"A starling called Arnie that its trainer claims can talk, mimic mobile phones and fly beside a vehicle at 40mph is to appear in a film."

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My seventh-grade English teacher exhorted us to study vocabulary with the following: "We think in words. The more words you know, the more thoughts you can have."

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Language - How Conservatives Control ALL Debate

Let's give conservatives credit for having understood a critical point that liberals have not: If you control the vocabulary used in a debate, it will be far easier to win that debate

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A "time traveller's phrasebook" that could allow basic communication between modern English speakers and Stone Age cavemen is being compiled by scientists studying the evolution of language.

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Youngsters perplexed by palavers and dumbstruck with the doolally antics of their grandparents can now consult an online dictionary to help bridge the language gap.

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A class of youngsters at a Church of England primary school were asked by a teacher to write down the rudest words they could think of and then grade them in order of offensiveness.

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In honor of Vizzini, the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar (SPOGG) has given his name to frequently misused words. These often sound alike -- they're, there and their, for example.

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Her Royal Highness of Hyannis Port, Lady Caroline Kennedy, is demonstrating a valley girl's grasp of the English language in her miserable little campaign for the not-yet-vacant Senate seat of Hillary Clinton, who is not quite the Secretary of State in the still-to-be inaugurat …

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Learn how to use Google as a guide for learning English with these tips from Jim Stroud, Social Media Development Manager for EnglishCafe.com. You can also download a free ebook with even more Google tips.

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Although babies typically start talking around 12 months of age, their brains actually begin processing certain aspects of language much earlier, so that by the time they start talking, babies actually already know hundreds of words.

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Boys born to mothers who drank lightly during pregnancy are better behaved and score more highly in tests at the age of three than the sons of women who abstained, according to a study published today.

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Ammon Shea spent a year reading the Oxford English Dictionary - 20 volumes, 21,730 pages and 59 million words - and he rates poring over a dictionary as enriching as reading a novel. Why?

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Vocabulary: The Red Convertible Jag of the Internet

Admit it - if you have spent more than one day posting to discussions online, you've had to look up a word to find out what you've been called or what you have been accused of. It doesn't mean you are stupid.

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A Gripe a day for 10 days! Day 4 (Watching My Mouth)

OK, many might know me as that dude who wrote about Iraq. Well I have been home for approximately 2 months and I have noticed that although I missed home like crazy I have found a ton of things that drive me batty.

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MOTHER, father, Mr and Mrs are out - but me, mum and dad are in. The new Oxford Wordlist contains the 307 words most frequently used by a sample of 1000 Australian children from Reception to Year Two.

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about sailing terms

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Adjectival Animal Amusement

I've always been fascinated-with/amused-by words. It seems that nearly nothing gives me quite the pleasure as using the perfectly chosen word for any given set of circumstances.

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While I don't agree with all words on the list (I definitely want to know if the food I am buying and eating is organic or covered in creepy chemicals, hormones, etc), I do agree with *webinar* I detest the word.

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Isn't it Amazing?

"He's just so amazing." Claims a well-known celebrity, of her newlywed husband. "The room looks amazing!" A homeowner cries gleefully upon seeing her newly-decorated room. "That movie was amazing." Tells a famous critic.

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For every vocabulary word you get right, FreeRice donates ten grains of rice to the hungry. The game adjusts to your vocabulary level automatically, and it's funded by unobtrusive ads. Pretty neat.

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If you like to play around with words, or find words and language interesting, take a look for this book. Book Description

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Name that word: September 12 2007

I've had so much fun with rwarners trivia that I decided to start something along that vein. I'll list three definitions and you name the word it belongs to. No peeking at a dictionary! Here's the 1st round:

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Many stores are named with the panache of chipping golf balls at an open dictionary; one English word often appears as good as the next.

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With the Lord of Loquacity on trial in Chicago and schools playing down language to level the playing field, is the mind-expanding power of a well-stocked vocabulary becoming a thing of the past?

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100 Reasons for Bad Vocabulary

It has come to my attention on this most auspicious day that I have been rather abstemious in regard to my evanescent vocabulary. It's not because I wanted to bowdlerize or expurgate anything, nor does it have anything to do with my chromosomes.

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