Chrysti The Wordsmith: When Is A Pig A Hog - 1

Greetings I'm Christie the wordsmith. What's the difference between jam and jelly. When did Siam become Thailand. Is it a basement or a cellar. A parody or a farce. The average or the mean word lovers who appreciate the fine distinctions between these pairs of near synonyms will find good reading in when as a pig a hog a guide to con founding a related in English words author Bernice Randall devoted countless hours in researching this book that examines closely connected in English words taken from the vocabularies of nature science medicine the arts and culture. For example in the world of artistic performance we often encounter the nearly synonymous debut and Premier Bernice Randall points out that when an actor or singer takes the stage for the first time that's a debut. A premiere on the other hand is a first performance showing our broadcast of a play movie concert or the like. In every day speech in writing the author says temperature and fever are freely enter changed

temperature however is simply the degree of hotness or coldness of anything while fever is abnormally high body temperature. The book when is a pig a hog contains hundreds of such eminently readable explanations of confusing word pairs. Tuna next time for more you can find the title and publisher of this book at my website. Wordsmith radio dot org. But Dave herbivores. CHRISTIE The wordsmith is sponsored by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Zoot enterprises a high tech firm in Bozeman Montana offering challenging careers and innovative solutions for the financial services industry. Zoot web dot com.