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Discussion Topic  RE: Cryptozoology (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Certainly. There's nothing intrinsically impossible about many of the cryptid stories -- just very v......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Behemoth as adjective (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Actually I should clarify that I don't want to ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Behemoth as adjective (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
That's why I was looking for examples of 'as X as' and 'more X than', because they show X is an adje......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Reoccur; recur (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I look rather askance at 'reoccur': for me the natural term for this is 'recur', and I think I've ch......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Are these words duplicates? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Yes, in biology replication is a complex process, much more than merely duplication or copying. And ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Behemoth as adjective (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Well, I wouldn't use it that way, and I don't think many people would (even if they were familiar wi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Are these words duplicates? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Interesting: I've had discussions about this before. Both are used in a variety of situations, they'......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Fortuitously" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
If he meant 'fortuitously', it's unexplained why it is. It would be fortuitous if they had decided t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bucket vs. Pail (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
For me, and I can only speak for standard southern English not involved in specialist occupations, t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is it just me or... (in Potpourri) by aput
This is actually a ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The-saurus (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
zmjezhd has beaten me to this, the part I couldn't answer. It's now the next day and I've consulted ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: -vores vs. -phages (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
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Discussion Topic  RE: The-saurus (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Because ......
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Poll  RE: One-letter words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Vowels are easy. In Polish there are prepositions ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Colophon (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Ah, I didn't bother checking the English etymology: having found colon-1 I assumed the other was a s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Colophon (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
There's no suitable Greek suffix containing -ph- that could relate the two. Let's see what ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: I-me-we-us-you-you-you-you (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Strictly speaking, there is still a clear number distinction between singular ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Colophon (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
It spooks me when my Sprachgefühl flags up a word I've never thought of in that context: but I ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Remorse and Remark (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
In the link, for Ayenbitel read Ayenbite IIRC = if I recall correctly...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Remorse and Remark (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
... and a few hints about Kentish, such as that it's a southern dialect and therefore has initial z ......
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