http://www.word-detective.com/2010/03/gymnopedie/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2010/03/gymnopedie/comment-page-1/#comment-4575 Steve Dunham Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:12:03 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=2760#comment-4575 The nightclub may have been the center, but not the epicenter. An epicenter is above the center, generally the point on the surface of the Earth above the center of an earthquake, which is underground. An epicenter isn't the dead center or really, really the center. But it sounds fancy compared to a plain old center, so it gets misused. The nightclub may have been the center, but not the epicenter. An epicenter is above the center, generally the point on the surface of the Earth above the center of an earthquake, which is underground. An epicenter isn’t the dead center or really, really the center. But it sounds fancy compared to a plain old center, so it gets misused.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2010/03/gymnopedie/comment-page-1/#comment-3676 Elizabeth Lightwood Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:41:05 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=2760#comment-3676 There's a good explanation. We're Baroque and early music people. There’s a good explanation. We’re Baroque and early music people.

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