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Wow. I must have been gone a long time: never heard of this guy. |
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British word, logology? Same thing as linguistics, or nearly so, as I recall linguistics. Anyway, props to the fans of Sir Whiteley. |
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Hum, wha' the hey? Oh yeah, a man nearing a wedding date. |
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I'll give you a little latitude, but the rest is up to Hazel. |
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//Same thing as linguistics, or nearly so, as I recall linguistics// No, linguistics is the study of language (literally tongues) as a whole - logology is the study of words. |
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Farewells (as in 'fond'). |
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Cardialgy worriment? (9 and 9 letters) |
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Explosion
(9 letters)
He was famously not blown up in the Grand Hotel, Brighton in 1984 although he was standing in the hotel bar at the time. |
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<obligatory titular misreading> I misread this as "Whirley Chair of Logology" - perhaps because I am currently sitting on a whirley (i.e. rotating) chair. </otm> |
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Keeping one foot ahead of the other, I trust. [hippo] (9 letters - chiropody), (8 letters - podiatry) Disclaimer: I have no idea how that game is played + I'd add that it seems a bit oversophisticated for US audiences. |
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Shameless Cravatier (9 and 9) |
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... alright, 'Cravatier' doesn't exist, but it should and if it did then RW would be one of the all-time greats. (note to people without my warped sense of the English language: he was famous for having a large collection of ties) (500ish apparently). |
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Spelling's going to get a lot better in heaven. |
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Last week I got a nine letter word watching Countdown after years of pathetic failure. |
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And right after he dies. Coincidence? You tell me. |
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For those jokes and those ties spelling ought to get a lot better in hell. |
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