Word

Words beginning with the »sn« sound in English are often unpleasant: snide, snob, snigger, sneer, snicker, snub, snert, snotty, snippy, snit, snarl, snore, sneak, snag. »Snow« is a word over which there is debate and even an annual change of heart. The first snowfall is almost always welcomed. Christmas snow is considered magical. But too much of a good thing for too long and March blizzards push »snow« into line with the rest of the »sn« words.

mortar my words
with particles
prepositions
adverbs
and conjunctions

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.

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The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.

--The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
(trans. Edward Fitzgerald, 1st ed.)

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

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

In the beginning was the word, and the word was 32 bits.

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.

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

(Andre Gide)

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Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

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 – Horace (65-8 B.C.)
 – Epistles, bk. I, epistle xviii, l. 71

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

'Right again, quite right,' said Mr Swiveller, 'caution is the word, and caution is the act.'

Think how much acceptance Mary showed when she said:

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

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