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Message board > WORD of the DAY, Monday, 21/01/2013, Revisited
WORD of the DAY, Monday, 21/01/2013, Revisited

ldthemagicman
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WORD of the DAY, Monday, 21/01/2013, Revisited
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The WORD OF THE DAY is "POLYPTOTON".
During the Competition, I have no doubt that someone will undoubtedly give us the �Correct � answer. There �s no doubt about that, even though some Members will, no doubt, remark: "I have my doubts about that!" Well, doubtless you will not doubt my undoubted frankness, (but there �s even a bit of doubt about that).
I don�t want to cast doubts on some of the Members, but without a shadow of a doubt, some doubt their own doubts; there�s little doubt of that. It�s OK to have your doubts about something, but that leaves little doubt of your certainty about the uncertainty of doubt. But I doubt it!
I don�t doubt for a second that many Members, no doubt, doubt Les Douglas when he raises doubts by saying, �I have NEVER heard an Englishman say: �I have a doubt�. But it�s true, although I doubt if you believe me.
In all of my years, I have NEVER heard an ENGLISH PERSON say: �I HAVE A DOUBT�.
The WORD OF THE DAY is "POLYPTOTON".
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22 Jan 2013
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elderberrywine
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Polyptoton is a very disrespective word for a German policeman. Cops used to be called "Polypen" in German some eighty years or so ago, and the syllable "toton" makes the whole word even more derogatory. Toton was added to the first two syllables after a story about a stammering policeman in Berlin was published in a newspaper around 1931, toton being an onomatopetic word. Well, with the introduction of "onomatopoetic" I think I have almost qualified for the new WOD, don �t you think?? Dorothea
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22 Jan 2013
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Goreti Ponte
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I doubt I will ever make the same mistake again. I really admire your effort to correct many of us in what concernes the word "doubt".  Please correct me if there are mistakes in any of sentences I �ve just written. I admire your work! Keep on helping us Have a good night! |
22 Jan 2013
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