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My parents subscribed to the Readers Digest for YEARS! And they saved every issue, and took the back issues down to our lake cabin to store them, I guess. During long summer afternoons I read those old magazines and took lots of quizzes that were in them. We were not allowed to swim between noon and 2pm because the sun was at its hottest and we could burn. The Readers Digest taught me vocabulary in the form of a quiz, read the word and pick the correct meaning from the 3 choices given. Since I was an avid reader it was a good source for me to pick up new words. Of course, then supercalifragelisticexpalidiscious came along. Who but Mary Poppins could spell that one? Lonnie loved "autumnal" and "celebratory" and others he could rattle off. I blame my Southern upbringing for my inability to hear the different vowel sounds. When I hear a word I have to take it in context to know if it is A or E or I, they all sound the same to me. I can't tell if a person is asking for a pen or a pin. As a result I am a really lousy speller and have to have lots of helpers to get thing right. Thank goodness for Spell Check on the computer and on my phone. And we have Bill Clinton to thank for bringing "Abeyance" into our everyday lives. That's about as good as the Ladies of the Delta offering to "Put a Patch" on your drink. My favorite word or idea is "New", probably due to my ADHD inability to focus on anything longer than a few seconds. --donna
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