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  Words for the Day; please share

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  greetings, word lovers:.

  in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.

  one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.

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  Thanks, Sylvia!

  Good choices and appreciate the etymology!

  We are all together and altogether feeling fine!
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  Words for the Day; please share

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  greetings, word lovers:.

  in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.

  one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.

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  HaHaHa, LoveUni!

  Wonderful, but may I tease a bit?!?!?

  undertaker (noun): person who buries dead people for a living.

  There's no question as to your meaning, but I was amused by the modifier positioning.

  "A person who, for a living, buries dead people."

  "A person whose occupation is burying dead people."

  Please, don't mind me! This is my OCCUPATION!

  I appreciate your posts!
  
  
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  Words for the Day; please share

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  greetings, word lovers:.

  in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.

  one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.

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  LoveUni:

  Thanks for the gift . . .

  On an episode of Da Vinci's Demons, a Yiddish-speaking Jew was fleeing a band of German-speaking thugs. A witness to this event -- a blind man -- heard them yell out halt and, later, heard them shout whoa.

  I'll have to find my notes on this. A major point in the plot bore on the fact that they were speaking those identical "English" words, but in German and Yiddish.
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  Words for the Day; please share

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  greetings, word lovers:.

  in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.

  one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.

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  freddo:

  Good question!

  I recall this point in connection with propane tanks, formerly marked as inflammable, but due to confusion on the part of the citizenry, the companies marked their tanks flammable. Some took in(flammable) to mean NOT flammable.

  I'll look further. The above was an explanation I remember from my youth.
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  Words for the Day; please share

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  greetings, word lovers:.

  in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.

  one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.

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  Excellent, LoveUni!

  Did I get these correct? It can be confusing even for us native-born citizens!

  overtake (to catch up with and pass, In the USA, we drivers pass a vehicle; I believe in Australia, when I was driving, I overtook a vehicle.)

  take over (verb: to seize control)

  takeover (noun: a seizure, as by force)

  It's like every day and everyday getting confused.
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  Words for the Day; please share

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  greetings, word lovers:.

  in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.

  one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.

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  Thanks, Syl:

  What you posted is well within parameters!

  Just like the misuse of "begging the question" (not raising the question, but asking for proof of the assertion), and misspelling of "just deserts" (not "desserts").
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  Words for the Day; please share

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  greetings, word lovers:.

  in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.

  one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.

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  Oh, yeah!

  Another one, stillin:

  The diminutive but quick-witted boy quashed all the verbal arrows slung his way with snappy rejoinders. (not squashed)
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  Does Anyone Know The "Real" Attitude That JWs Have Towards "Inactive Ones"?

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  does the rank and file or the elders view us as disassociated or disfellowshipped or simply "weak" or possibly a "prodigal son" type?.

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  Last year's RC lambasted the inactive and suggested that the publishers should avoid close association with them, even if they are family members. -- EdenOne

  
  Inactive ones are treated with suspicion and don't expect to be invited to social gatherings. Not that any inactive one would like to be in the midst of mindless robots. -- krismalone

  Since it's official, I see everything much more clearly now.
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  Words for the Day; please share

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  greetings, word lovers:.

  in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.

  one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.

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  crews (teams)

  cruz (cross, in Spanish)

  cruise (ocean-bound trip)

  cruse (earthenware vessel, as in the OT "widow's cruse")

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  invade (overrun, infiltrate)

  inveighed (railed against, with hostility)
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  greetings, word lovers:.

  in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.

  one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.

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  Time flies like an arrow.

  Fruit flies like a banana. -- Landy

  COOL!