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Spotlight |
Irish Gaelic words in English |
| Words to the Wise |
Obscenities
(censored), quiz, photographer, doily and antimacassar, gossip |
| 8/16/99 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
It's ET! |
| Letters
to the Editors |
Hoosegow revisited, Melanie
& Mike play Darwin, and pomposity |
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Spotlight |
Celtic words in English |
| Words to the Wise |
Spinster, beyond
the pale, hot dog, hobbit, hoosegow |
| 8/9/99 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
Lose the t or
eltse! |
| Letters
to the Editors |
Whence does "from
whence" come? |
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Spotlight |
Wrought and wreaked havoc |
| Words to the Wise |
Gutta-percha,
Bolinas, zombie, jumbo, mumbo-jumbo |
| 8/3/99 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
Racked with seaweed |
| Letters
to the Editors |
Got vs. gotten |
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Spotlight |
The quick and the dead |
| Words to the Wise |
Tow-head, woman,
teller, they |
| 7/5/99 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
I wonder...? |
| Letters
to the Editors |
Picnic, entitled |
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Spotlight |
A campaign for camping |
| Words to the Wise |
B silent, cynic and
skeptic, and scuttlebutt |
| 6/29/99 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
...And who, may I ask, is
calling? |
| Letters
to the Editors |
Reverse psychology revisited |
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Spotlight |
Yet more names of nations:
Serendip |
| Words to the Wise |
spick and span,
agog |
| 6/21/99 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
Reverse psychology |
| Letters
to the Editors |
More names for Germany |
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Spotlight |
It's no mystery |
| Words to the Wise |
Ta-da, pal,
pee-yew, bias |
| 6/14/99 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
Degrees of possibility |
| Letters
to the Editors |
Traps and Hungarian |
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Spotlight |
More names of nations: Germany |
| Words to the Wise |
Toodle-oo, rain
check, pay the piper, hoodlum, traps, drumstick |
| 6/7/99 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
Rank Ranking |
| Letters
to the Editors |
School-marms and enfeebled
verbs |
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Spotlight |
Names of nations |
| Words to the Wise |
Calaveras,
pray/prayer, dollar, visa, filibuster |
| 6/1/99 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
Enfeebled verbs |
| Letters
to the Editors |
More on misplaced modifiers and
Native Americans |
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Spotlight |
Indian words |
| Words to the Wise |
Silhouette, squaw,
copycat, whore, tar (slang for sailor) |
| 5/24/99 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
Misplaced Modifiers; Submit
Yours! |
| Letters
to the Editors |
More Fun With K |
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Spotlight |
Drug-language abuse |
| Words to the Wise |
Cooties,
jones,
assassination |
| 5/17/99 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
Accused In |
| Letters
to the Editors |
Solanaceae, tomatoes, and three
k's for Derek |
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Spotlight |
Internet Poppycock |
| Words to the Wise |
Life in the 1500s,
our feet! |
| 5/10/99 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
Use of anxious for eager |
| Letters
to the Editors |
Gestures |
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Spotlight |
Native American Words in
English |
| Words to the Wise |
coward/cowardice,
hangar, crisp |
| 4/20/99 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
Beg the question vs. raise the
question |
| Letters
to the Editors |
The Changing English Language |
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Spotlight |
Point-blank |
| Words to the Wise |
pussy[cat], kitty,
beluga, puppy, horse, stag/hen night |
| 4/20/99 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
Momento vs. Memento |
| Letters
to the Editors |
Turkey's "Original"
Name |
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Spotlight |
Evil |
| Words to the Wise |
fairy and fay,
cemetery, chapel, pagan, heretic, church |
| 4/12/99 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
Salt and Pepper Weather |
| Letters
to the Editors |
Quotation marks revisited |
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Spotlight |
Blue Moon |
| Words to the Wise |
beestings, Good
Friday, Orient, Caucasian, ax versus ask, one another |
| 4/5/99 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
Periods inside or outside of
quotation marks |
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Spotlight |
Easter |
| Words to the Wise |
juke box, eureka,
bone up, disaster, goblin, blah |
| 3/29/99 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
I Could[n't] Care Less |
Letters to the Editors |
Do Brits Flog Fags? |
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Spotlight |
The Fabric of Words, Part III
of III |
| Words to the Wise |
titillating,
babble, caput, faggot, round robin, drum (slang) |
| 3/22/99 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
Quote Unquote revisited |
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Spotlight |
The Fabric of Words, Part II of
III |
| Words to the Wise |
earth, galoot,
jitney, hackneyed |
| 3/15/99 |
Letters
to the Editors |
picnics, gender vs. sex,
cul-de-sac |
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Spotlight |
The Fabric of Words, Part I of
III |
| Words to the Wise |
drivel, navigate,
drag queen, cool, gender vs. sex |
| 3/8/99 |
| Curmudgeon's
Corner |
affect vs. effect |
Letters
to the Editors |
etymological research |
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Spotlight |
Frenzied words |
| Words to the Wise |
cul-de-sac,
cockpit, limousine, chauvinism, lukewarm |
| 3/2/99 |
| Curmudgeon's
Corner |
Quote Unquote |
Letters
to the Editors |
Classical pronunciation |
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Spotlight |
February Feasts and Holidays |
| Words to the Wise |
Whiddon Down (place
name), shroff, churchkey, lumpkin, the f-word revisited, miracle |
| 2/22/99 |
Letters to the Editors |
Horsey terms |
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Spotlight |
Valentine's Day |
| Words to the Wise |
to come to a head,
lesbian and homosexual, romance |
| 2/15/99 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
Classical Plurals |
Letters to the Editors |
Howdy Doody and the Peanut
Gallery |
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Spotlight |
peanut gallery |
| Words to the Wise |
weapon, campy, red
herring, cretin, caribou, prophet, believe |
| 2/8/99 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
A Whole Nother |
Letters to the Editors |
A Coincidence |
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Spotlight |
niggardly |
| Words to the Wise |
waffle, radical,
uppity, boredom, teetotaler, out of sorts |
| 1/31/99 |
| Curmudgeons'
Corner |
epithets |
Letters to the Editors |
Update on the Death Valley
treasure chest |
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