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Take Our Word For It NEW ISSUE (196)
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Melanie Crowley
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Jan 15, 2005 17:55 PST
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Take Our Word For It Issue 196
http://www.takeourword.com
For Mac users who have trouble with our regular homepage:
http://www.takeourword.com/indexmac.html
**Greetings**
After a year's hiatus, we are back! Not only that, but this year is
TOWFI's TENTH ANNIVERSARY!
**This Week's Issue**
NOTE: The links in this newsletter are good until the next issue is
published.
In Spotlight we delve into the origins of some pet names (like Jack and
Hank)
http://www.takeourword.com/current/page1.html
In Words to the Wise we bring you the following words:
trump
http://www.takeourword.com/current/page2.html#trump
k (used in salaries)
http://www.takeourword.com/current/page2.html#k
embarrass
http://www.takeourword.com/current/page2.html#embarrass
the surname "Sellers" (the origin of surnames is a new area for TOWFI)
http://www.takeourword.com/current/page2.html#sellers
In Curmudgeons' Corner Resident Curmudgeon Barb Dwyer is still alive and
kicking
http://www.takeourword.com/current/page3.html
In Sez You... we are asked where we are/where we've been, we hear about
new evidence for the earliest recorded use of a phrase or two, we 'fess
up to poor usage, and we hear about Pittsburghese, kangaroo, and a new
link.
http://www.takeourword.com/current/page4.html
In Laughing Stock we have a Fall Flashback
http://www.takeourword.com/current/page5.html
**Newsletter-Only Etymology* (NOE)*
We will bring you a newsletter-only etymology next week in our NOE
edition of this newsletter, and the NOE will appear in every issue of
this newsletter thereafter.
**Laughing Stock**
Please send us material for Laughing Stock. We have run low over the
past year! This week's winner, Janice Pizzolorusso, will receive a $10
gift certificate to Amazon.com. Thanks, Janice!
**Curmudgeons' Corner**
Send us your complaints and you may be the next Guestmudgeon.
**Next Issue**
We plan to bring you a NOE next weekend. The following week we plan to
publish another issue of TOWFI.
**Book Store**
Don't forget to check the book store:
http://www.takeourword.com/bookStore.html We'll be adding some new
titles, and reviewing those titles, in the coming weeks. Mark Morton
has published an updated edition of one of our favorites, "Cupboard
Love". It will be available in our book store in the next day or two.
Until next time,
We're happy to be back, and
Take Our Word For It!
Melanie and Mike
http://www.takeourword.com
http://www.takeourword.com/indexmac.html
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