Word: dialectism
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...return from it; both become increasingly megalomaniac as a result of the scientific process they embrace. The big difference between the two pictures is attitude. James Whale, who directed the first movie, made a kind of moral comedy of the situation--lots of befuddled English country types doing dialect jokes--but with some nicely put thoughts about messing with nature. Verhoeven simply makes a mess...
...recommending changes in Boeing 737 rudder design 4. Bouncer's requests 7. To a tiny degree 11. Suffix with ideologue 12. Kind of contribution from the N.R.A., perhaps 13. On one's toes 14. She's billed as the world's first virtual newscaster 16. Rose up, in dialect 17. Word on either side of "-a-" 18. Set sail 20. OCS relative 22. Short poem, of sorts 25. Defendant in a controversial 1921 murder trial 28. Poet's conjunction 29. A target of the Asian long-horned beetle 32. Forbidden city, once 34. Starchy dish 35. Javits Center architect...
...census will be available in six languages, including English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and Tagalog, a Philippine dialect. Local census centers established to help residents with forms will have aids in 49 languages...
...many telephones in Sandor Hau's hometown when he was a boy. Hau grew up in Pennsylvania's Lancaster County, home to the austere Amish farming community. "Mine isn't a classic Silicon Valley pedigree," jokes Hau, 28, who speaks Korean, English, Japanese and the archaic Amish-German dialect. "I think my family were the only Koreans in the county...
Among all the political players, one whose loyalty was always so certain that it gave the public a headache was strategist James Carville. He has just published a book on the subject--Stickin': The Case for Loyalty (Simon & Schuster; $16.95)--which consists of more dialect than thought but is useful as a reminder of both how attractive and impossible loyalty...