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I have had this problem for a while with the use of the word practice. I was raised in South Australia where they are – or at least were once – quite particular in teaching the “Queen’s English” the correct way. I remember in school being taught that practice was a noun and the verb [...]

And now for something a bit lighter …
A colleague tried to use the word furphy in an email today – but complained that he wasn’t sure how it was spelt (furfy, furfee ?), and couldn’t find any references in the dictionary or thesauruses.
I knew what he was trying to say – a furphy is something [...]

dictionary.com/solmisation (also solmization)
The act or a system of using syllables, especially sol-fa syllables, to represent the tones of the scale.
The song “Do-Re-Mi” from The Sound of Music is an example of solmisation !Mousehunt buy

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I’d thought I’d get back to some word definitions (refer to my earlier post [url=http://www.hampel.net.au/blog/archives/2003/07/01/a-thousand-words/]A Thousand Words[/url]
Today’s word is [url=http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=assonance]assonance[/url]
Dictionary.com/assonance
- Resemblance of sound, especially of the vowel sounds in words, as in: “that dolphin-torn, that gong-tormented sea” (William Butler Yeats)
- The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, especially in stressed syllables, with changes in [...]

[b]Dictionary.com: [url=http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=salient]salient[/url][/b]
[quote]- Projecting or jutting beyond a line or surface; protruding.
- Strikingly conspicuous; prominent.
- Springing; jumping: salient tree toads.[/quote]