Word-wheel
Sat, 3 May 2008 11:27:38 +0100
Just come from another group where it was suggested that Microsoft
invented the term 'word wheel', 'word-wheel' or wordwheel' to
describe an on-screen database search interface as described at
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/word-wheeling .
Does anyone know when and where the term first appeared?
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Noel
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culturally-specific or general sociolinguistics?
Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:49:49 -0800 (PST)
Various factors have been reported by UK media in recent years
concerning the effect one's culture has on one's behaviour. This
link is to a US-oriented research programme which only details
linguistic self-descriptors couched in English lexicon. Would we
accept without question it applies to ourselves in the UK a ...
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Re: gawd, go seal a strength
Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:07:01 GMT
of the trunk.
103. The example of Alexander's chastity has not made so many continent as
that of his drunkenness has made intemperate. It is not shameful not to be
as virtuous as he, and it seems excusable to be no more vicious. We do not
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self-centred words
Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:47:30 -0800 (PST)
I can't at the minute think of a more self-centred word than
"supposed".
G DAEB
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Soul of a dead person?
Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:27:48 +0100
Hello,
I am not an native speaker. Can someony please explain
the difference between:
Ghost
Phantom
Wraith
Spectre
Spirit
My dictionary translates these words all to
the same word.
Thanking ou in advance,
Uli
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Knowledge :
Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:42:01 -0800 (PST)
Knowledge :
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