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Wordwise Newsletter
  • Wordwise: Time's a Wastin' 27 Sep 2019 01:57 GMT

    … , this is the final regular Wordwise column by Gerald Lauzon, as …

  • Wordwise: A cobbled-up collection of terms 20 Sep 2019 02:43 GMT

    Cobbler Dan Frappier, owner of Heels-N-Soles in the New Sudbury Centre in Sudbury, Ont., won a gold medal at an international shoe repair competition in Germany recently. Frappier won the medal in the recrafting category, competing against 57 other …

  • Wordwise: Roots of some legalese, and medical mumbo-jumbo 12 Sep 2019 22:42 GMT

    Recently, I came across two terms of past-time reference with similar aspects: antediluvium and antebellum. “Antediluvium” is meant to refer to the era before the “Great Flood” associated with the biblical mention of Noah. This word was prominently used by …

  • Wordwise: In pursuit of these scholarly terms 30 Aug 2019 04:23 GMT

    With the word “school” at this time of year having much prominence, it seems appropriate to consider its background. “School” has the ancient basis “schola,” (meaning “leisure pursuits”) referring to time spent learning from formal teaching as sought in …

  • Wordwise: Home to 132 million people 23 Aug 2019 03:24 GMT

    Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games mascot Miraitowa holds the torch of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games during an event to mark the 300-day milestone to the starting date of the torch relay, in Tokyo, Japan June 1, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo Cities with …

  • Wordwise: the differences between "ear" and "eer" 15 Aug 2019 21:10 GMT

    Look my dear, it's a deer scratching its ear. Larry Wong / POSTMEDIA NETWORK In English, some words may present spelling challenges because of sounding the same though written differently for different meanings. Consider this pair: “dear” ( …

  • Wordwise: Onto monarchs and autocrats 09 Aug 2019 03:39 GMT

    The Queen, on a visit to Cheshire on June 14, 2018. John Rainford/WENN The word “monarchy” was recently explored here for its basis referring to “one-person rule” (generally a king or queen). The word “autocracy” carries a similar idea from its basis …

  • Wordwise: Leaders- from kings to tyrants and despots 02 Aug 2019 00:49 GMT

    Queen Elizabeth II as she views the exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria for the Summer Opening of Buckingham Palace on July 17, 2019 in London, England. Victoria Jones - WPA Pool/Getty Images In a previous column, …

  • Wordwise: Making some bicameral comparisons 26 Jul 2019 02:30 GMT

    Workers replace the carpet during maintenance work in the Reichstag's plenary hall, which houses the Bundestag lower house of parliament, in Berlin on July 25, 2019. JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images Recent situations making some national …

  • Wordwise: Additional thoughts on P.E.I. connections 18 Jul 2019 22:52 GMT

    King George III, the 18th-century king. Toronto Sun Files Here previously, places in the Province of Prince Edward Island were noted for having the same names as places in Ontario. Today’s column probes the links behind those parallels, the basis of which …

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