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AUGUST: hot or hallowed

August 13, 2010

Isn’t it strange … and fun … how the placement of the accent  can change the meaning of the word totally?   Sometimes it’s a problem when a news commentator gets it wrong, but I just find it amusing. Here we are in the midst of the penultimate moment of the summer, the month of August.  [...]

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NOTA BENE: note well

July 15, 2010

My friend and mentor, Julie Roads, sent me the term nota bene a couple of weeks ago. It is Latin, and means “note well.” She suggested that it was a term worth noting (pun intended.) I’ve always thought of it as one of those foreign language terms that one might drop in an article to [...]

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REVERBERATE: to reecho or resound

June 12, 2010

In reflecting on Tuesday’s primaries throughout the country, a commentator was heard to say that the results of these primaries would reverberate throughout the political world.  It’s somewhat of an overstatement, but that’s commonplace journalism these days.  I chose to look beyond his comment to focus on the word.  Reverberate is one of those words [...]

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ROGUE:

December 14, 2009

I thought the list of definitions for rogue was interesting, so instead of picking one, take a look at the entire list as shown by Dictionary.com: ROGUE: 1. a dishonest, knavish person; scoundrel. 2. a playfully mischievous person; scamp: The youngest boys are little rogues. 3. a tramp or vagabond. 4. a rogue elephant or [...]

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