Comments on: Games and Wordplay (101) http://thewordnerds.org/2008/04/20/games-and-wordplay-101/ A podcast about words, language, and why we say the things we do Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:20:53 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Jennifer McCubbin http://thewordnerds.org/2008/04/20/games-and-wordplay-101/comment-page-1/#comment-105688 Jennifer McCubbin Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:18:21 +0000 http://thewordnerds.org/2008/04/20/games-and-wordplay-101/#comment-105688 I really enjoyed this podcast! Hooray for Scattergories! My husband, friends and I have played that game so much that we began to make random and outrageous rules....I think it's time to take up the idea I heard on this podcast and make new cards... Thanks for the podcast! I really enjoyed this podcast! Hooray for Scattergories! My husband, friends and I have played that game so much that we began to make random and outrageous rules….I think it’s time to take up the idea I heard on this podcast and make new cards…
Thanks for the podcast!

]]> By: Monika http://thewordnerds.org/2008/04/20/games-and-wordplay-101/comment-page-1/#comment-69463 Monika Sat, 24 May 2008 00:19:54 +0000 http://thewordnerds.org/2008/04/20/games-and-wordplay-101/#comment-69463 Another favourite web site of mine providing word games is www.freerice.com. It's not sophisticated - just a mutiple-choice test, but quite addictive, and you support a charity while you play. Another favourite web site of mine providing word games is http://www.freerice.com. It’s not sophisticated – just a mutiple-choice test, but quite addictive, and you support a charity while you play.

]]> By: Jack Dalton http://thewordnerds.org/2008/04/20/games-and-wordplay-101/comment-page-1/#comment-68769 Jack Dalton Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:13 +0000 http://thewordnerds.org/2008/04/20/games-and-wordplay-101/#comment-68769 I hope not to seem to be one of those who post multiple times in order to achieve some measure of "Andy Warhol fame". I was on my way to leave this comment and got sidetracked leaving a quick response for Ryan. At any rate I must take exception to the definition of "morpheme" as "the minimum unit 'of sound' that has any kind of meaning." That is, of course, the definition of "phoneme". Similarly, the definition of "kineme" is "the minimum unit of movement or gesture that has any kind of meaning." "Morpheme" must be broad enough to encompass both of these, as well as any other "-emic" structure we may think of. I hope not to seem to be one of those who post multiple times in order to achieve some measure of “Andy Warhol fame”. I was on my way to leave this comment and got sidetracked leaving a quick response for Ryan.

At any rate I must take exception to the definition of “morpheme” as “the minimum unit ‘of sound’ that has any kind of meaning.” That is, of course, the definition of “phoneme”.

Similarly, the definition of “kineme” is “the minimum unit of movement or gesture that has any kind of meaning.”

“Morpheme” must be broad enough to encompass both of these, as well as any other “-emic” structure we may think of.

]]> By: Jack Dalton http://thewordnerds.org/2008/04/20/games-and-wordplay-101/comment-page-1/#comment-68762 Jack Dalton Wed, 21 May 2008 03:01:50 +0000 http://thewordnerds.org/2008/04/20/games-and-wordplay-101/#comment-68762 Ryan Loved the Spider Robinson reference. When I heard this podcast I thought immediately of his novel "The Lady Slings the Booze." Ryan

Loved the Spider Robinson reference. When I heard this podcast I thought immediately of his novel “The Lady Slings the Booze.”

]]> By: ryan http://thewordnerds.org/2008/04/20/games-and-wordplay-101/comment-page-1/#comment-54079 ryan Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:49:13 +0000 http://thewordnerds.org/2008/04/20/games-and-wordplay-101/#comment-54079 Spoonerisms. Love them. genties and ladlemen is my current favorite. But they are really a subset of puns. for the best puns ever read spider robinson (especially callahans place novels) spiderrobinson.com Live it. Ryan Spoonerisms.

Love them.

genties and ladlemen is my current favorite.

But they are really a subset of puns.

for the best puns ever read spider robinson (especially callahans place novels)

spiderrobinson.com

Live it.

Ryan

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