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Word of the Day for Wednesday, March 23, 2011eschew \es-CHOO\, transitive verb: To shun; to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful). In high school and college the Vassar women had enjoyed that lifestyle, but afterward they had eschewed it as shallow. While teaching in Beijing, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang in the late 1920s, he helped launch what became known as the "new poetry" movement, which eschewed traditional forms and encouraged topics based on everyday life. Finally, the first American diplomats . . . made a point of eschewing fancy dress, titles, entertainments, and all manner of protocol, so as to be walking, talking symbols of republican piety. Eschew comes from Old French eschiver, ultimately of Germanic origin, scheuchen. | |||||||||
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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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