TOP 100 DICTIONARY SITES
| |||
|
| |||
| |||
|
| |||
| Mark Knoller: The Cabinet Working Late This Weekend (CBS News) Mark Knoller: Cabinet Members and Senior White House Staff to Discuss Past and Future Agenda in Two-Day "Meeting" us.rd.yahoo.com |
Uganda: State Needs Democrats, Not Doomsday Messiahs (AllAfrica.com) While appearing on WBS TV recently, Dr Olara Otunnu projected himself as a messiah. My 1982 seventh edition copy of "The Concise Oxford Dictionary" defines a messiah as a ".. promised deliverer....liberator of oppressed people or country." us.rd.yahoo.com |
Making of a myth (Lancaster Online) An urban legend, according to one dictionary, "is a modern story of obscure origin and with little or no supporting evidence that spreads spontaneously in varying forms."In the Lampeter-Strasburg area last week, two stories melded together and grew in the re-telling, creating "white van" myths that ... us.rd.yahoo.com |
ON AND ON (Pioneer Press) A quick check of Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary confirmed what I already believed to be true: The Concordia-St. Paul volleyball team is a dynasty. According to the folks at Merriam-Webster, a dynasty is "a powerful group or family that maintains its position for a considerable time." That would be the 34-0 Golden Bears, who have won back-to-back NCAA Division II national titles and take a ... us.rd.yahoo.com |
The Dictionary of Louisiana French Takes Shape (KATC 3 Lafayette) OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) - It is an effort that took a decade of work by nine editors and researchers out in the field. And it keeps growing. The Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole and American Indian Communities is an 892-page lexicon, as its name implies, of Louisiana French that takes into account regional differences in the spoken language. It has been a labor of love for ... us.rd.yahoo.com |