Amazing Words Wednesday

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    Parental Proverbs and Phrases

    Welcome to Amaze-ing Words Wednesday, where we creep through the English language labyrinth with a flashlight and a good dose of curiosity. Today, however, we might be hearing in our brains such admonitions as “When the going gets tough, the…

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    Word Game: Similes

    A few weeks ago, I blogged about an alphabet game I found in a book published in 1940 called The Fun Encyclopedia. My father passed this book to me, and with it another book (which my grandfather originally owned) called The Complete…

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    Gone to the Dogs: Idioms

    Last week, we looked at feline-inspired idioms with The Cat’s Out of the Bag. For today’s Amaze-ing Words Wednesday, let’s take another trail in the labyrinth where we find our canine companions. Check out the following dog-related idioms and their…

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    If Twain Tweeted

    Welcome (back) to Amaze-ing Words Wednesday! Here at Threading the Labyrinth, I take Wednesdays to head down a hedged path of the English language and discover something to share with you. I recently read a great post from Lydia Sharp, Back to Basics: Writing…

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    Getting in the Last Words

    There is an old joke that when your friends are discussing a serious topic, you interject the statement, “It’s just like my uncle said on his death bed” [pause for dramatic effect] “aaaggggghhhh.” (I didn’t say it was a good…

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    A Lesson with Miss Spelling

    Some time ago, my blog was visited by the well-known language arts teacher, Miss Pronunciation. She helped to clarify proper articulation of commonly mispronounced words, such as library and et cetera. I was recently contacted by her colleague, Miss Spelling,…