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They do have very similar usage in spoken English in this area (dialect) of the United States. However, "weird" would be considered more familiar and less formal in my opinion. Further, they both tend to have a certain degree of

Yes, I did find the nautical definition prior to posting. Thanks to allyour replies. Its meaning is still as clear ... courts, politicians in legislative assemblies, i.e. people with income sufficient to indulge in yauchting at least on the

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Utterly untrue. There are linguistic monographs written about synonyms & plesiosyms (near synonyms like forest & woods) in Russian, Italian and many other languages, and chinese too, and japanese but I don't know how many, relatively

I've heard it declared that English is the only language so rich in synonyms that it requires a thesaurus to keep track of them. Can anyone refute this? Anyone own a thesaurus in a language other than English? Did you hear about the delivery

I've heard it declared that English is the only language so rich in synonyms that it requires a thesaurus to keep track of them. The French have twenty-three ways of saying "Vee surrendeur!" jaybee

I've heard it declared that English is the only language so rich in synonyms that it requires a thesaurus to keep track of them. Can anyone refute this? Anyone own a thesaurus in a language other than English? Wonder about the Russian language

I've heard it declared that English is the only language ... Anyone own a thesaurus in a language other than English? Lots of language maybe all? have thesauri, but they may not have that word in a particular language, ... dictionary and

I've heard it declared that English is the only language so rich in synonyms that it requires a thesaurus to keep track of them. Can anyone refute this? Anyone own a thesaurus in a language other than English? I speak Croatian and Macedonian.