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What is Abaction?

13 Oct 202225 Aug 2022 by Steve Ayers

Reading Time: < 1 minutes If you steal a herd of cattle, you have committed abaction.

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A Nudiustertian Is Not at a Colony

7 Jul 20225 Jul 2022 by Steve Ayers

Reading Time: 2 minutes Nudiustertian refers to the day before yesterday.

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Tittynope Is Not What You Think

27 Jun 2022 by Steve Ayers

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Tittynope is one of those words that sound naughty but aren’t.

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Please Don’t Xertz a Scrabble Tile

20 Jun 202220 Jun 2022 by Steve Ayers
stranger things letter tiles

Reading Time: < 1 minutes If you play Scrabble, xertz is a word to put in your vocabulary

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The Difference Between Parenthesis and Dashes?

2 May 20222 May 2022 by Steve Ayers
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Reading Time: < 1 minutes If you want to highlight the information, use dashes. If it’s information that is needed, but you don’t want to draw attention to it, use parenthesis.

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What is Trailing Off?

28 Apr 2022 by Steve Ayers
Reading Time: < 1 minutes

There is a name for nearly every speech pattern, including trailing off and upspeak.

What is Trailing off and Upspeak

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