expects us to do a crossword puzzle with that definition. So if you read 'A Day No Pigs Would Die' could you please give me a word?

2007-12-18 13:12:39 · 6 answers · asked by car3carly 2

Whats the alphabet called when you say a word that begins with that letter instead of that actual letter?

2007-12-18 12:55:56 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Make:
5 5-letter words
4 6-letter words
and
1 7-letter word out of:

LAITFNE

2007-12-18 12:47:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-18 12:44:07 · 16 answers · asked by kmpart 1

My friend just told me that the guy i like is "not prude" and i was confused with the meaning wat does it mean???

2007-12-18 12:13:03 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

get added to my friends

2007-12-18 12:06:29 · 11 answers · asked by Rasheeda M 2

2007-12-18 12:04:34 · 5 answers · asked by blingbling1198 1