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To Write, You Must Fall In Love … With Words
The words in the heart above were made with love. And love was one of the favorite words selected as their favorite by some of my friends. When I put a call out on Facebook for people to tell me what their favorite word was, I received 67 responses. Not too bad for a quick poll as summer began to wind down. As I promised my Facebook friends who participated, their words made it into this blog post which I will share with my students next week. Some words are more powerful than others; words help us truly define things we want to express or clarify; and when stringing words…
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Don’t Hornswoggle Me
* * * * * “Mommy, did you know you can delete the Dictionary.com app from your phone?” “Why would I want to do that?” “Do you WANT the Dictionary.com app on your phone?” “Yes, I do. I like it.” “Why??????????” * * * I’m a word geek. I like to learn new words, understand their meanings, and put them to use. Honestly, I’m not hornswoggling you. I like that every afternoon, I hear my alert sound that I have just received Dictionary.com’s Word of the Day. I like to challenge myself to see if I know the word, or at the very least, can attempt to figure it out.…
