Word: chidings
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...bourgeois Jewish couple from southern Germany, he was strongly influenced by his domineering, musically inclined mother, who encouraged his passion for the violin and such classical composers as Bach, Mozart and Schubert. In his preteens he had a brief, intense religious experience, going so far as to chide his assimilated family for eating pork. But this fervor burned itself out, replaced, after he began exploring introductory science texts and his "holy" little geometry book, by a lifelong suspicion of all authority...
...because they depend on fallible memory. If a verb declines in popularity, speakers may not hear its irregular form often enough to fix it securely in memory. They fall back on -ed, changing the language for following generations. That is why forms from Chaucer's time such as chide-chid and writhe-wrothe turned into chided and writhed...
...users like "ajjoh" and "vollnin" would be heartbroken. I speculate that "lianate" must have had some sort of a fight with "moseau"--why else would he not respond to his roommate's "ytalk" request? I cheer "kmrote" for dedicating so much time to editing her webpage and I silently chide the inconsiderate ones--who I won't name, even in pseudo-username--who idle at the Science Center kiosks for longer than 5 minutes during peak hours...
This second line of spin was not courageous--or true. The speech had been in the works for a month, and principled slaps at the G.O.P. had been in the earliest versions. Indeed, Bush had been saying similar things in milder terms since summer, calculating that he can chide conservatives and woo moderates without losing his right flank. But he knows the primaries aren't over. The only rival gaining on him is Senator John McCain: in New Hampshire he has picked up 13 points in a month, standing at 23% to Bush's 43% in one poll. But McCain...
Tensions between Adams and Pforzheimer House residents escalated Wednesday when a group of four unknown males entered Adams' dining hall at about 4:15 p.m. and removed the House's famous gong used during meals to make announcements. In recent months, the gong has been used to chide unwelcome dinner guests...