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Word of the Day for Friday, February 4, 2011effluvium \ih-FLOO-vee-uhm\, noun: A slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, esp. one that is disagreeable Beside them was the dark well-hole, with that horrid effluvium stealing up from its mysterious depths. That was no real problem, however, for Alobar simply followed the scent, that effluvium of goat glands that hung in the air like a salty mist and drew him ever higher up the craggy vertebrae. Effluvium comes into English from the Latin effluere, "to flow out." | |||||||||
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  If "w" is double u, why is it made of two v's?The 23rd letter of the English alphabet is a bit of a wonder. The humble "w" is the only letter of the alphabet with a three-syllable name. It is also the only letter with a name that does not indicate its phonetic use. The complications of "w" are doublefold because of it's name, 'double u' and... | |||||||||
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