March 25 2016

Friday Phrases

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few minutes= FAOUMTS
freely and voluntarily= FRAFL or FROL
have you ever been involved= VUFRBD
hearing aid= HAERGD
hearing aids= HAERGDZ
hearing impaired= HAERPD
irreconcilable differences= IRKDZ
signature bond= SNAUB
signature bonds= SNAUBS

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March 24 2016

Theory Thursday: Family Members- Part 1

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brother= BROER
brother’s= BROERZ
brothers= BROERS
brother-in-law= BROERL
brother-in-law’s= BROERLZ
brothers-in-law= BROERLS
stepbrother= STBROER or STEP/BRO*ER
stepbrothers= STBROERS or STEP/BRO*ERS
stepbrother’s= STBROERZ
godbrother= GOD/BRO*ER
godbrothers= GOD/BRO*ERS
godbrother’s GOD/BRO*ERZ
aunt= AUNT
auntie= AUNT/YI
uncle= UNG

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March 22 2016

Readback: One Word, Not Two

ReadbackDespite spell check’s proclamations otherwise, readback is a compound word that exists.

Wiktionary defines readback as follows: (1) (Computing) The act of reading data back from a location where it has been stored. (2) (Aviation, telecommunications) The repetition of a message one has received, in order to acknowledge it. (3) The reading aloud by a court reporter or stenographer of testimony previously taken down in stenographic dictation, usually at the request of the presiding judge or parties involved in a deposition.”

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March 18 2016

Friday Phrases: And Phrases Part 16

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and just= SKP-JT
and learn= SKPLERN
and learned= SKPLERND
and learns= SKPLERNS
and let= SKPLET
and let me= SKPLEM
and let the= SKPLETD
and listen= SKPL-N
and looked= SKPLAOKD
and made= SKPMAED
and my= SKPHAOI
and now= SKPOU
and of course= SKP-FX
and of the= SKP-FT
and off= SKPOF
and on= SKPON
and one= SKPWUN

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March 17 2016

Rules Of Grammar: Paul vs. Pall vs. Pawl

Rules Of Grammar LogoOf course, there is the name Paul. Then there is pawl and pall.

Pall has the following definitions: “(1) A cover for a coffin, bier, or tomb, often made of black, purple, or white velvet. (2) A coffin. (3) A covering that darkens or obscures. (4) A gloomy effect or atmosphere. (5) To become insipid, boring, or wearisome.”

A pawl is “a pivoted tongue or sliding bolt on one part of a machine that is adapted to fall into notches or interdental spaces on another part so as to permit motion in only one direction.”

Machine Briefs:

Paul= PA*UL/PA*UL
pall= PAUL
pawl= PA*UL

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