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Word of the Day for Thursday, March 24, 2011kismet \KIZ-met; -mit\, noun: Destiny; fate. It's pure kismet when these two find each other. Winning wasn't essential, though it seemed kismet that Cone, for a second straight year, came back from injury to pitch in a game that clinched a bit of postseason bliss. Applewhite's writings are heavy with kismet: he said he was visiting a hospitalized friend when Mrs. Nettles entered the room and their eyes locked in a shared recognition of esoteric secrets. Kismet comes (via Turkish) from Arabic qismah, "portion, lot." | |||||||||
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  Why does the single letter C represent so many different sounds, including the same sound as K?The third letter of the alphabet is somewhat of a chameleon; one might even question its usefulness. The letter /c/ can represent the "hard C" (carrot,) the "soft C" (nice,) or even "silent C" (indict,). Why does our alphabet have more than one letter to represent the same sound, as in K and C, or... | |||||||||
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