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35	Welcome to A.Word.A.Day! This is an auto-reply to A.Word.A.Day subscription request for your address. Either you sent this request yourself or someone sent you...	Wordsmith wsmith@...	Dec 1, 2003 4:35 pm
36	http://www.news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2222004 Tue 25 Nov 2003 2:48pm (UK) American Woman Developed British Accent after Suffering Stroke By Mark Sage, PA...	philshinn	Dec 1, 2003 4:44 pm
37	http://www.google.com/intl/xx-elmer/...	philshinn	Dec 1, 2003 4:48 pm
38	+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Call for Workshop Papers HLT/NAACL 2004 Workshop on Spoken Language Understanding for...	philshinn	Dec 1, 2003 7:41 pm
39	wampum (WOM-puhm) noun 1. Beads made from shells, strung in strands, belts, etc. used for ceremonial purposes, jewelry, and money. 2. Money. [Short for...	Wordsmith wsmith@...	Dec 2, 2003 10:05 am
40	SPEECH TECHNOLOGY NEWSBLAST THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE SPEECH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY You are receiving this email because you are a subscriber to Speech Technology...	SpeechTechMag speechtechmag@...	Dec 3, 2003 9:01 am
41	high-muck-a-muck (HI-muk-uh-muk) noun, also high-mucky-muck, high-muckety-muck, high muckamuck, muck-a-muck, muckety-muck, etc. An important, high-ranking...	Wordsmith wsmith@...	Dec 3, 2003 10:10 am
42	manitou (MAN-i-too) noun, also manito 1. A supernatural force that pervades the world. 2. A spirit or deity. [From Ojibwa manito.] "He (Michael Horse) teams up...	Wordsmith wsmith@...	Dec 4, 2003 9:46 am
43	powwow (POU-wou) noun 1. A Native American ceremony featuring dances, feasting, fair, etc. 2. A Native American shaman. 3. A meeting, conference, or...	Wordsmith wsmith@...	Dec 5, 2003 9:57 am
44	amigo (uh-MEE-goh) noun A friend. [From Spanish amigo (friend), from Latin (amicus).] A few other words that share the same root as today's word are: amicable,...	Wordsmith wsmith@...	Dec 8, 2003 9:23 am
45	Greetings, We would like to extend a special invitation for you to participate in the 21st installment of International Biometric Group's "Biometric Business...	philshinn	Dec 8, 2003 6:59 pm
46	loco (LO-ko) adjective Insane. noun 1. A crazy person. 2. Locoweed (any of various poisonous, leguminous plants). verb tr. 1. To poison with locoweed. 2. To...	Wordsmith wsmith@...	Dec 9, 2003 9:48 am
47	______________________________________________________________________ _____ Call for Papers 5th SIGdial Workshop on Discourse and Dialogue Cambridge/MA, April...	philshinn	Dec 9, 2003 7:01 pm
48	SPEECH TECHNOLOGY NEWSBLAST THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE SPEECH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY You are receiving this email because you are a subscriber to Speech Technology...	SpeechTechMag speechtechmag@...	Dec 10, 2003 9:02 am
49	duende (doo-EN-day) noun 1. Demon; goblin. 2. Inspiration; fire; spirit; magic; charm; magnetism. [From Spanish dialectal duende (charm), from Spanish...	Wordsmith wsmith@...	Dec 10, 2003 9:44 am
50	AWADmail Issue 103 Dec 10, 2003 A Compendium of Feedback on the Words in A.Word.A.Day and Other Interesting Tidbits about Words and Languages ... From: Anu...	Wordsmith wsmith@...	Dec 10, 2003 3:05 pm
51	http://www.iht.com/articles/119331.html Copyright � 2002 The International Herald Tribune \| www.iht.com Latest word on language Gareth Cook The Boston Globe ...	philshinn	Dec 10, 2003 7:26 pm
52	Announcing: Graduate Study in Cognitive Science: Language & Discourse Processing The Psychology, Linguistics, and Computer Science Departments at Stony Brook...	philshinn	Dec 10, 2003 7:49 pm
53	disembogue (dis-em-BOAG) verb intr. To discharge or pour out, as from the mouth of a river or stream. verb tr. To discharge. [From Spanish desembocar (to flow...	Wordsmith wsmith@...	Dec 11, 2003 9:32 am
54	armada (ahr-MAH-duh) noun 1. A fleet of warships. 2. A large force or group, especially of things in motion. [From Spanish armada, from Latin armata (army).] ...	Wordsmith wsmith@...	Dec 12, 2003 9:35 am
55	AWADmail Issue 104 Dec 14, 2003 A Compendium of Feedback on the Words in A.Word.A.Day and Other Interesting Tidbits about Words and Languages ... From: Anu...	Wordsmith wsmith@...	Dec 14, 2003 1:32 pm
56	canard (kuh-NAHRD) noun 1. A deliberately misleading story; hoax. 2. An airplane with small forward wings mounted in front of the main wings; also such a wing....	Wordsmith wsmith@...	Dec 15, 2003 8:58 am
57	contrail (KON-trayl) noun Streaks of condensed water vapor or ice crystals forming in the wake of an aircraft or rocket. Also known as vapor trail. [Blend of...	Wordsmith wsmith@...	Dec 16, 2003 9:40 am
58	mach (makh) noun, Also mach number A number indicating the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the surrounding medium. So a plane moving...	Wordsmith wsmith@...	Dec 17, 2003 9:26 am
59	14.3483, Jobs: Voice User Interfaces: Designer, Voice Futures 1) From: stevenh@... Subject: Voice User Interfaces: VUI Designer, Voice...	philshinn@... philshinn	Dec 17, 2003 5:16 pm
60	empennage (ahm-puh-NAZH) noun The tail assembly of an aircraft. [From French empennage (feathers of an arrow), from empenner (to feather an arrow), from em- +...	Wordsmith wsmith@...	Dec 18, 2003 9:48 am
61	Found this on slashdot today. While this is not VUIsh, per se, it is very interesting, I think. If Tim Bray says something like "So What? This means that if...	philshinn	Dec 18, 2003 8:08 pm
62	aileron (AY-luh-ron) noun A hinged flap on the trailing edge of an airplane wing that moves up or down. [From French aileron (small wing), diminutive of aile,...	Wordsmith wsmith@...	Dec 19, 2003 9:31 am
63	AWADmail Issue 105 Dec 20, 2003 A Compendium of Feedback on the Words in A.Word.A.Day and Other Interesting Tidbits about Words and Languages ... From: Anu...	Wordsmith wsmith@...	Dec 21, 2003 5:12 am
64	sansculotte also sans-culotte (sanz-kyoo-LOT) noun 1. An extreme radical republican during the French Revolution. 2. Any revolutionary with extremist views. ...	Wordsmith wsmith@...	Dec 22, 2003 9:08 am

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