Archive for February, 2010

14K White Gold 3 Three Stone Round Diamond Ring (1/2 cttw)

Monday, February 15th, 2010

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This 14k gold diamond ring is prong set with 3 round diamonds. The total diamond weight is 0.50 cts. The diamonds are HI color and I1 clarity.
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Company: DivaDiamonds 
List Price: $1,791.40
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Endangered Words: A Collection of Rare Gems for Book Lovers

Friday, February 5th, 2010

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Afterwit, agathism, ambsace, anacampserote, antepenultimate, antimony, and more!
“When a word perfectly captures a human truth, humans respond to it in the same way that they respond to a beautiful melody. They smile. They nod their heads. They tell others of their discovery.” So says Simon Hertnon in his introduction to Endangered Words, and after wrapping your tongue around the lexical rarities he offers up to his readers, you’ll have to agree! Hertnon provides one hundred hand-selected rarities, and, in a virtuoso display of concinnity and logodaedaly, breathes life into them with his lucid descriptions of their meaning and engaging examples of their usage.
Thanks to Endangered Words, you no longer have to be at a loss for words or reach for the clichéd and commonplace. The English language is brimming with ambrosial alternatives, and this compendium […]


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