When you stop and think about it, words are pretty darn important. They are symbols for our ideas which we code into a form that others can understand. With differences in language, culture, experiences, and education, it is a wonder we can communicate at all. Words often have multiple definitions, and their definitions have varying [...]
Tags:
block,
colloquialism,
commonly confused,
dialect,
etymology,
jargon,
popular,
random,
slang,
strange,
weird,
words,
writers
Twelve Interesting Words
How many words are in your vocabulary? The average high school graduate is said to know about 10,000 words. The average 4-year college graduate is said to know about 20,000 words. Do you have room for any more words in your vocabulary?
Here are some interesting words, which you may not know.
Upon learning an interesting [...]
Tags:
big,
challenge,
Hard,
interesting,
long-words,
strange,
twelve,
Vocabulary,
weird,
words,
Writing
22 Jun, 2008
Posted by: robertstevenson In: Fun stuff
Dr. Rob’s UCTV CONTEST
Help me replenish Rob’s Megaphone’s vodpod.
Midway down the right sidebar lies Dr. Rob’s UCTV vodpod, and it is in need of new tunes.
Join me in filling the “live” or on-air slots with weird, offbeat, strange, but “quality” tunes. You’ll have to decide what “quality” is.
I will keep one of the five empty slots for my [...]
Recent Comments