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Tip: Again, to get the best effect, you have to read it aloud.  Swing into the rhythm.

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Dokidoki - Japanese onomatopoeic term for a heart beating fast with excitement.

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For those of you who like the oddnesses of words:

In Spanish, the word for "gooseflesh" is escalofrios, which basically translates to ladder chills.

Werner Heisenberg, Kurt Gödel, and Noam Chomsky walk into a bar. Heisenberg turns to the other two and says, "Clearly this is a joke, but how can we figure out if it's funny or not?" Gödel replies, "We can't know that because we're inside the joke." Chomsky says, "Of course it's funny. You're just telling it wrong."

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I love Alex Trebek.

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Jeopardy question gets a surprising answer.

Heehee. Personally, I thought the guy's answer was pretty good, especially as he came up with it so damn fast! What I find really funny - or sad - is the number of people at the YouTube page who had never heard the term that is the actual answer. ARGH

Doesn't anybody READ

This year, I acquired a flip-calendar called Forgotten English. One interesting, archaic word per day, along with its definition and a paragraph of relevant information pertaining to it. It's fascinating reading, and most informative ( Read more... )