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From Merriam-Webster.com (0ne of my favorite web pages)

The Word of the Day for June 9 is:
spiel • \SPEEL\ • noun : a voluble line of often extravagant talk : pitch
Example sentence:We let the time-share salesman give us his opening spiel, but when he got to the high-pressure sales tactics, we cut him short and made it clear that we were not interested.
Did you know?There's more than one "spiel." Today's featured noun sense is well-known, and many of our readers may also be aware that "spiel" can be used as a verb for the act of talking extravagantly. But did you know that the verb can also mean "to play music"? That, in fact, was the word's original meaning—one it shares with its German root, "spielen." In Scottish English, "spiel" is also sometimes used as a shortened form of "bonspiel," a name for a match or tournament of the icy game of curling.

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It is interesting to me that Speil is the word of the day because it is a word that is unusual and that I use a lot...but I've been pronouncing it incorrectly for years. Odd. I never spell it...I just say the word. Such as in reference to my work as a docent at the Fullerton Museum Center...

I actually had to tell my daughter's Jr. High School Principal about this web page when she used an incorrect synonym in a letter of appology to me (the details will be provided if you know me and call me).

This is a marvelous web page. Much better than a paper dictionary. I'm really sorry if I make spelling errors on this blog because I can't figure out how to spell check in Blogger...Does anyone know the secret??