Nov 20, 2008 Thread starter #122 greyfields Crowing 12 Years Mar 15, 2007 4,889 43 261 Washington State
Nov 20, 2008 #123 K7 Menagerie Songster 11 Years May 6, 2008 771 4 151 Bend, OR Did you know that "verb" is a noun? How can you look up words in a dictionary if you can't spell them? If a word is misspelled in a dictionary, how would we ever know? If two mouses are mice and two louses are lice, why aren't two houses hice? If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words? If you've read a book, you can reread it. But wouldn't this also mean that you would have to "member" somebody in order to remember them? Is there another word for a synonym? Shouldn't there be a shorter word for "monosyllabic"? What is another word for "thesaurus"? Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing? Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things? Why do people use the word "irregardless"? Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack? Why do we say something's out of order when its broken but we never say in of order when it works? Why does "cleave" mean both split apart and stick together? Why does "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing? Why does flammable and inflammable mean the same thing? Why does X stand for a kiss and O stand for a hug? Why don't we say "why" instead of "how come"? Why are a wise man and wise guy opposites? Why is abbreviation such a long word? Why is dyslexic so hard to spell? Why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song? Why is the plural of goose-geese, and not the plural of moose-meese? Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
Did you know that "verb" is a noun? How can you look up words in a dictionary if you can't spell them? If a word is misspelled in a dictionary, how would we ever know? If two mouses are mice and two louses are lice, why aren't two houses hice? If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words? If you've read a book, you can reread it. But wouldn't this also mean that you would have to "member" somebody in order to remember them? Is there another word for a synonym? Shouldn't there be a shorter word for "monosyllabic"? What is another word for "thesaurus"? Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing? Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things? Why do people use the word "irregardless"? Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack? Why do we say something's out of order when its broken but we never say in of order when it works? Why does "cleave" mean both split apart and stick together? Why does "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing? Why does flammable and inflammable mean the same thing? Why does X stand for a kiss and O stand for a hug? Why don't we say "why" instead of "how come"? Why are a wise man and wise guy opposites? Why is abbreviation such a long word? Why is dyslexic so hard to spell? Why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song? Why is the plural of goose-geese, and not the plural of moose-meese? Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
Nov 20, 2008 #124 debilorrah The Great Guru of Yap Premium Feather Member 11 Years Aug 25, 2008 39,693 184 423 The Carpal Tunnel Rehab Center edited for redundancy.... Last edited: Nov 20, 2008
Nov 21, 2008 #125 smom1976 too many projects too little time! 11 Years May 2, 2008 2,086 5 201 Pensacola, FL ohh all the questions unanswered...