http://www.englishrules.com/wotd/2006/ague/ Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:24:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.englishrules.com/wotd/2006/ague/#comment-77 Karl Mon, 17 Apr 2006 14:51:18 +0000 http://www.englishrules.com/wotd/2006/04/14/ague/#comment-77 I agree; it is an odd word. Not used much anymore either. Too bad. I like odd words. I agree; it is an odd word. Not used much anymore either. Too bad. I like odd words.

]]> http://www.englishrules.com/wotd/2006/ague/#comment-76 Barbara Mon, 17 Apr 2006 14:44:23 +0000 http://www.englishrules.com/wotd/2006/04/14/ague/#comment-76 I recall first seeing this word in one of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books as a youngster ("fever and ague". Also remember being surprised that it was pronounced a-gyoo, not awg, when I checked the pronunciation in the dictionary. What an odd word. I recall first seeing this word in one of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books as a youngster (“fever and ague”. Also remember being surprised that it was pronounced a-gyoo, not awg, when I checked the pronunciation in the dictionary. What an odd word.

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