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Discussion Topic  If this doesn't BEET all! (in Potpourri) by Geoff
Good news of a sort: ......
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Discussion Topic  I am not certain who I am quoting... (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Without going into specifics - because they are unnecessary - when I see 99% of the comments on the ......
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Discussion Topic  Not perfect (in Potpourri) by BobHale
As you know I am a staunch defender of usage trumps everything but everyone has some bête noire that......
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Discussion Topic  So how do I send one of those? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
From the website of Britain's most popular talk radio station. "In text messages the disgraced te......
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Discussion Topic  Trademarking the word “the” (in Potpourri) by shufitz
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Discussion Topic  Do women know how to curse? (in Wordplay) by shufitz
The greatest error ever erred Is a nice girl with a naughty word. For naughty words I hold no brie......
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Discussion Topic  Nothing to do with language but (in Potpourri) by BobHale
am I the only one who thinks one of the most evil and reviled men in America, price gouger Martin Sh......
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Discussion Topic  Another peeve (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
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Discussion Topic  One of these days, I'm going to cut you into little pieces (in Potpourri) by BobHale
I don't know how many of you have heard about the British Government's cunning plan to turn immigrat......
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Discussion Topic  Parsing the Second Amendment (in The Written Word) by bethree5
I’m one of the regular commenters on Diane Ravitch’s blog, where the discussions revolve around publ......
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Discussion Topic  Tigger warning (in Potpourri) by BobHale
I was going to post in my trigger warning thread the rather silly question "Does Winnie the Pooh com......
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Discussion Topic  Caution: May contain trigger warnings (in Potpourri) by BobHale
I've just seen some posts complaining very stridently that a University gave a trigger warning to a......
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Poll  All the thrills of Rhyl: Poll (in Wordplay) by BobHale
1 There once was an old man from Rhyl Most thought to be over the hill In spite of his age He still ......
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Discussion Topic  A Song For The Jubilee (in The Written Word) by BobHale
I'm sure anyone British who writes poems or songs will have had a go at something for the jubilee. I......
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Discussion Topic  lie vs. lay (in The Written Word) by Kalleh
Written on a gravestone: Here Lies (NOT "Lays") Billee Woody Robbins Reed English Teacher June 3......
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Discussion Topic  The Tiffany problem (in Potpourri) by BobHale
I ran across this on a podcast I listen to - The Allusionist - and found it pretty interesting. The ......
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Discussion Topic  Zut alors! (in The Written Word) by Geoff
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Discussion Topic  A Nazi comparison (in Potpourri) by BobHale
You may know "Godwin's Law" which suggests that any discussion on the internet will eventually invol......
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Discussion Topic  Science in headlines (again) (in The Written Word) by BobHale
You probably know already what I think about science and maths reporting. (Hint: not much) so here's......
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Discussion Topic  Phew! (in Potpourri) by BobHale
In class this week I have been asking students to discuss what is the greatest invention ever and wa......
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Discussion Topic  Puzzled (in Potpourri) by BobHale
"Ministers have reportedly been warned that modelling shows a reasonable worst case scenario of majo......
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Discussion Topic  Bad advice from TED (in Potpourri) by BobHale
I have just seen a post from IDEAS.TED.COM that gives advice to potential employers about the questi......
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Discussion Topic  Not the same meaning at all... (in The Written Word) by BobHale
I just saw a headline that said "Trump Campaign Refunds Millions To Mislead Donors". I suspect they ......
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Discussion Topic  The next pandemic? (in Wordplay) by BobHale
I see that, like the UK, the USA has had some recent cases of the previously very rare monkey pox. I......
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Discussion Topic  Well, if you insist... Limerick Game Rhyl (in Wordplay) by BobHale
The North Wales seaside town where I spent several terrible childhood holidays on Sunnyvale Holiday ......
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Discussion Topic  COVID-19 words (in The Written Word) by Kalleh
I thought you might be interested in some of these COVID-19 ......
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Discussion Topic  NFTs (in Potpourri) by BobHale
I have just watched a couple of videos about NFTs. I understand the computer principles behind them ......
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Discussion Topic  A new language? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh
There was a very interesting article in the New Yorker; I hope you can access it. It is about a new......
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Discussion Topic  Opinions. please. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
I’d like to ask for opinions about a question from a Chinese English exam paper that a colleague ask......
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Poll  Orem Poll (in Wordplay) by Geoff
1 City Councillors governing Orem Were unable to muster a quorum. And the Orders? They tried, But th......
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Discussion Topic  Entirely? Really? (in Potpourri) by BobHale
From an article I was reading about a small cut being made to Spider-Man when shown on TV... "Sex, v......
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Discussion Topic  Something else from a Chinese exam (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Remember when I used to post things from Chinese exams? Well a good friend who is a Chinese English ......
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Discussion Topic  And speaking of idioms... (in Potpourri) by BobHale
This weeks lesson is all about idioms involving animals... raining cats and dogs monkeying around a......
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Discussion Topic  Resilience (in The Written Word) by Kalleh
In the nursing field we are hearing a lot of controversy about the word ......
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Discussion Topic  The Apprentice (UK) is back! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
And it has its usual crop of seriously deluded, self-aggrandising competitors (which of course the s......
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Discussion Topic  Limerick game: Orem (in Wordplay) by Geoff
Orem is a town in Utah. This should be easier than Galina. PM me with your lims....
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Discussion Topic  Word order (in Potpourri) by BobHale
I recently commented on FB on something a friend posted about COVID. We were discussing the victim b......
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Discussion Topic  Truncation Fail! (in Potpourri) by BobHale
My hometown has introduced a new hygiene rating system for restaurants. One restaurant has been give......
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Discussion Topic  A calque/borrowing I have always wondered about. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHale
A comment in another thread reminded me a a calque/borrowing/Anglicising (you will understand my con......
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Discussion Topic  coup de grâce (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kalleh
I guess my family and I have never known neither the definition or the pronunciation of ......
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Poll  Galena (in Wordplay) by Kalleh
As promised, the Galena limericks. Be lenient about the rhyming as I neglected to post how it is pr......
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Discussion Topic  Hoping you can see these links (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Here's a very international puzzle for you. Why will my American friends be very unlikely to see ac......
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Discussion Topic  intellectual (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
In both the quite dated book I recently read by philosopher Eric Hoffer and the recent US history bo......
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Discussion Topic  Cabbages (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Listening to the A Way With Words podcast I was surprised to hear reference to something my Dad used......
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Discussion Topic  Putin is CRAAAAAAAZY! (in Potpourri) by Geoff
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Discussion Topic  A talent for understatement (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Russia puts its nuclear forces into a state of high alert. How does Andrew Preston, a Cambridge his......
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Discussion Topic  Missing double negative? (in The Written Word) by BobHale
This statement is on the internet about the NYT acquisition of wordless:- “ The statement released b......
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Discussion Topic  From a Quebec newspaper (in Wordplay) by Geoff
Corrrection notice in a Quebec newspaper: Yesterday we incorrectly identified the president of Russi......
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Discussion Topic  And the opposite of “plan” is... (in Potpourri) by BobHale
Actually what is the opposite of plan? I ask because Boris’s “living with Covid” plan is to get rid ......
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Discussion Topic  Unintended Pun of the Day? (in Wordplay) by shufitz
Today’s Wall Street Journal tells us of claims that “Prince Charles’s charity offered a Saudi nation......
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