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Show JUST TAKE MY WORD y Frank Colby Charleston: Will you pleaae discuss dis-cuss ths word . "come" In "Come Tuesday we aha II start for home." I say it's poor English. D. W. O. A. It's somewhat old-fashioned, but It haa been good English for a long time: "Coma Lammas Eve at night ahall aha be fourteen." Shakespeare. Waahingon: Pleaae explain and pronounce tha word migraine. V. A. F. . A. Migraine la a French loan word from the Greek himlkranion, "half skull." Strictly speaking a migraine Is a severe headache on one side of the head only. But the word la used often in tha general meaning of any sick headache. The Standard American pronunciation is: MT-grain. Chicago: What please. Is hegemony? hege-mony? O. S. A. Hegemony is a rather highbrow high-brow word meaning "leadership; dominating influence." as In ths case of Russia's hegemony In Eastern East-ern Europe. It's pronounced: HEDGE-uh-MOE-nee; or, lees frequently: fre-quently: hl-JEM-uh-nee. Mrs. W. A. R-, of Phoenix, sends ths typehowler of the week: The new housing development Is a subsidiary sub-sidiary of es-fiftha of lehtrarmy-nocht lehtrarmy-nocht Among its features is a built-in shower path." Ksnsas City: Who was ths author au-thor of "The mills of ths gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly ex-ceedingly fine?" F. H. M. A. The correct wording Is: Though ths mills of God grind slowly, yetthey grind exceedingly amaH." The rest of the verse Is: "Though with patience He stands waiting, with exactness grinds Hs all." The verse Is from Longfellow's Longfel-low's "Retribution." which is a translstion from ths German, by F. von Logau. Little Rock: Is there a word in which all tha five vowels appear In reverse order? D. M. A. I know of one: duoliteral. And here are tha shortest English words with each vowel used only once, sequoia, eulogla, miaoued. The shortest French word I know which contains all the vowels Is: oiaeau ("bird"). And the longest place name I know of with one vowel repeated is Ccononunroc (Wisconsin). Frank Colby's leaflet C-ll discusses dis-cusses stt-set lie-ley in simple, nontechnical language that even small children can understsnd clearly. Bend Se la com and a stamped, self-addressed envelope to him. care of The Salt Lake Tribune-Telegram. Home Service Bureau. Bu-reau. Salt Lake City 10, Utah. |