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RE: Water, water everywhere
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A weir is an old English word that means either a dam or a compound created in a stream to trap fish......
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July 06, 2003 02:08
RE: Turbine
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On a car it's a hood; on a head it's a hat. Richard English...
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July 05, 2003 01:20
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Why the complexity? What's wrong with "Please use the other door"? Why explain? Richard English...
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July 04, 2003 01:57
RE: Turbine
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For exactly the same reason that the British say "petrol" and the Americans say "gasoline"! Or that ......
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July 04, 2003 01:35
RE: A grammar question
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The COED lists it but suggests its use is jocular. Certainly we would not use it in formal speech in......
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June 30, 2003 09:50
RE: Irony
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So the Americans don't understand irony? How very ironic! Richard English...
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June 30, 2003 09:48
RE: Turbine
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Yes. It has an electric starter, just like a car. They are geared to run at a higher speed, of cours......
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June 30, 2003 09:43
RE: Is this magic??
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Misplaced modifiers are always good for a laugh! Richard English...
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June 30, 2003 09:39
RE: Turbine
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A turbo-jet is the normal type of jet engine where the incoming air is compressed by a turbine, mixe......
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June 30, 2003 00:57
RE: Another Wikipedia question
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In 1938 the British government introduced the Holidays With Pay Act which meant that all workers wer......
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June 29, 2003 03:52
RE: Turbine
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I only make this point if it's true! After all, the Americans invented quite a lot as well - the sa......
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June 29, 2003 03:34
RE: Turbine
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Gas or steam turbines are what comes to my mind. Parsons (a Brit) invented the steam turbine; Whittl......
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June 28, 2003 13:40
RE: Iteration
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Not in my edition (1995) although I really ought get a newer one. Richard English...
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June 27, 2003 01:38
RE: And finally, one for the Brits
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When I first spoke to a person at our head office which had just been established in Colne (Lancashi......
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June 27, 2003 01:35
RE: Another Wikipedia question
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And of course, Americans wouldn't talk about two weeks' holiday either. It would be two weeks' vacat......
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June 27, 2003 01:30
RE: Iteration
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I agree it's in the full OED but I generally use the concise. Even in the full OED the word is shown......
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June 26, 2003 02:14
RE: English for Americans
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But what does a Scotsman wear under his kilt? I asked one once, "...Is anything worn under your kil......
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June 25, 2003 09:54
RE: Seeing wood
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I suppose she wanted something to cover her boobs... Richard English...
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June 25, 2003 09:47
RE: Iteration
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Acording to the OED, iterate means to repeat or state repeatedly (from the Latin, iterare itself fro......
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June 25, 2003 09:43
RE: Google™ words
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I get no end of people 'phoning me to say that they can improve my position on the search engine lis......
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June 22, 2003 08:14
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