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Article: The archaeopteryx flaps back into your life.(wood on words)
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- Communication World
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- May 1, 2005
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Glabella means "the smooth area between the eyebrows just above the nose." Use discretion, though; it would be chancy at best to greet a young woman with "Girl, I dig your glabella."
"A dinosaur bird that lived 147 million years ago had a brain similar to a modern eagle or parrot and was equipped to fly, scientists said yesterday."
That was the lead in a Reuters story that appeared last August. Paronomasia being one of my weaknesses, I prefer "dinosoar," but the real flaw lies in the absence of possession. My rewrite goes so: "... had a brain similar to a modern eagle's or parrot's [brain].... " The creature's imposing name (archaeopteryx) ...