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pronunciation | nats-ka-‘shE (nahtzkah-SHEE)Japanese | 懐かしいtip | The final pronunciation doesn’t really have an “oo” sound in it. pronunciation | swon-‘nyA Anonymous asked: What is Zealous? "As she looked, aghast, at the pony that was tethered in her front lawn and munching comfortably on her flowers, she realized how just how alarmingly she’d underestimated his zeal to impress her. 'I did not mean it when I said I wanted a pony,' she explained to him later through gritted teeth. He looked surprised. Zeal is the noun form. Anonymous asked: Hi there! That sounds like a brilliant idea! pronunciation | 'kI-ros (KYE-ross, English); kEr-‘os (keer-OSS, Greek)Greek | καιρόςnote | Kairos is both a rhetorical term for “the opportune moment” (as above) and the word for “weather”. Anonymous asked: make a facebook page for these? You’re welcome! I have Twitter and Pinterest too, if those are more your thing. pronunciation | 'RAs-fA-ber (RACE-fay-ber) Anonymous asked: are you still alive?

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Fuck Yeah Character Development! Untitled Word of the Day! Writing References and Prompts – Page 1 As a writer, it’s always a good idea to keep a journal. This is an easy way to practice your writing in a relaxing environment, record any ideas which may pop into your head, or keep track of your writing goals. Even if you don’t consider yourself a ‘writer’, journaling or keeping a diary has proven to be very helpful and beneficial to a lot of people, for a lot of different reasons.Journaling can help you relax, help you keep track of your goals, remember important dates and events, and can even help you recover from depression or traumatic events. But if you’re anything like me, it usually feels like there just isn’t enough hours in a day, and you find it hard to keep up with your entries, or are left feeling unsure of how to make the most of your journaling experience, so here are some helpful tips;Find the time to write You’re going to need some point in the day to actually sit down and take the time to write things down.

Grandiloquent Dictionary This is the result of an ongoing project to collect and distribute the most obscure and rare words in the English language. It also contains a few words which do not have equivalent words in English. At present, the dictionary contains approximately 2700 words, though it is constantly growing. Following a large number of requests, pronounciations are now being (slowly) added to the listing, although it will be a long time before they are all added. After almost three years of work, the new Third Edition of the Grandiloquent Dictionary is now available as a PDF File. Including ~500 Words Not in the Online Version! In honour of ten years of the Grandiloquent Dictionary being available online, a special edition print version has been published! The Author's Webpage You are visitor since this counter was added. Donate0 Donate0 Experimental Search The authors intend to eventually add a search box for searching this dictionary, but for the present we rely on a more general google search.

5 Tips On World Building: Part 1 by ~Droemar on deviantART Shakespeare Insult Kit Shakespeare Insult Kit Since 1996, the origin of this kit was listed as anonymous. It came to me on a piece of paper in the 90's with no attribution, and I thought it would make a cool web page. Though I searched for the origin, I could never find it. Combine one word from each of the three columns below, prefaced with "Thou": My additions: cullionly whoreson knave fusty malmsey-nosed blind-worm caluminous rampallian popinjay wimpled lily-livered scullian burly-boned scurvy-valiant jolt-head misbegotten brazen-faced malcontent odiferous unwash'd devil-monk poisonous bunch-back'd toad fishified leaden-footed rascal Wart-necked muddy-mettled Basket-Cockle pigeon-liver'd scale-sided Back to the insulter. Chris Seidel

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