Rhetorical Figures, Morphing, City Slang

* University of Kentucky's Glossary of Rhetorical Figures (in case you were trying to remember the word for the repetition of a consonant sound or of a vowel sound or other terms for language manipulation that you didn't even know you were using.)

* Sarangworld Word Morph (shows you the chain of changing one letter at a time to get you from, say, "slow" to "fast".)

* Learn the Slang of Multiple Cities (I don't know how up-to-date this is...)

More Word Games (Online Ones - Mostly Flash)

I posted this on another site, but here is a word-guessing game:
Word Sandwich

And some other word/letter games (typing):
* Letters 2 (update of the first version of this game... never saw it, but this one's dandy)
* Words (similar to the game above, except you're typing full words rather than just letters...)
* Communal Letter Magnets - Obviously, some of the people you'll be sharing the board with will be idiots. Or spell in a language other than your own. Or idiots who spell in a language other than your own. These things happen.

Seasonal Random

Happy day to whoever celebrates, whenever (I do, by default, as my family does).

A few random links:
* Reindeer Names...
* The Ultimate Fruitcake Recipe
* Worldwide Solstice Celebrations

P.S. - The upcoming Chinese New Year, turn over on January 29, 2006, will be the Year of the Dog - my year! - again. :D

Spelling!

50 Commonly Misspelled Words
How will you score? (I got 15 wrong. I am a bad person. :( )

Commonly Confused Words Test
Take it! (I scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 86% Expert; decent, but again, not as well as I should've done, considering my degree. :/ )

Merriam-Webster daily spelling quiz
(I had
"Definition: a light stroking movement used in massage
Pronunciation information: eff-luh-RAHZH"

"Definition: a designer who creates surface decoration by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material
Pronunciation information: moh-ZAY-uh-sist"
&
"Definition: levied or granted at so much per head
Pronunciation information: kap-uh-TADE-um"
and only got the 2nd. :/ I'm doing poorly, by my standards! :(= )

Aptonyms

Aptonyms are "people whose names and occupations or situations (e.g., workplace) have a close correspondence." [source]
Here are some sites that demonstrate real people with aptonyms:
*Like a glove
*Aptonyms & Aptronyms
*Wikipedia article

And here are some of my favorites:
*Anna Smashnova, tennis player
*Dan Druff, barber
*C. Sharpe Minor, an organist
*former Archbishop of Manila, Jaime L. Sin, known as "Cardinal Sin"
*Tony Dedman, former bomb disposal expert with the army and Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist squad
*Candy Baggs, confectionary sales
*Robin Banks, credit card specialist
*Diane Berry, mortician
*Sue Donim, author

Halloween Myths

The season's just past, but here's a site compiling Halloween urban legends, such as:

* A suicide by hanging is mistaken for a Halloween decoration.
* The legend(s) of Bloody Mary.
&
* News stories from this year's Halloween.

Dishonest Dubya

An Angry Candy Production: