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A correspondent to the Guardian's 'Notes & Queries' column today suggests there should be a palindromic word for palindrome, which is something I support. He recommends 'epitipe' which OED knows not and Google thinks (probably correctly) is a mipsprint for 'epitiope'. He wants to know 'how to get the word into the Dictionary'. What say, my bold langwidgeers? Shall we put our shoulders to the wheel? Or do we have something better?
John Dean
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John Dean
Oxford
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[nq:1]A correspondent to the Guardian's 'Notes & Queries' column today suggests there should be a palindromic word for palindrome, which ... Dictionary'. What say, my bold langwidgeers?
- [nq:1]A correspondent to the Guardian's 'Notes & Queries' column today suggests there should be a palindromic word for palindrome, which ...
- Dictionary'.
- What say, my bold langwidgeers?
- Shall we put our shoulders to the wheel?
- [/nq] I read that this morning and thought it was a splendid suggestion but I wondered how one might pronounce the word.
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[nq:1]A correspondent to the Guardian's 'Notes & Queries' column today suggests there should be a palindromic word for palindrome, which ... Dictionary'. What say, my bold langwidgeers? Shall we put our shoulders to the wheel? Or do we have something better?[/nq]
I read that this morning and thought it was a splendid suggestion but I wondered how one might pronounce the word. "Epi-type" sounds
I read that this morning and thought it was a splendid suggestion but I wondered how one might pronounce the word. "Epi-type" sounds
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[nq:1]A correspondent to the Guardian's 'Notes & Queries' column today suggests there should be a palindromic word for palindrome, which ... shoulders to the wheel? Or do we have something better? How about 'lexipixel' ? A little box for special words.[/nq]
Philip Eden
Philip Eden
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[nq:2]A correspondent to the Guardian's 'Notes & Queries' column today ... to the wheel? Or do we have something better? [/nq]
[nq:1]How about 'lexipixel' ? A little box for special words.[/nq]
I think that "lexel" would work well. Better than "wordrow".
Ray
[nq:1]How about 'lexipixel' ? A little box for special words.[/nq]
I think that "lexel" would work well. Better than "wordrow".
Ray
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[nq:1]A correspondent to the Guardian's 'Notes & Queries' column today suggests there should be a palindromic word for palindrome, which ... Dictionary'. What say, my bold langwidgeers? Shall we put our shoulders to the wheel? Or do we have something better?[/nq]
How assininininian (of BOTH of you)! What's wrong with the word "palindrome"? What next? We can't use "onomatopoeia" because it's no
How assininininian (of BOTH of you)! What's wrong with the word "palindrome"? What next? We can't use "onomatopoeia" because it's no
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[nq:1]What next? We can't use "onomatopoeia" because it's not onomatopoeiac?[/nq]
It isn't? (And it's "onomatopoeic" or "onomatopoetic".)
Evan Kirshenbaum + HP Laboratories >First Law of Anthropology:
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It isn't? (And it's "onomatopoeic" or "onomatopoetic".)
Evan Kirshenbaum + HP Laboratories >First Law of Anthropology:
1501 Page Mill Road, 1U, MS 1141 > If they're doing something youPalo Alto, CA 94304 > don't understand, it's either an
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[nq:1]A correspondent to the Guardian's 'Notes & Queries' column today suggests there should be a palindromic word for palindrome, which ... bold langwidgeers? Shall we put our shoulders to the wheel? Or do we have something better? John Dean Oxford[/nq]
Having a palindromic name, palindromes play a real part of my life. I don't always resist change, but this one I must. Part of the fun of our
Having a palindromic name, palindromes play a real part of my life. I don't always resist change, but this one I must. Part of the fun of our
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[nq:2]A correspondent to the Guardian's 'Notes & Queries' column today ... shoulders to the wheel? Or do we have something better?[/nq]
[nq:1]I read that this morning and thought it was a splendid suggestion but I wondered how one might pronounce the ... sounds like something from "Andy Pandy" or "The Flowerpot Men" (Rightpondians of a certain age may know what I mean.)[/nq]
I favoured the
[nq:1]I read that this morning and thought it was a splendid suggestion but I wondered how one might pronounce the ... sounds like something from "Andy Pandy" or "The Flowerpot Men" (Rightpondians of a certain age may know what I mean.)[/nq]
I favoured the
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[nq:2]I read that this morning and thought it was a ... (Rightpondians of a certain age may know what I mean.)[/nq]
[nq:1]I favoured the latter pronunciation. I thought we could invent a spurious derivation from a Muse or a Grace or ... getting things *** about face'. If she formed a duo with Terpsichore would we hear the epitipe of tiny feet?[/nq]
Is "*** about face" similar to the leftpo
[nq:1]I favoured the latter pronunciation. I thought we could invent a spurious derivation from a Muse or a Grace or ... getting things *** about face'. If she formed a duo with Terpsichore would we hear the epitipe of tiny feet?[/nq]
Is "*** about face" similar to the leftpo
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John Dean filted:
[nq:1]I favoured the latter pronunciation. I thought we could invent a spurious derivation from a Muse or a Grace or ... getting things *** about face'. If she formed a duo with Terpsichore would we hear the epitipe of tiny feet?[/nq]
And when they danced together, Epitipe did everything her sister did, but she did it
(There's no need to finish that allusion, is ther
[nq:1]I favoured the latter pronunciation. I thought we could invent a spurious derivation from a Muse or a Grace or ... getting things *** about face'. If she formed a duo with Terpsichore would we hear the epitipe of tiny feet?[/nq]
And when they danced together, Epitipe did everything her sister did, but she did it
(There's no need to finish that allusion, is ther
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Laura F Spira hayshed:
[nq:1]old-fashioned product of the printing industry. But "e-PITy-pee" sounds like something from "Andy Pandy" or "The Flowerpot Men" (Rightpondians of a certain age may know what I mean.)[/nq]
As a child I lived next door to a couple named Phil and Ben. Naturally we all referred to them as "Phil and Ben, the flowerpot men".
Peter Moylan peter at ee dot newc
[nq:1]old-fashioned product of the printing industry. But "e-PITy-pee" sounds like something from "Andy Pandy" or "The Flowerpot Men" (Rightpondians of a certain age may know what I mean.)[/nq]
As a child I lived next door to a couple named Phil and Ben. Naturally we all referred to them as "Phil and Ben, the flowerpot men".
Peter Moylan peter at ee dot newc
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