Word: mistakenness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...college certainly was. After all, my parents had met in college, as had many of my friends' parents. I resolved that my future bride must be somewhere amongst those mobs of people moving into the Yard. Two-and-a-half years later, I must report that I was sorely mistaken. Of course, retrospectively I shouldn't be all that surprised...
...easy to see, however, that Dean Thompson is mistaken...
...more clarity for the projected slides. One by one, we drop off to Nyquil-land, a beautifully choreographed piece of work accompanied by the monotonous drone of the self-absorbed instructor, with the occasional snore adding to the background vocals. The room becomes still, sleep has once again been mistaken for rapt attention...
Heroin use is up among teens--up the nose. A study published this month concludes that 2% of 12th-graders have tried the drug, double the percentage who had in 1990. Apparently most are snorting it in the mistaken belief that inhaling it is less addictive than injecting it. Plus, heroin is cheap: average price has dropped two-thirds in this decade...
This ease of communication often leaves visitors with the mistaken impression that they and the natives are speaking the same language. This is not the case. Language at Home is in fact a complex dance of syntax and connotation. For example, a simple expression like "I see what you mean," when uttered by a local or tribal chieftain, may have a radically different meaning than when spoken by a person from a more developed area. In our native country, this phrase would ordinarily mean "I understand your ideas". If a local chief uses this phrase, however, it is more likely...