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The pen is mightier

posted by [personal profile] mandy_croyance at 12:14am on 12/11/2007 under ,
Imagine: using your awesome, Ryan-Ross-inspired vocabulary to help feed starving people in impoverished nations.

For every correct answer you give, this website will donate 10 grains of rice through the United Nations to help end world hunger.

http://www.freerice.com/index.php

Do it. Do it now. Do it often.



P.S. Am I a complete nerd for finding this the most awesome, fascinating thing on Earth? I mean, my vocabulary is good but many of these words even I have never seen before. Still, I'm able to get the vast majority correct by analyzing the root words, prefixes, suffixes, parts of speech, etc. I'm seriously having an unhealthy amount of fun with this. And it's for a good cause!
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A witty saying proves you have too much time on your hands

posted by [personal profile] mandy_croyance at 10:00pm on 07/07/2007 under ,

Round two, anyone? Another week's set of daily drabbles based on Dictionary.com's words of the day. This weeks are slightly less spontaneous (I did a little more editting), and I think I like them a little bit more. *shrugs*

Comments, suggestions, and flames all welcome and enthusiastically encouraged.  Enjoy ^^


Music:: American Hi-Fi - Geeks Get the Girls
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Edukation

posted by [personal profile] mandy_croyance at 05:52pm on 28/06/2007 under ,

So I’ve been a subscriber to Word of the Day from Dictionary.com for quite a while now. Reading the new words they send me daily is one of my absolute favourite parts of the day. However, you soon come to realize that until you really use a word, it’s not yet yours, not firm member of your vocabulary.  

So I’ve decided to try something new. Every day, I’m going to write a short drabble incorporating my new vocabulary word. Nothing much. Just about one or two hundred words. Whatever flows. I figure it might give me the opportunity to play with style and voice a little bit more too. And at the end of the week, I’ll post the set of drabbles for the enjoyment of my f-list.  

This way, you get new fic (if you can even call it that, lol) and I get to expand my already ostentatious vocabulary. And hey, maybe some of you will pick up the new words along with me and we can all sound verbose and pretentious together!

 

Music:: The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Mood:: 'chipper' chipper
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