Perhaps it was by hypnosis through the eyes that Chiun could slow down his movements. He lowered his gaze from Chiun's eyes to his chest. 38's of this type had hair firing mechanisms. His forefinger rested gently on the trigger. She ran her wet tongue into his ear, kissed it. I appreciate that, but I will stand my watch. Without the gift themselves, or one of the gifted to protect them, the enemy's simple armor was no defense. Kahlan looked over her shoulder and saw Verna, nearby, singling out Imperial Order troops, each twitch of her hands casting a fiery spell to blast them from their horses, or a focused edge of air as sharp as any blade, yet more swift and sure, to slice them down. The son paused, listened again and then shrugged.Sorry, I still hear nothing. ![]() She turned, almost indifferently, her eyes darting back to the Prince, and motioning for the young slave to rise a little, she brushed back his hair affectionately. She was a mature woman, very full blown but it was from her, obviously, that the Prince had gotten his beauty. (Oh but wait, wait! I just dictated “amplify, rarify, qualify, deify, and liquify” into my iPhone and it came out “amplify, rarefy, qualify, deify, and liquefy.The Queen had been in fast conversation with the Prince. The “ify” spellings are now listed as alternates. In fact-checking this just now I see that civilization, like an isotope, continues to decay. ![]() He has heard this one a million times and confounds you - to your feigned chagrin - by not slipping up when at last you say “duzzy.” Now is when you spring the trap: “Well, okay, but I’ll bet you twenty bucks you can’t spell amplify, rarefy, qualify, deify, and liquefy.” Next, play “fuzzy duck” with him (“I say fuzzy, you say duck”). Because in fact it’s rar efy and liqu efy (also: putr efy and stup efy).įirst, wait for your mark to consume several beers. This - is a dash.Īnd while not a peeve, exactly, it may be helpful to know that you can make a little money in bar bets asking people to spell amplify, rarify, qualify, deify, and liquify. This does not “beg the question” of whether I’d be any good running for office, even though it may raise that question - and even though the battle to preserve the original sense of “beg the question” seems all but irretrievably lost. Second ( not “second of all”), I’d pretend to even if I didn’t because I’m running for office. (Some argue that none, in addition to meaning “not one,” can mean “not any.” Are any of them purple? No, not any of them are.)įirst of all, I like you. Likewise, please, “none is” - none of us is a pianist none of us has annuities in our IRAs, none of them is purple. Both spelled “forte.” My forte is annoying people with stuff like this - more here - a battle we seem to be losing, as some dictionaries now deem both pronunciations as acceptable, but I cling, lichen-like to the past. It’s “for-TAY” if you’re banging loudly at the piano “fort” if your talent is playing the piano. Also, the singular rule: “less than one” rather than “fewer than one” because one, like water or happiness, is singular.) (E.g., why we say “less than ten bucks” even though you can count dollars. It’s “less than” if you can’t count them - like water or happiness “fewer than” if you can - like ice cubes or orgasms. It was a little disappointing that the Warren report you linked to failed to name us in that regard.” PEEVES And octopus eggs! ANNUITIESĭean Poneman: “ TIAA-CREF is one of the two companies that does not pay sales incentives on annuity sales. ![]() And what pugs looked like before a century of selective breeding. From the end-point of the Great Wall of China (swim around that) to an eye-widening close-up of the human tongue. Where even to start - some of these 29 are really interesting.
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