Word

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We shall never understand one another until we reduce the language to seven words.

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 – Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)
 – Sand and Foam [1926]

mortar my words
with particles
prepositions
adverbs
and conjunctions

Rotor is a fine palindrome, thought Frank Leigh Dearie as he ambled down the Lost Highway.

The word on my mind right now is >>weekend<<. It's only a few hours away!

I can't wait to get away from this office!!

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Words like winter snowflakes.

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 – Homer (c. 700 B.C.)
 – The Iliad, bk. III, l. 222

And then some more words come along and a paragraph is born.

My favourite word in the English language is »language«. However, if you gave me a slightly larger set of words to choose from I might have more difficulty expressing a preference.

Words derive their meaning from the surrounding words, just as human beings derive their meaning from interacting with other humans around them.

Words are the best toys you can give your brain.

The best way to discover new words is by reading a book.

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans – born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.

(John F. Kennedy)

I think that Word is one of these strange softwares that can do anything except what you think it can do. It's not possible to write with this thing, but you can spend your day goofing with toolbars or including all types of spreadsheets or multimedia or even use it as the worst HTML-Editor ever.

I prefer ASCII, really.

Which is more useful to you: a dictionary that tells you how to use a word or a dictionary that tells you how a word is used?

The old folks say that the spoken word is the garment of the soul. What man of true wit would clothe his beloved in filth and tatters?