Back in 1994, when I founded Wordsmith.org on a Pi Day (March 14), I had no idea that one day we'd be celebrating its quadridecennial. Here's what the last 14 years look in numbers:
So far we have sent out 3,782 unique words and 297 AWADmail compilations to 640,000 present subscribers in 200 countries, that is more than 1.6 billion pieces of email. Well, this week we're seeing all things 14. We'll feature words that are 14 letters long, and define each of them in 14 letters. acritochromacy (uh-KRIT-o-kro-muh-see) noun Color blindness. [From Greek akritos (undistinguishing) + chroma (color).] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "'But why should the chronicle of a lovely lady's catastrophic impact upon Oxford be likely to illuminate this affair of bedaubed busts and pulverising meteorites? And why--acritochromacy,' said a voice almost in Appleby's ear." Michael Innes; The Weight of the Evidence; HarperCollins; 1983. Sponsored by: Uppityshirts fit smart people like you to a tee. Try one on for size today* & get Free Shipping. "Wow - love it." "Delightful!" http://uppityshirts.com Launch a more lucrative future by earning a master's - 100% ONLINE from The University of Scranton for salary to soar. http://uscranton.com/WS See a map of your word in the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?ad=aw&code=h7q ............................................................................ The knife disappears with sharpening. -James Richardson, poet, professor (b. 1950) Discuss this week's words on our bulletin board: http://wordsmith.org/board Remove, change address, gift subs: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/acritochromacy.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/acritochromacy.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/acritochromacy.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
