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Discussion Topic  "upshot" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
From the book I'm reading. An officer, calling his boss on the phone, is surprised to find that the ......
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Discussion Topic  Nine ack emma (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
I'm reading a novel set in the English war effort of WWII. The characters have an odd way of referri......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Mickey the Dunce (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
Very interesting. Almost all the references speak of "......
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Poll  Poll on Chaucer's readability (in The Written Word) by shufitz
My original thread has gotten off track, so I want to revert to the original question. ......
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Discussion Topic  Awful pun (in Wordplay) by shufitz
Did you know of the odd practice of shepherds in the Baghdad area? When driving their flocks of shee......
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Discussion Topic  Chaucer Manuscripts -- discrepancy? (in The Written Word) by shufitz
My efforts to “translate” Chaucer’s Middle English made me look at a sample very closely, That that ......
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Discussion Topic  Is Chaucer readable? (in The Written Word) by shufitz
I'd always figured that the distinction between Middle English and Modern English is that if we can ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Connections - new word game? (in Word Games) by shufitz
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Discussion Topic  Chestnut? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
Quoted elsewhere: ......
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Discussion Topic  Origin of "Quebec" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
Found while looking up other things. From an 1899 newspaper:......
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Discussion Topic  Irish accents; a question (in Potpourri) by shufitz
Concerning the history of internecine violence in Northern Ireland: I've heard that one of the diff......
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Discussion Topic  Brockle-faced (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
I ran across an odd word: ......
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Discussion Topic  Voluble Milton (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
Knowledge and culture don’t come easily. For even a basic talking-knowledge of a subject, you usuall......
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Discussion Topic  'simumtaneous' vs. 'concurrent' (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
What's the difference between 'simumtaneously' and 'concurrently'? (If any.)...
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Discussion Topic  "Silo" - an oddity? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
When I came across the word 'silo' in reading, it struck me, "This does not look like an English wor......
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Discussion Topic  Muniment (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
I've absolutely never heard of the word ......
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Discussion Topic  Men's Names as slang (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
The names ......
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Discussion Topic  Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (in The Written Word) by shufitz
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Discussion Topic  RE: REAL new limerick game:- Kathmandu (in Wordplay) by shufitz
quote: ......
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Discussion Topic  A Hilarious OED error (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
Browsing Chaucer-in-modern-English, I came across a word I didn't know. Checking OED gave a definiti......
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