Posted on 02/29/2016 5:58:07 AM PST by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 2/29/16
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
calumniate; verb
1. to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
Etymology: 1545-55; < Latin calumniātus (past participle of calumniārī to accuse falsely, trick), equivalent to calumni (a) calumny + -ātus -ate1
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
We were in Puerto Rico when my dad was in the military-other than a few differences in words for some food items and the fact that they talked a bit faster than us Nortenos, none of us had any problems with conversation-the people I’ve known from Cuba spoke Spanish even faster, though...
I haven’t been to Mexico in about 15 years-since it became too unsafe to get into my Suburban on vaca time and wander around going to archaeological sites and visiting friends and relatives-but in the interior there were still dialects spoken only in certain areas-difference in accent, slang words, idiomatic expressions, more formal speech etc-I’ve always found the way a language develops differently over an area fascinating.
Heard it didn’t go over so well. A ++++
Oh I agree, I love language.
Yes?
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