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Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11252) • United Kingdom 24 Feb

So, as some of MyLotter friends know I just love a quiz show. And I have found a new one….its on series two so I’m not sure how I missed it before, except it’s not on one of the main channels. Anyway it’s called ‘ Celebrity...

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A new word for me - tittle

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Feb

The photo is a random one from my collection but was taken by Vince. There seems to be words to describe every little thing. One I came across yesterday was ‘tittle’. This is the name given to the dot on the letters ‘i’ and ‘j’....

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Hey, more of …..” do you know what this is ? “

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11252) • United Kingdom 17 Nov

It was fun finding out what different names people gad for things, in a post last week. I gave been thinking of a few more things that may baffle folks ….so here goes ….do you know what these are. …..? Dandelion and...

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Duck Tape vs. Duct Tape

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 25 Aug

I remember back in my early days of writing, which I started doing when I was 8 years old for whatever reason, that at some point I found a magazine called Writer's Digest and finally convinced my parents to get me a subscription...

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My Teacher Said About Dictionary Is Not True Anymore

luisadannointed @luisadannointed (11842) • Philippines 9 Aug

One of my sister said when we were in highschool, that words' meaning in dictionary cannot be change nor you cannot add new words... but as the world goes bythe young people keep adding new words and add different meaning to the...

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Gelatin, Jelly and Jam

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 4 Aug

It is fun, and funny to me, sometimes, because we are all, often times, worlds apart, and so we sometimes call the same things different things—and sometimes it can be confusing even if we mostly know what someone is referring...

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Is there a word that you just hate !

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11252) • United Kingdom 30 Jul

You know how it is , people are talking ….and then suddenly you hear it …..the word you hate ! Sometimes it is a word that brings back bad memories, it may be a word that you can’t say properly, it may just be a word that makes...

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I Can't

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 18 Jul

Most people say, "I can't." Have you ever noticed that? And it doesn't matter how important or menial the thing is. "I can't" is their end all be all go to. Why? Because it's the easiest thing to do. It is the ultimate...

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Linger

Aparna Sen @Dreamerby (10111) • Calcutta, India 8 Apr 25

The ashen wood of the jambs shone in the sunlight filtered by the oak and deodar trees. I was looking through the window of the Pemanyangste monastery at the scenery beyond. A pale bald monk wearing saffron clothing with a walking...

life

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How many words /sentences do you consider as appropriate for a response in Mylot?

Anish Asokan @RevivedWarrior (3853) • India 19 Jan 25

There are many a times we would get responses for our discussions here at Mylot. Some of these responses could be single sentences or multiple sentences. Sometimes it could be less words or more. After my first month at Mylot, I...

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Alot to Cover

celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 13 Jan 25

In 1857 a project began at the Philological Society of London to document the English language. This would be going back to Anglo-Saxon times around 1000 CE which was a lot to cover. The Oxford English Dictionary that was...

dictionary

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Grammar Is Fun?

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 17 Dec 24

Grammar can be fun. But let's face it. It can also be hard and confusing. For one thing, there's just too many nuances to a lot of it. And then there's the age old argument between whether it's an issue of proper grammar, or...

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To Curse or not to Curse

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 12 Nov 24

I realize that this opinion is unpopular. I realize that this will provoke people to calling me names and criticizing me. But I am gonna say it anyway, just as I have on every other platform: Christians should refrain from using...

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Me and Brother found a legal way to hit each other

A A @anya12adwi (10292) • India 2 Nov 24

Whenever I watch a Kdrama, I like to pick their words and use the word when I find an apt situation which irked my brother!! It is his hypocrisy that he introduced me to the world of Kpop & Kdramas and he started using a Korean...

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Some Welsh phrases I've learned from my new book about Wynne Evans.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 25 Oct 24

The first phrase of interest from the book is:- pan o'n i'n ifanc This phrase means in English:- When I was young So I know that in that section of the book he's talking about when he was young. I don't know what...

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RAINING WORDS

Aparajita Bhattacharjee @apsmine9 (358) 13 Mar 24

A lot has been written, ever since I've joined MyLot. It has been raining words, through the tip of my fingers on my laptop. Perhaps I wouldn't have been able to write as much if it had been pen and paper. My love for poems has...

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Little things make such a difference

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 21 Feb 24

It has been reported many times that a lot of people suffer chronic loneliness, and that loneliness is really bad for our health – as bad as smoking, according to some sources. Human interaction is important. So when I’m out...

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Sporting One's Oak

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 16 Feb 24

I came across this expression today while reading one of the stories in James Buncie's Sydney Chambers and the Perils of the Night. The story was "Unholy Night." My interest in etymology and the origin of words and phrases...

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That sounds ominous.

Kaz @KarenAnne (257) • United Kingdom 16 Feb 24

Just read a life story of someone and, for some reason, the ending sounded really ominous. I'll change the details but the ending was thus:- "John Smith died at his home in Midsomer, Greenshire, on December 8, 2021, at the age...

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Hardware in our language

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (51811) • St. Catharines, Ontario 11 Jan 24

If someone's made an appropriate remark, we might say that they've nailed it. If they keep going on and on about something we might ask them to stop hammering away at it. But if they keep lumbering on about...

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