Thanks MrPedantic, I think the word was originally used to mean 'that which is indivisible' in philosophical and religious contexts. The emphasis was on ' indivisibility ', not 'singleness'. Exactly, that is the gist of it: the original use

I would appreciate if you can clarify this for me, since I am confused about the thought that gave birth to this word. Individual (noun) = entity, being, creature, person. But , if we inquire into its origin, etymonline says to us that it

Hi Just The Truth, you just have to add / to your attempts to quote and it will work: ............ (remove the spaces too)

Hi Henrietta. Those are my sentiments as well.

dword A portion of memory, usually a variable, which has a length of four bytes. The term dword is given to anything which is four bytes in length. Literally, a dword is a "double word." math.msu.su/~vfnik/WinApi/glossary.html sword a

Hi rezbipul. Do you mean this kind of words? a-bridge abridge - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" - www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn b-eagle beagle - a small short-legged

Hi Guest. Unstable life---unstable bodies of water (ocean)? Life develops in cycles---ocean moves in cycles (tides) Could you include the moon here?, it influences the ocean, many people think the moon has inlfluence on us too, at least moon

Hi Guest, how good that you moved beyond all that trauma, a lot of people could learn a lot from your words. Are you native English speaker?

Hej Webby, welcome to the forums! We are happy that you find the site useful. The star reveals that the thread has received a lot of visits and replies.

The Cromagnon thing, that was terrrible and worse when it could have been avoided. My condolences Guest. I was living in Argentina for three years and a half. I remained silent in this thread because Leandro was looking for British and peer age