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Discussion Topic  Next destination: KENT (in Word Games) by haberdasher
That's KENT as in Clark, or in low-tar, low-taste cigarettes, or it's impossible to get here from Br......
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Discussion Topic  Community Post (in Potpourri) by Kalleh
Since we no longer have a Community section like we used to have, I'll put this here. I miss that s......
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Discussion Topic  Limerick game: BURTON (in Wordplay) by haberdasher
I offer you the town of BURTON. There's one in Texas, and I'm sure there are others floating arou......
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Discussion Topic  KENNT - the limericks (I know, I know) (in Wordplay) by haberdasher
I think that's about all we're going to collect from KENT, so here they are: A. I once saw the Dutc......
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Discussion Topic  New definitions of old words make it into the dictionary (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Geoff
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Discussion Topic  “I am the very model of….l (in Wordplay) by shufitz
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Discussion Topic  Is he really typical? (in Wordplay) by BobHale
Question for whichever American friends are still around. I have watched a number of videos reactin......
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Discussion Topic  Plus ça change . . . (in The Written Word) by shufitz
Tho picture claims 2021, Ogden Nash's poem below claims much earlier, and I very much agree. ......
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Discussion Topic  Andragogy (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh
I am working on a national group where we are trying to come up with standards for nursing graduates......
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Discussion Topic  Well, duhhhhh... (in The Written Word) by Geoff
From the local rag: Man charged in triple killing now accused of making death threats...
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Discussion Topic  And what exactly, is that? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Here's a vocabulary question. A menu from a local restaurant was recently put through my letter box......
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Discussion Topic  Limerick game: MAINE (in Wordplay) by haberdasher
Ah, yes. A next destination is needed. Lessee, now. It was Alan J Lerner who wrote "The Rain in Sp......
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Discussion Topic  Lay/lie (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
From an on-line report of a stranded airliner: "A viral video shared by a stranded passenger showed......
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Discussion Topic  Fear of palindromes (in Wordplay) by Geoff
aibohphobia It's for real! Coined in 1977....
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Discussion Topic  Favourite fact from "No Such Thing As A Fish" (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Heard today on the final episode of the year of the No Such Thing As A Fish podcast. The word "loan......
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Discussion Topic  For Those Still Here (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Season's Greetings For those few still around to see it, here is my most recent Christmas poem whic......
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Discussion Topic  Time to admit the facts? (in Word Games) by BobHale
I have been off line for two weeks and in that time there have been no new posts here at all. Isn't ......
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Discussion Topic  This would go in the Community Forum if it hadn't disappeared (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Four days and four minutes from now I will get into a taxi to take me to the airport to leave China.......
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Discussion Topic  Amboise limericks (in Wordplay) by Geoff
1. An epicure born in Amboise Fancied berries, preferring ......
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Discussion Topic  Limerick Game: Amboise (in Wordplay) by Geoff
Let's travel to France for the next location: ......
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Discussion Topic  York, the voting place (in Wordplay) by haberdasher
1 A naked pole dancer of York Once twisted and spun with such torque That the pole came unpegged And......
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Discussion Topic  Correct me if I'm wrong, but... (in Potpourri) by BobHale
From an ad for dental adhesive... Our ultimate adhesive cream 10x stronger hold* *vs no adhesive ......
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Discussion Topic  Amish country Limerick (in Wordplay) by haberdasher
OK. Having been declared Victor By Acclimation (...er, default...) I shall invoke the KISS principl......
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Discussion Topic  A new word? (in Wordplay) by Geoff
Is there a new limerick location yet? Perhaps one that I can rhyme?...
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Discussion Topic  If you hadn't nailed it to the perch... (in Wordplay) by BobHale
...the limerick game would be pushing up the daisies. I doesn’t matter if it’s Vegas or Streatham L......
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Discussion Topic  Red Riding Hood (in The Written Word) by shufitz
On FB, Bob has published a poetic take-off on the Red Riding Hood tale. I suppose it’s adequate to ......
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Discussion Topic  Limerick Game (Not Las Vegas) : Streatham (in Wordplay) by BobHale
Pronunciation guide - it is an English place name and would rhyme with “let ‘em” or “get ‘em” etc Y......
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Discussion Topic  Books that should have been movies. (in Potpourri) by BobHale
I was listening to an interview where the interviewee mentioned EE “Doc” Smith and it made me think ......
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Discussion Topic  It’s been a long time since anyone mentioned apostrophes... (in The Written Word) by BobHale
... but this post that I saw made me shudder ......
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Discussion Topic  It's from Focks, so probably fake news (in Potpourri) by Geoff
"Alligator spotted roaming Florida city's underground stormwater pipes with robotic camera" Who kne......
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Discussion Topic  POLL: KEY WEST (in Wordplay) by bethree5
1.A vacation in lovely Key West Is for feeling exceedingly stressed It will all melt away On the......
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Discussion Topic  Limerick Game:Las Vegas (in Wordplay) by BobHale
We have probably done it before but let’s have Las Vegas purely because I was reading one of my old ......
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Discussion Topic  YouTube comment (in The Written Word) by BobHale
Just watched a video about Elon Musk and Twitter. When it was finished I glanced through the comment......
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Discussion Topic  For those not on FB (in The Written Word) by BobHale
Answers: A Surrealist’s Smorgasbord I was playing with an online AI and I asked it to produce a lis......
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Discussion Topic  Nothing to do with language but (in Potpourri) by BobHale
I have what will probably strike you as a weird question. When you close your eyes and try to visual......
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Discussion Topic  Link the Lyrics (in Word Games) by wordcrafter
A game: Post a snippet of about four to eight lines of a song lyric. It should include a word or ph......
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Discussion Topic  *** Words better known in their negative forms (in The Vocabulary Forum) by wordcrafter
A man can unkempt or innocent, but can he be “kempt” or “nocent”? This week we’ll eyeball words of t......
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Discussion Topic  OBNUBILATED disobnubilated (in Word Games) by haberdasher
Setting, I think, a new Wordcraft record for the longest time between posing a problem and posting t......
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Discussion Topic  Cyril, Methodius, and Old Slavic (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
A linguistic query: Where did these two Greek Orthodox monks do their translation into a Greek-base......
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Discussion Topic  Limerick Game: Key West (in Wordplay) by bethree5
Well here's another two-parter with stress on second 'syllable' that is much easier to work than Sey......
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Discussion Topic  Another acronym query (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
What do the various initials affixed to movie makers mean? I see CSA, ASC, and a bunch of others co......
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Discussion Topic  An even better translation fail (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Another hilariously bad machine translation (at least I hope that’s what it is) in our local communi......
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Discussion Topic  NGO (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
What's an NGO? It's a common acronym, but all I think of is "Non-Gonococcal Outbreak." I doubt tha......
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Discussion Topic  Can we push past the boring ones? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
I am in XiAn for a dental appointment again and took the metro yesterday where I was amused to hear ......
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Discussion Topic  Latin and Grek in biology (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
While reading Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, I noticed that at one point she erroneousl......
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Poll  Scranton Poll (in Wordplay) by BobHale
1. There was a magician in Scranton Who made a good living incantin' But his bladder infected Could ......
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Discussion Topic  Machine poetry (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Corresponding with a friend about chatgpt and poetry he used a new word. I don’t know if it was an i......
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Discussion Topic  An IQ of... (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Just a random thought... only people with an IQ of 140 can understand that games advertised with "on......
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Discussion Topic  They aren't gerunds, so what are they? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Often I see "ing" endings on nouns, such as cowling instead of cowl, tubing instead of tube, and cas......
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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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