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Discussion Topic  Spelling question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
shalln't... shaln't... shan't ? I have always used the first one but the spellchecker insist that o......
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Discussion Topic  A what? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Caption from a YouTube video: "Woody Harrelson's in a heap of water after this SNL drug joke." I won......
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Discussion Topic  Kids can be brutal (in Potpourri) by BobHale
In this week's episode of the UK version of The Apprentice they were given the task of designing a l......
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Discussion Topic  Translation fail (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Translation fail: I am in a chat group for my residential community. Obviously it’s in Chinese but w......
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Discussion Topic  A question you may not know the answer to... (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Who are the current baseball world champions? And who previously held the title? I'll post the corr......
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Discussion Topic  A question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
There is a YouTube channel that I sometimes watch that reviews albums and also sometimes looks at th......
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Discussion Topic  Bluffing game: Wherry (in Word Games) by Geoff
Who or what is a wherry? PM your daffynitions - or the right one if you know it. Bob and Haberdash......
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Discussion Topic  A TV Question (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Most US sitcoms are, when you remove all the advertising, around twenty two minutes per episode. In ......
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Discussion Topic  A repost from my FB about The Apprentice (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Well, that's episode one of The Apprentice over. My favourite quote of the episode was the candidate......
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Discussion Topic  Could be damp... (in Potpourri) by BobHale
This one, from a YouTube video about movies, made me laugh out loud. “I will have to dig deep into M......
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Discussion Topic  And the other 75%... (in Potpourri) by BobHale
I admit that I am rather baffled by a statement I heard yesterday on the radio from an NHS spokesman......
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Discussion Topic  Anybody in tonight from Scranton? (in Wordplay) by BobHale
I have the next couple of days off because of exams so I propose to post the small collection of Scr......
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Discussion Topic  Words meaning the opposite (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh
Shu and I were talking about words that mean the opposite at times, such as terrific or terribly. Y......
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Discussion Topic  New limerick game: Scranton (in Wordplay) by BobHale
Well we’ll give it a go even if there is no one left to play. In honor of either a) Joe Biden or b)......
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Discussion Topic  Puzzled (in Potpourri) by BobHale
From a website about epidemics... "At this time, data suggest that gay, bisexual, and other men who......
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Discussion Topic  Sea change. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
From an ad I keep seeing in my FB feed. "Nanoscience is driving a major sea change in electronics." ......
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Discussion Topic  Fragmentary sentence in the NYT (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
"Not only do candidates of both major parties in the United States have starkly different views on t......
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Discussion Topic  One right answer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Here's a question that I have just been asked by a Chinese colleague. She wants to know the best a......
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Discussion Topic  An anatomy question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
In the Tina Fey movie, "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" Fey says, "...I pee out of my vagina..." Do most wom......
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Discussion Topic  Perth - the candidates (in Wordplay) by haberdasher
1. At a kid’s birthday party in Perth A clown who was lacking in mirth Told old jokes, not new That ......
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Discussion Topic  Picking candidates (in Potpourri) by Geoff
Not word related, but..... I've firured out to pick the best political candied dates: Pick the one......
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Discussion Topic  What is a “person” under the law? (in Potpourri) by shufitz
A tree? No. A driver crashed into a tree, and the tree’s owner sued seeking $15,000 for his pain an......
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Discussion Topic  Attack of The Killer Hamburgers (in Potpourri) by Geoff
An AP headline: Ex-Texas cop charged for shooting teen eating hamburger...
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Discussion Topic  next limerick target: PERTH (in Wordplay) by haberdasher
...as in Australia. PM me with your verses. (I'll be out of town much of next week so may not be ab......
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Discussion Topic  alilex (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh
I play Words with Friends with my sister. I often check to see if I got the best word. In a recent......
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Poll  A lovely day in Wales (in Wordplay) by BobHale
1 On the west edge of England is Wales With a Language Police that fills gaols It generates howls By......
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Discussion Topic  Eras (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
An era ruled by Elizabeth is Elizabethan An era ruled by George is Georgian An era ruled by Edward i......
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Discussion Topic  Beer, pubs and fuel prices. (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Assuming you haven't seen this on my FB. a sort of post about idioms. A few idioms come to mind .........
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Discussion Topic  Feisty (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
Here's a language question that came up because of the current Tory leadership contest. Ben Wallace,......
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Discussion Topic  Language and social class (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
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Discussion Topic  sod all (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
I recently used the title phrase in a FB post. Then I wondered if it's used outside the Uk. Is it? (......
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Discussion Topic  Con (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Of course I love words, word puzzles, poetry, etymology and anything else connected with words. That......
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Discussion Topic  A poet for her generation (in Potpourri) by BobHale
I have just been reading about the controversy about Beyonce changing an offensive lyric in one of h......
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Discussion Topic  And you have been a DJ for how long? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Someone sent me a link to an episode of Weakest Link. (I don't know why.) The first question was "I......
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Discussion Topic  Preposterous (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Why doesn't "preposterous" just mean "now"?...
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Discussion Topic  Limerick Game : Wales (in Wordplay) by BobHale
So the winner of the game was Bob Hale's Who must choose the next place for your tales Will it be Ka......
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Discussion Topic  In space no one can hear you translate (in The Written Word) by BobHale
As I do most of my viewing either on line or in the cinema these days I never get to see the bootleg......
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Discussion Topic  Peeving again (in The Written Word) by Geoff
This from Google news: " For more than a year, the White House has required reporters to RSVP for ev......
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Discussion Topic  Boris Johnson's Speech (in The Written Word) by BobHale
I have put this in The Written Word because he was reading out a prepared speech... a speech which I......
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Discussion Topic  An actual language question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
I know there aren't many people around these days to weigh in with an opinion but I have a question ......
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Discussion Topic  Isn't she someone? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
This sentence is from the Guardian article on Karine Jean-Pierre: She knows that she’s got to be b......
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Discussion Topic  Rotors (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
I'm puzzled by the use of the above word by automobile parts sales people. Why to they now refer to......
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Discussion Topic  Pity we have no New Zealanders on the board (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
I watched a New Zealand episode of The Apprentice and I have a word usage question that I don't thin......
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Discussion Topic  Another terminoloy gripe (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
"Air conditioning?" WHAT condition? Is it hotter, drier, denser, cooler, more humid? What's wrong......
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Discussion Topic  Repitition à la Hale (in Potpourri) by shufitz
Friend Bob says elsewhere, ......
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Discussion Topic  The Envelope, Please / Rye (in Wordplay) by haberdasher
So - whom you voted for: 1. A Jolly Good Fellow from Rye (Which no one could ever deny) But with l......
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Discussion Topic  RYE limericks (in Wordplay) by haberdasher
Here they are. Eleven submissions, four contributors. Thanks everybody! Pick your favorite(s): 1.......
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Discussion Topic  A good trick if you can do it (in Potpourri) by BobHale
YouTube recommendations just offered one from the BBC captioned "SAS Unit repeatedly killed Afghan d......
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Discussion Topic  Open to interpretation (in Potpourri) by BobHale
One of the phrases beloved of Boris Johnson and used over and over in his tenure - to the extent tha......
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Discussion Topic  New Limerick target, he said with a smile (in Wordplay) by haberdasher
We seem to do best with the simple names. [size:14]RYE[/size] ...a city in New York, also a town o......
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