Word

Words are like prodigies. They may want to stay inside where it is safe and warm but they'll never live if they never play outside...and find themselves lost in the cold.

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We shall never understand one another until we reduce the language to seven words.

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 – Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)
 – Sand and Foam [1926]

»Therefore« is a word the poet must not know.

(Andre Gide)

Which is more useful to you: a dictionary that tells you how to use a word or a dictionary that tells you how a word is used?

Isn't it weird that words work as well as they do? Think about it.

My favourite word in the English language is »language«. However, if you gave me a slightly larger set of words to choose from I might have more difficulty expressing a preference.

Spaces define which letters go together to make up a word.

What I feel for you,
I can't put in words,
language won't hold
my desire.

The word on my mind right now is >>weekend<<. It's only a few hours away!

I can't wait to get away from this office!!

We had words. Each and every evening.

Sometimes, when he stopped for beer after work, we had dishes and pots and food, too.

on Mar 22nd 2001, 02:07:31, Natasha Jordan wrote the following about

word

Think how much acceptance Mary showed when she said:

»Let it be done to me according to thy word.«

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And how much courage.

The >>Word of the Day<< today over at dictionary.com is >>oblation<<.

>>Oblation<< comes from the past participle form of the Latin verb* >>offerre<< meaning >>to bring<<.

So, an oblation is an offering or a gift.

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* A Latin verb is traditionally cited by giving four forms, in this case: offero, offerre, obtuli, oblatum.

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The best way to discover new words is by reading a book.