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Words at Play

How to Read a French Menu

Enjoy some vichyssoise or an amuse-bouche without begging pardon for your French.


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How to Read a French Menu

 

How to 'amuse-bouche' without begging pardon for your French

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When Body Parts Are Also Verbs

 

Head, shoulders, metaphors, and toes

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Further vs. Farther

 

They started as same word, but their meanings have drifted apart over time.

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The Schwa

 

The most common vowel sound in English causes many spelling problems.

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What Is an Eggcorn?

 

And how did it get that name?

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Is It 'Hanger' or 'Hangar'?

 

How to remember which is which

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On Contractions of Multiple Words

 

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